Congratulations to Laryalee Fraser , the winner of both our Kigo section and Free Format section!
July 2006 Results
Kigo Theme:
Watering the Lawn / Garden
First Place -- 19 pts
mother-in-law...
he adjusts the sprinkler
for the fourth time
Laryalee Fraser
(3,3,4) = 19 pts
Second Place -- 18 pts
rooftop garden
she collects the rain
in saucepans
Tom Painting
(0,5,8) = 18pts
drought restrictions
a bowl of dishwater
for her begonias
-- ushi
(0,5,8) = 18pts
Third Place -- 17 pts
high tea . . .
a broken sprinkler
waters the sun
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(2,1,9) = 17 pts
Fourth Place -- 16 pts
drought
feral cats, licking
the seeper hose
Rose Marie Stutts
(1,3,7) = 16 pts
Fifth Place -- 14 pts
watering the garden
the scent of cilantro
and a different place
Mary Lee McClure
(0,4,6) = 14 pts
May deluge —
the forgotten sprinkler
joins in
Audrey Downey
(0,2,10) = 14 pts
Sixth Place -- 13 pts
landscaping laborers
a migrant drinks
from the water hose
carmel lively westerman
(1,2,6) = 13 pts
Seventh Place -- 12 pts
daddy's helper:
watering impatiens…
and her own shoes
Zhanna P. Rader
(0,3,6) = 12 pts
Eighth Place -- 11 pts
fading day
crickets echo
lawn sprinklers
RaV
(1,3,2) = 11 pts
Ninth Place -- 10 pts
water restrictions ~
the coiled hose
waits for dark
Paul Hodder
(1,1,5) = 10 pts
summer of Alzheimer's
grandmother's watering cans
filled with dust
Mark Smith
(0,3,4) = 10 pts
Tenth Place -- 9 pts
barefoot —
a maid waters
the roses
Ami
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
fading arc
of the sprinkler
summer dusk
Ann K. Schwader
(1,2,1) = 9 pts
water shortage
rustling garden whispers
grow louder
paula dee fisher
(0,4,1) = 9 pts
watering ban
sneaking a bucket or two
for the roses
--Irene Golas
(0,3,3) = 9 pts
lawn sprinkler —
children try to touch
the rainbow
Israel López Balan
(0,1,7) = 9 pts
watering the lawn —
where to scatter
her ashes
Nardin Gottfried
(1,2,2) = 9 pts
desert monsoon
under the downspout
a garbage can
Karen Cesar
(1,2,2) = 9 pts
Eleventh Place -- 8 pts
her first sip
from my garden hose
...step-child
roberta beary
(0,1,6) = 8 pts
the yard sprinkler
doesn't reach me here — except
this slight coolness
P. O. Williams
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
Twelfth Place -- 6 pts
shrill laughter
as the green hose dances
snake-like on the grass
Meredith
(0,3,0) = 6 pts
watering the lawn —
a butterfly's erratic flight
over a rainbow
Angèle Lux
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
after the rain
over the secret garden
a drift of fireflies
angelee deodhar
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
water-wise
I xeriscape
but dream of lady's slipper
lmp
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
lawn sprinkler
a toad licks
a wet blade of grass
Edward
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
garden hose at rest
a coiled snake
in the rain
Simply Maire
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
in and out
of the sprinkler,
children's laughter
Darrell Lindsey
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
summer time
he waters the lawn
from his wheelchair
Vic Gendrano
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts
high summer
the groundsman scatters sunlight
with his hose
Hugh Waterhouse
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
remembering
lost summer loves,
he overwaters the lawn
-- mike franco
( 0,1,3) = 5 pts
watering the garden —
a soaked cricket
jumps off
Tom
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
lawn sprinklers
crystal clear chirp
of a robin
john tiong chunghoo
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts
water pulses
through the garden hose
sultry afternoon
Bill Kenney
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
the back lawn
watered...one boy wins
the contest
Vaughn Seward
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
straw hat shade ...
a rabbit noses
the garden spigot
usumomiji
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
after the sprinkling
spider shakes the drops
from its web
Origa
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
my two kids
watering the garden
and each other
max verhart
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
grandmother
watering the seedlings
she hums.
Zaida Lysle
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
jumping through the mist,
children find the rain bow's end:
pivoting sprinkler
Linda Warner
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts
storm bent bamboo
drips rain under the eaves
watering the mint
gourdmad
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
a burst of laughter...
she turns on the water
as I move the sprinkler
Paul R
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
butterflies gather
after evening watering
to drink from puddles
-raven
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
visit over . . .
missing their laughter
around the sprinkler
Warren Gossett
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
wet dream
you cool off in the sprinkler's mist
wearing just a rainbow
Karen Briggs
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
Free Format Theme:
Any Named Bird
First Place -- 21 pts
campfire chili
a loon's call stirs
the darkness
Laryalee Fraser
(3,4,4) = 21 pts
Second Place -- 17 pts
custody battle
two magpies squabble
over a french fry
Warren Gossett
(0,4,9) = 17 pts
Third Place -- 16 pts
between bait bucket
and fisherman
the egret's long neck
doris kasson
(2,4,2) = 16 pts
Fourth Place -- 15 pts
sudden downpour
huddled on the step
with a sparrow
Paul Hunter
(1,2,8) = 15 pts
Fifth Place -- 13 pts
silent pier
a gull's shadow
flowing
Darrell Lindsey
(1,2,6) = 13 pts
long before dawn
a cardinal calls the day
sweet sweet sweet
Mary Lee McClure
(1,1,8) = 13 pts
Sixth Place -- 12 pts
morning stillness —
a young kingfisher dives
into sunlight
Origa
(1,2,5) = 12 pts
Seventh Place -- 11 pts
pelicans drift
in the receding tide —
distant thunder
Bruce H. Feingold
(1,2,4) = 11 pts
a white heron
glides low over the swamp —
cypress shadows
Zhanna P. Rader
(0,2,7) = 11 pts
Eighth Place -- 10 pts
Fort Niagara
a wren sizes up
a knothole
Tom Painting
(1,3,1) = 10 pts
Grandma's room ~
geese migrate
across the window
Paul Hodder
(1,2,3) = 10 pts
spring calving —
more and more vultures
join the circle
Edward
(0,2,6) = 10 pts
Ninth Place -- 9 pts
sea and lavender skies
pelicans coasting
I dream of peace
elaine mokhtefi
(3,0,0) = 9 pts
early morning square
the stillness of the doves
Hiroshima Day
Keiko Izawa
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
moving day —
favorite pigeon on the kitchen ledge
one last time
~Devika
(0,3,3) = 9 pts
beak in the mud
butt in the air —
an elegant swan
-- Butterfly
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
looking over the side
the last fledgling
in the nest
-me
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
lunch break
seagulls on the roof
of the seafood restaurant
Marica Kolcheva
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
tough question
the same old fib
about the stork
RaV
(0,1,7) = 9 pts
Tenth Place -- 8 pts
drowsy day
even the hummingbird
asleep on a branch
Karen Cesar
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
park bench —
pigeons keep an
old man company
Tristan Coleridge
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
Eleventh Place -- 7 pts
amputated tree —
the crow atop what was once
his branch
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(1,1,2) = 7 pts
a heron
cleans its wings...
autumn shoreline
Edward Weiss
(1,0,4) = 7 pts
Sunday morning
a pigeon
on the mailbox
Petar Tchouhov
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
a caterpillar
hangs from its middle...
robin's beak
Vaughn Seward
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
Twelfth Place -- 6 pts
pompous pigeons coo
dropping whitewash
on the gargoyles
Simply Maire
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
hospital window
a seagull
riding an updraft
Bill Kenney
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
hammock siesta
the woodpecker hammers
an afternoon
Earl Keener
(0,3,0) = 6 pts
summer heat...
a wren sings
in the brambles
Hugh Waterhouse
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts
dawn breaking...
a stray rooster on
top of the haystack
K. Ramesh
(1,0,2) = 5 pts
amid the rocks
of the jetty,
an absence of herons
~K~
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
mourning dove . . .
the monotony
of gone
Ann K. Schwader
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
frozen reservoir
a crow
blown by
Allan Burns
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
lengthening shadows
the circles of two buzzards
intersect
polona
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
cormorants
on islanded rocks
high tide
Deborah P Kolodji
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
morning moon
a single robin
on the wire
Marie Summers
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
thunder —
the one remaining crow
chuckles
Ami
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts
age compensates
the lark sings less frequently
but now I listen.
Zaida Lysle
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
high above the sacred city
her eyes follow
the hummingbird
Janet Brof
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
light and shadow —
cattle egrets fly before
a thunderstorm
Nancy Smith
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
untended garden...
not hearing the robin
until it rains
--Irene Golas
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
thunderstorm:
finches take shelter
in the feeder
-- oino sakai
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
fragrant dusk
the dragonfly becomes
a hummingbird
Paul R
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
seagulls
in the parking lot
predicting a storm
smzang
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
Three crows strut
in the early mist.
You're not there.
Trevor Camp
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
all day long
sparrow couples
visiting my birdhouse
susan delphine delaney
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts
flower fair —
looking up to the flight
of paper cranes
Ellen Compton
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
spring sun —
two male blackbirds fight
for my garden
max verhart
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
the lone goose
honks for her mate
hunters rejoice
Mr PC
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
pub lunch
by the Avon
swans beg for bread
-- ushi
(0,0,3) = 3 pts