July 2012 Kukai

Free Format Theme:

BLUE 

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First Place -  35 Points

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 all the blues

I ever knew --

mountain lake

Michael McClintock

(3,5,16) = 35 pts

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Second Place -  21 Points

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prairie sunrise...

wagon wheels

part the bluestem

Michele L. Harvey

(1,5,8) = 21 pts

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Third Place -  18 Points

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morning thoughts

a patch of blue

in the puddle

BILL KENNEY

(0,2,14) = 18 pts

**I like how 'blue' can mean two things in it

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16 Points

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mockingbird song...

the blues in the spruce

at twilight

S.E. Buffington

(1,1,11) = 16 pts

forget-me-nots

blooming at the headstone

...your blue eyes

natalia kuznetsova

(0,2,12) = 16 pts

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15 Points

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on the giraffe's blue tongue a taste of sky

André Surridge

(1,4,4) = 15 pts

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14 Points

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blue lake —

troubling the sky

with pebbles

Ailoaei Cristina

(0,5,4) = 14 pts

**Juxtaposition of the vast and the tiny, and the ironic pretension of "troubling," which, for me at least, carries biblical echoes.

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13 Points

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fresh crop of apples

the taste

of the blue sky

Angela Terry

(0,3,7) = 13 pts

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12 Points

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garage sale —

blue loveseat

gently used

Carmel Lively Westerman

(0,4,4) = 12 pts

**This says either very little or a lot, and that's haiku.

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11 Points

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cornflower blue

always the first crayon

out of the box

Kat Creighton

(0,4,3) = 11 pts

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10 Points

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flight to Bahamas —

the blue above,

the blue below

Zhanna P. Rader

(0,4,2) = 10 pts

painting my toenails

robin's egg blue --

hatching new plans

mechaieh

(0,1,8) = 10 pts

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9 Points

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blue chicory

last year's field notes

before we moved

~~Merrill Ann Gonzales

(1,1,4) = 9 pts

blue moon . . .

after a long time

sudden emptiness

Ramesh Anand

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

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8 Points

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barber shop --

the blue bulb shines

on his bald head

~ Moses Obimo

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

from the blue

heron's feet, ripples

to the horizon

Penny Harter

(0,1,6) = 8 pts

still you don't write . . .

the blue budgie sheds

his tail feather

Polona

(0,0,8) = 8 pts

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7 Points

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world-wide web

across the blue screen

a spider's night work

Percival

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

wild blue flax...

she can't take her eyes

off his

Gregory Longenecker

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

Blue —

The ocean lies

In my ink pot

V.Leo.R

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

**how spare yet how vivid and expansive

chicory in bloom

still seeing her eyes

everywhere

Cezar F. Ciobika

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

funeral day --

the Sligo sky could not

be bluer

~ Isabelle Prondzynski

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

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6 Points

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chemo patient

she plants pots of periwinkle

on her good days

Kawazu

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

**this one offers such hope despite the horror of the disease.

summer sky

white eloping

with blue

Bill Gottlieb

(1,1,1) = 6 pts

a tangle of blue

the boys' soccer team

celebrates their win

Harvey Jenkins

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

**The word "tangle" is so expressive here!

blue mom and dad

other colored pencils

need sharpening

Boris Nazansky

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

Crayola

his sister hides

the blue

Tom Painting

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

first class —

only blue and white

for a winter painting

Israel López Balan

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

beach to sky

a blend of blues

on her bikini

Barbara Snow

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

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5 Points

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a sparkle of dew

on the last blue iris

it is finished

Earl Keener

(1,1,0) = 5 pts

out in the blue . . .

a wisp of scattered ash

on the sea breeze

Ron C. Moss

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

chemtrails

dissolve into night...

blue moon

Ted van Zutphen

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

empty sky—

forget-me-nots turn

my shadow bluer

Lech Szeglowski

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

between palms

blue skies dance

with each breeze

Barbara A. Taylor

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

porcelain doll

Grandma's all knowing gaze

in China blue eyes

Adelaide B. Shaw

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

striking the match

inner blue

the heat of the affair

Ben Gieske

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

blue flame --

the welder points the rod

to the ground

~ moureen wangui

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

**nice use of 'blue' for 'flame', which hardly comes up and how down to earth the image becomes in a welder's hands

on a grey day

flashes of blue —

kingfishers

Elaine Riddell

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

hour of the wolf

a lonely dog barks

at the blue sky

Tore Sverredal

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

new snow

the blueness of the sky

martin gottlieb cohen

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

**"blue," rather than "blueness," would have earned another point,

but I like this no-frills haiku.

the blue hydrangea--

my mother's eyes

jill

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

smart car

turning left

blue fingernails

carol pearce-worthington

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

**Stereotyping, or a comment on stereotyping? Amusing, anyway.

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4 Points

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blue marker pen --

I draw a kitten

on my note book

~ Nancy Otinga

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

an indigo bunting

drops to the rose cane . . .

the baby's eyes

Ellen Compton

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

Ol' Blue Eyes

singing Stardust --

the night is still young

Maxianne

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

on the book cover

Krishna is the blue

of Mary

Jon Baldwin

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

blue grass —

little boy draws

his first drawings

Robert Kania

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

blue sea

taking a deep breath before

the first date

Irena Szewczyk

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

receding waves —

blue marbles among

broken sand castles

Jayashree Maniyil

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

Chagall's Blue Angel

... a gentle breath

of dharma

Ramona Linke

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

an azure sky...

the pop star announces

her baby's name

Diane Mayr

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

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3 Points

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Incognito moon

veiled behind the white gauze clouds

white on white on blue

Robert C. Howard

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

her eyes drowning

in the wild blue yonder

a child on tiptoes

Hansha Teki

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

lapse of reason

riding the lavender nights

burning giraffes

Beate Conrad

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

sky blue

the colour of

her tears

Revivandi

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

Cerulean sky

Clouds scudding across the span

In my heart, the rain

Tanja

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

daybreak light—

the goldfinch's body shines

against the blue sky

Rita Odeh

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

the blues singer

on a blue bench

bluer than the sea

Bernhard Kopf

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

seven shades of blue

tied during the full moon --

she prays for a boy

Brenda Roberts

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

blue above

below blue

in tune a lotus blue

Vishnu P Kapoor

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

blue bells —

bored with me, the puppy

plays with shadows

- Naranan Namby

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

Montana

horizon to horizon

nothing but blue skies

Carolyn Coit Dancy

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

her blue eyes

hide behind dark glasses--

the curve of her leg...

John Daleiden

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

ninety years old

she signs her name

in blue pen

Anne Curran

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

across

my purple tongue --

blueberries

Peter Pache

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

african grey parrot talking a blue streak

Alan S. Bridges

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

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2 Points

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earth loves moon...

together they create

starlight on the ocean blue

dragonfly

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

resting on her palm

the light blue egg

of a little blue heron

John McManus

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

a ship

and a hundred hues of blue—

between sea and sky !

-manoj saranathan

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

graduation party

I remember my first

Blue Curaçao

Ralf Bröker

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

blue sky —

her eyes like two

deep holes

Petru-Ioan Garda

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

pieces of the sky

a splendid show of colour

hydrangeas in bloom

Deirdre Godwin

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

note taking --

she flicks her blue dyed hair

off her face

~ Wright Dennis

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

all round blue

sad heart

soft summer sky

Frances O'Keeffe

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

in dyed blue waders

the park's crew

shovel up wishes

--Peter Newton

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

blue glance

a sudden scent

of bitter almonds

Jon Espen Vassbotn

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

a clematis blossom

melting into the blue dusk

on the pergola

Tomislav

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

sailing

on the sea and sky—

the blue Danube

Maria Santomauro

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

clear blue sky . . .

the darker blue

of a Steller’s jay

Liz Rule

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

coloring her blue sky

it overlaps into her

sea of yellow daises

Bill Hudson

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

sunset can't dim

the cobalt blue

of the fire-eater's eyes

Elsa Colligan

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

Mother always

wished for me

a bluebird

Bill Pauly

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

punished --

a boy scrubs blue graffiti

from the wall

~ Catherine Njeri Maina

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

school holidays

we wait for the sea

to turn blue

Paul Hodder

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

Two blue eyes

at the frosted window-panes —

the sun in clouds

Miorita

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

vegan luncheon

her "healthy" drink

an unnatural blue

Laurene

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

blue Pleiades

shining in a deer's eyes —

night hunt

cristina-monica moldoveanu

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

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1 Point

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long walk through fields of snow

leaving behind

deep blue footprints

elizabeth warren

blue dress

in a market stall --

morning walk

~ Isaac Ndirangu

QSA?-.-

hearing you 5

while blue

STOPS

the earth

with its sun, moon and stars

. . . the blue sky

Anonymous

cherry blooms glowing

in the bright morning sunshine ...

blue patches of sky

Keith A. Simmonds

novice nuns

their vacant eyes at vespers

blue

Alegria

at odds with the world

I search

for a blue flower

Beth Powell

out of the

her wisecrack

Donna Bauerly

Kangundo walk --

five donated blue bags

on their backs

~ Ceciliah Wambui

tonight's sky

bruised deep indigo and orange

with the scent of rain

Haiku Rue

blue drops

on unfinished last will —

emptied ink bottle

Juhani Tikkanen

arboretum corner

blue flowers in every shade

orange butterflies dance

Rose Marie Stutts, EdD

fog in the harbour

the morning coffee tastes grey

the blue ferry

helge t.

moon set and star light —

black is the color blue

at night

Douglas Carlsen

minibus lights --

everybody appears

with a blue face

~ Bonareri

silhouette

against the deep blue sky

spider's web

Tom Conally

knowing her time nears

she gives away her brooches

save "his" azure one

eddybacher

the ocean

bathed in moonlight

his deep blue eyes

Cara Holman

shimmering heat waves

between the blues

of ocean and sky

Ruth Powell

small white tail

of afar motor boat ...

clouds in blue

reza-iran

hot afternoon —

a wandering cloud stops

to admire the blue dome.

dsnake1

reflected

in her eyes

the water's blue

Barbara Campitelli

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No Points This Time, Sorry.

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blue clematis climbs

the pillar of a white veranda

the moon is howling

annebet Danielsen

concord grapes

right from the basket

blue tongues and fingers

if

neighborhood pool,

blue water,

shimmering invitingly

Hrushikesh Oka

sunset

red bird-cloud

rides plane-cloud

into the night

miriam chaikin

welcoming spring

blue bells in Burrows Lea:

spirit heals

--R.K.Singh

Deep blue sky

kids come and visit —

the kids leave.

Trevor Camp

ragged clouds tattered across

a moment of sky and mind . . .

make the blues go away

eric

chemistry practical --

a blue flame pops out

from a bunsen burner

~ Malesi Winfridah

my eyes gaze

to the blue, painted blue

flying high

Judi Honiker

as we arrive

at the outdoor wedding

a blaze of blue sky

--Kirsty Karkow

sultry day

wears unpopular blue skirt

to keep cool

D W Skrivseth

sunny blue

moods of a

Summer day

Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black

the house with the high-pitched voice

asking my little sister:

do I have another drink?

Oddbjørn Aardalen

grenade attack --

a blue siren strikes

on the blast scene

~ CAXTON OKOTH

'round midnight

Kind of Blue in a bed

too large

Johannes S. H. Bjerg

first dictation --

the blue ink spreads

on my paper

~ ROSE AKALICHE

so pale blue

the sky one-dimensional

summer heat

Bruce Ross

empty feeder the jays displeasure

John Soules

summer without rain

only blue sky

what a dream

Ashi

After the team's defeat

An old blue jacket

Held close for comfort

Mary E. Gray

blue eyes

the haunting thoughts

of a future without Wi-Fi

Ernesto P. Santiago

I can still see

the blue in your eyes as I turn

and walk away

Stevie Strang

whirling water drops

pops up by the azure rocks

— a hippo!

Peter O. Silvani

my blue eyes flash--

I catch a glimpse

of kingfisher

James Dobson

as if there's no tomorrow—

blue starlight

in Forget-me-nots

Anonymous

alone

summer saturday at work

blue tshirt, shorts, sandals

- Ruthanne Price

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General Comments:

**I wasn't crazy about any of the free format haiku this month, so I only have a couple of points to award.

**What a great set of submissions!! This is the first time I gave three poems equal votes.  I regret that I couldn't do the same for four more.

**After awhile the word blue itself became a hurdle to enjoying the haiku.... Although I did find some fine ones.

**Adding a general comment: a lot to choose from in both categories, a lot of good stuff. i haven't had such a hard time selecting the few to give my points to in quite a while.

**These rainy days make me very blue, and now it's tax time!!! I think I'll make this into a haiku.

**Thank you for making it possible to assemble so many fine haiku together in the one place.