In the listing below, after each poem the author is listed, and then a three digit code revealing how many 3-point, 2-point, and 1-point votes were cast for this poem by the other participating poets. (214 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.
June 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Honeysuckle
First Place -- 18 points
honeysuckle
he drinks where her lips
touched the glass
DeVar Dahl
(3-2-5 = 18)
Second Place -- 16 points
honeysuckle
a cloud of gnats drifts
over the pond
martin
1-3-7 = 16
Third Place -- 15 points
climbing over the fence
my younger sister
and honeysuckle
Deborah Russell
(1-2-8 = 15)
Fourth Place -- 12 points
mountain path--
fireflies and honeysuckle
spill from the moon
earl keener
(1-3-3 = 12)
Fifth Place -- 11 points
honeysuckle
hugs my mailbox...
a letter from you
Zhanna P. Rader
(0-3-5 = 11)
Sixth Place -- 9 points
sweet hour of prayer
the scent of honeysuckle
at evening vespers
Edward
(1-1-4 = 9)
gentle flutter-
honeysuckle with the
morning paper
tina Stanton
(0-3-3 = 9)
Seventh Place -- 8 points
predawn darkness --
walking into the windchime
to smell the honeysuckle
Peter H. Pache
(0-2-4 = 8)
construction site toilet
the scent of honeysuckle
on my way out
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0-1-6 = 8)
late afternoon :
honeysuckle dancing
with bumblebees
oino sakai
(0-3-2 = 8)
cutting back the vine
on my garden gloves the scent
of honeysuckle
Zaida Lysle
(1-1-3 = 8)
all through the dark
sweetness of honeysuckle
and a mockingbird's song
Mary Lee McClure
(0-3-2 = 8)
recalling love --
night scent of honeysuckle
through the window
Nancy Smith
(0-3-2 = 8)
wild honeysuckle
the steps to the old stupa
are very steep
Johannes Manjrekar
(1-2-1 = 8)
Eighth Place -- 7 points
garden walk
roses and honeysuckle
sweetness fills the air
Carol Sircoulomb
(0-3-1 = 7)
firecrackers!
mexican honeysuckle
by the back gate
Erin Harte
(2-0-1 = 7)
feeling summer
on our tongues
honeysuckle nectar
Suzanne
(0-2-3 = 7)
Ninth Place -- 6 points
long kiss
breathing in
honeysuckle air
roberta beary
(0-1-4 = 6)
honeysuckle
growing over his fence
to my side. . .
Carole MacRury
(0-0-6 = 6)
fragrant afternoon
a bee struggles deep within
the honeysuckle
Darrell Byrd
(1-1-1 = 6)
Tenth Place -- 5 points
honeysuckle . . .
even the idea sounds
delicious
mike farley
(0-0-5 = 5)
honeysuckle lean-to
the path behind dappled
with rain and petals
JB
(1-0-2 = 5)
hippie love child
a honeysuckle wreath
in her hair
Carmel C. Lively
(0-1-3 = 5)
first kiss . . .
the scent of honeysuckle
warm and sweet
Carol Raisfeld
(0-2-1 = 5)
Eleventh Place -- 4 points
waiting
for the ice cream truck
honeysuckle scent
w.f. owen
(0-1-2 = 4)
lovers' lane
the scent of honeysuckle
from each side
sheila Windsor
(0-1-2 = 4)
heat lightning -
an iridescent honeyeater
in the honeysuckle
angelee deodhar
(0-0-4 = 4)
uninvited honeysuckle
brought many colors
to the dry wall
Tomislav Maretic
(0-2-0 = 4)
Twelfth Place -- 3 points
late night posy
of honeysuckle
captured midges
ushi
(0-1-1 = 3)
summer breeze
a hummer in
the honeysuckle
Rosa Velt
(0-1-1 = 3)
gentle breeze
honeysuckle weaves
between clematis blooms
celia crook
(0-1-1 = 3)
a drop
of honeysuckle nectar --
moonlight kiss
Andrew Callister
(0-1-1 = 3)
Free Format Theme: Artist's Tool
First Place -- 18 points
her last canvas --
the artist captures
a fading sunset
Rosa Velt
(0-4-10 = 18)
Second Place -- 15 points
sketchpad --
sunlight inches
towards the fly
martin
(1-2-8 = 15)
dried clay on his hands
the potter
rolls a cigarette
w.f. owen
(1-4-4 = 15)
Third Place -- 14 points
pencil shavings--
the student's tongue
curls and uncurls
DeVar Dahl
(1-4-3 = 14)
Fourth Place -- 11 points
a redwood tree...
I walk backward holding
the camera
K. Ramesh
(0-2-7 = 11)
Fifth Place -- 10 points
a splotch of red
on an empty canvas
her lips
peigi
(0-3-4 = 10)
Sixth Place -- 9 points
a day without rain
watercolor daisies drip
down the canvas
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0-2-5 = 9)
a few quill strokes
and the lark in my birch tree
preserved in ink
Zaida Lysle
(1-2-2 = 9)
Seventh Place -- 8 points
inkstone balanced
on a pile of paper :
haiga practice
oino sakai
(1-1-3 = 8)
blank canvas
sags in the corner
his wife's stroke
Ann K. Schwader
(0-2-4 = 8)
a moth
brushes my hand
at sunset
gary b
(1-1-3 = 8)
Eighth Place -- 7 points
monsoon sky
in the tea the essence
of the palette
angelee deodhar
(1-0-4 = 7)
fruit
on the canvas
still life
Patricia A. Laurent
(0-3-1 = 7)
the ibis take off
I search for my pencil
in the brown grass
Johannes Manjrekar
(0-2-3 = 7)
on the sidewalk
a picasso
in chalk
Carmel C. Lively
(0-3-1 = 7)
Ninth Place -- 6 points
yellow suns
fingerpainted by
a five year old
nellie beck
(0-2-2 = 6)
bright bristles
of the bottlebrush
a fine-tipped pen
Allen McGill
(1-0-3 = 6)
museum gift shop
sketchpads
half price
roberta beary
(0-1-4 = 6)
Tenth Place -- 5 points
the model turns
a page in her novel
a pencil drops
ushi
(1-1-0 = 5)
Monet's water lilies -
splatters of green and white paint
on the child's smock
Carole MacRury
(1-0-2 = 5)
Eleventh Place -- 4 points
dusk --
hammer to hot iron
the anvil rings
Peter H. Pache
(1-0-1 = 4)
out of cold marble
the heartbreaking glory
of the Pieta'
Mary Lee McClure
(0-1-2 = 4)
white canvas -
his smile appears everywhere
from nowhere
Deborah Russell
(0-2-0 = 4)
kindergarten -
another dab of glue
for mom's card
Carol Raisfeld
(0-1-2 = 4)
fresh pallet
a fisherman whets
his blade
Darrell Byrd
(1-0-1 = 4)
mountain mist
from palette to canvas
lifted
OwenB
(0-1-2 = 4)
Twelfth Place -- 3 points
the finishing touch
taking pastel pink, he adds
her blush
sheila Windsor
(1-0-0 = 3)
He has drawn the horse
that draws the horse-drawn carriage,
chin dark with charcoal.
Kareeda
(0-1-1 = 3)
Romantic love
in the winter’s
black-and-white film.
Rositsa Yakimova
(0-0-3 = 3)
still love her hair
given to me years ago
# 3 pure sable
emile molhuysen
(0-0-3 = 3)