June 2003 Kukai

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)