June 2005 Kukai

Kigo Theme: Swim

-------------------------------- First Place -- 28 Points -------------------------------- moonlit swim . . . the galaxy moves around me  Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,7,11) = 28 pts -------------------------------- Second Place  -------------------------------- swim meet her eyes bluer than the water  Earl Keener (0,5,6) = 16 pts ------------------------------- Third Place  ------------------------------- after our swim the taste of salt on your body  Bill Kenney (3,2,4) = 15 pts  mud puddle a child teaches the worm how to swim  Owen Burkhart (1,3,6) = 15 pts  midnight swim-- every move sparkles  Mary Lee McClure (0,5,5) = 15 pts ------------------------------- Fourth Place ------------------------------- childhood swimming hole on the dock her clothes and new right leg  Edward (0,5,3) = 13 pts ------------------------------- Fifth Place ------------------------------- leg cramp on a solo swim-- the empty sky  Dave Bacharach (1,1,6) = 11 pts  lingering heat a firefly swims in moonlight  Scott Mason (0,3,5) = 11 pts ------------------------------- Sixth Place ------------------------------- river dusk an old man & his puppy swim upstream  ed markowski (1,1,5) = 10 pts ------------------------------- Seventh Place ------------------------------- swimming? in the miso soup a mayfly  James M. Thompson (1,2,2) = 9 pts  first swim the fear to let go of auntie's arm  john tiong chunghoo (1,2,2) = 9 pts ------------------------------- Eighth Place ------------------------------- afternoon swim in the lemonade... a dead fly  Kate (1,1,3) = 8 pts  afternoon swim two discarded suits in the gazebo  Deborah Kolodji (0,3,2) = 8 pts  deep silence in the old pond a frog swims  max verhart (0,1,6) = 8 pts ------------------------------- Ninth Place ------------------------------- no one home-- the gardener takes a swim  Ami (0,3,1) = 7 pts  new fish pond -- the cat learns to swim  Lorin Ford (0,2,3) = 7 pts  no life jackets migrants swim the river with all they own  Carmel C. Lively (0,2,3) = 7 pts  swimming down into darkness my shadow  Jim Mullins (0,1,5) = 7 pts ------------------------------- Tenth Place ------------------------------- canal bridge the sound of a swimmer in the night  martin (1,1,1) = 6 pts  beyond the surf a large shadow swims closer  Hugh (0,3,0) = 6 pts ------------------------------- Eleventh Place ------------------------------- a lost duckling swims toward my voice: twilight   Irene Golas ((0,0,5) = 5 pts  I switch to breaststroke the moon swimming beside me  Mark Hollingsworth (0,0,5) = 5 pts ------------------------------- Twelfth Place ------------------------------- heat wave the swallow sips a swimming pool  Alan Summers (1,0,1) = 4 pts  summer breeze - the laughter of children in the swimming pool  Jim Swift (1,0,1) = 4 pts  late spring - the desire of river shad to swim home  Audrey Downey (0,2,0) = 4 pts  swarms of swimming sperm petri dish  Allen McGill (0,2,0) = 4 pts  The fish in his tank meets himself no matter which way he swims.  Suzume Shi (0,2,0) = 4 pts  campfire pancakes -- a red ant swimming in syrup  Laryalee Fraser (0,0,4) = 4 pts ------------------------------- Thirteenth Place ------------------------------- night swimming - what else shares the deep cool with my toes?  Nancy Smith (0,1,1) = 3 pts  the wake of a swimming Lab ducklings  Ann K. Schwader (0,1,1) = 3 pts  while the man swims a cormorant stands guard over his things  Richard Kay (0,1,1) = 3 pts   first swimming lesson the chlorine sting in my nose  --ushi (0,0,3) = 3 pts  a frog swims to the bottom of the creek-- final exam week  DeVar (0,0,3) = 3 pts   

Free Format Theme: Clouds

-------------------------------- First Place -------------------------------- sheep country -- passing clouds graze the hilltop  Lorin Ford (2,5,9) = 25 pts -------------------------------- Second Place -------------------------------- storm clouds the tugboat moves deeper into each wave  Owen Burkhart (1,4,5) = 16 pts -------------------------------- Third Place -------------------------------- midsummer's eve thick clouds erase the moon  Marie (1,3,4) = 13 pts -------------------------------- Fourth Place -------------------------------- funeral procession all along the cloud's edge a thin bright line  max verhart (1,2,5) = 12 pts -------------------------------- Fifth Place -------------------------------- distant clouds rain dancers stir the parched earth  Carmel C. Lively (0,2,6) = 10 pts  cloudy morning the old blind man sings without sunglasses  Israel López Balan (0,2,6) = 10 pts -------------------------------- Sixth Place -------------------------------- horse in a field the society of clouds  William M. Gottlieb (1,2,2) = 9 pts ------------------------------- Seventh Place ------------------------------- cloud cover-- the motionless hare gone on second glance  Ami  (0,3,2) = 8 pts  passing clouds shadows on the lawn disappear  Bill Kenney (1,1,3) = 8 pts  in the clouds, an elephant becomes a downpour  Kate (1,0,5) = 8 pts  cloudy mass the radiologist says "aha"  --ushi (0,1,6) = 8 pts ------------------------------- Eighth Place ------------------------------- prairie dust clouds he shoots the lead buffalo with his camera  Edward (0,2,3) = 7 pts  cloud patterns -- a ladybug lands on my notebook  Laryalee Fraser (0,2,3) = 7 pts  family reunion clouds too in the viewfinder  Mark Hollingsworth (0,2,3) = 7 pts  racing clouds I place my money on the dark horse  Laurice Markowski (0,1,5) = 7 pts  cloudless sky a plane overtakes the kite  Hugh (0,1,5) = 7 pts ------------------------------- Ninth Place ------------------------------- no phone call - clouds form over the Gulf  Francis Masat (0,2,2) = 6 pts  clouds shapes I fall in and out of a dream  Earl Keener (0,2,2) = 6 pts  cloudy day - all flags fly at half-mast  Grzegorz Sionkowski (0,2,2) = 6 pts  vanishing too in the rainbow a nameless cloud  George Hawkins (0,2,2) = 6 pts  hoe over his shoulder billowing clouds  Paul Pfleuger, Jr. (0,2,2) = 6 pts  in the mirror of the old well traveling clouds  Zeljka Vucinic-Jambresic  (0,1,4) = 6 pts  scattered clouds: a New Moon and Venus almost touching  oino sakai (0,1,4) = 6 pts  cloud shadows -- panting dog looks up each time  Jim Mullins (0,1,4) = 6 pts ------------------------------- Eleventh Place ------------------------------- sunset-- the clouds kiss the hills goodnight  Dave (0,2,1) = 5 pts  cumulus clouds - sudden shafts of sunlight hit the old farm  Audrey Downey (0,2,1) = 5 pts  no clouds clear to the mountains sweet clover  Ann K. Schwader (0,2,1) = 5 pts  hold your breath to swim the gnat cloud  Bill Tallmadge (0,1,3) = 5 pts  mating season the couple in the park on cloud nine  flatline (0,1,3) = 5 pts  crossing the border with me mooncloud  roberta beary (0,1,3) = 5 pts ------------------------------- Twelfth Place ------------------------------- plowed fields each row holding rain clouds  Scott Metz (1,0,1) = 4 pts  the Louvre pyramid-- we rendezvous with clouds  Scott Mason (0,2,0) = 4 pts  spring chill a cloud's shadow moves over the lake  martin (0,1,2) = 4 pts  moonlit clouds a gypsy band warms up in the old dance hall  ed markowski (0,1,2) = 4 pts  morning zazen clouds in the lake come and go  Zeta (0,1,2) = 4 pts  rafts adrift on a cloud-filled lake hint of divorce  Allen McGill (0,1,2) = 4 pts  summer sky-- way way up there that tiny cloud  Mary Lee McClure (0,0,4) = 4 pts ------------------------------- Thirteenth Place ------------------------------- The dog thunders up from his swim a grinning cloud on legs.  Suzume Shi (1,0,0) = 3 pts  clouded fortune in the teacup's bottom too many leaves  Zaida Lysle (0,1,1) = 3 pts  cloud wisp . . . the shape of what used to be a lizard  Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,1,1) = 3 pts  clouds and stones both the wind and the sculptor whistling merrily  Petar Tchouhov (0,1,1) = 3 pts  clouds at night flying over my dream  sérgio francisco pichorim (0,1,1) = 3 pts  low clouds - white flashes from startled juncos  Jim Swift (0,0,3) = 3 pts