Congratulations to ***Paul Hodder ***, winner of our Kigo section and to ***Carolyn Coit Dancy***, winner of our Free Format section!
**VOTER'S comments are in italics below the respective poems. (If any poet is offended by a comment on their haiku, I will remove it on request)
Kigo Theme: BAREFOOT ---------------------------------- First Place - 45 Points ---------------------------------- Buddha's birthday more shoes than spaces on the temple steps Paul Hodder (5,6,18) = 45 pts **This one made me smile. **Beautiful kigo (Buddha's birthday), and the scene is so vivid! The bare feet are numerous but not visible. My favourite this month. ---------------------------------- Second Place - 34 Points ---------------------------------- miscarriage our foot prints erased by waves Allison Millcock (4,8,6) = 34 pts **Both poignant and lovely. An exception to my rule of not giving 3 points! ---------------------------------- Third Place - 21 Points ---------------------------------- Milky Way my baby sucks his toes Dorota Pyra (1,3,12) = 21 pts **Love how this reaches in multiple directions and is also simultaneously so self-contained ---------------------------------- 20 Points ---------------------------------- warm stream my son goes barefoot on the moon ---Highlander (2,1,12) = 20 pts **This one is almost surreal. I can’t explain why it connects so well, but it does. ---------------------------------- 15 Points ---------------------------------- beach the nothingness of footprints gogatsu (2,1,7) = 15 pts cuckoos calling grandma dances barefoot with a ghost Karin Anderson (1,4,4) = 15 pts ** Excellent! Life-affirming images and jux. Another exception to the rule of 3. My apologies to others with entries deserving 1 or 2 points. ---------------------------------- 14 Points ---------------------------------- soapsuds between each toe... Saturday night --Kirsty Karkow (1,3,5) = 14 pts the cake served... mother-of-the-bride slips off her shoes Diane Mayr (1,2,7) = 14 pts **simple yet vivid word picture ! frost-framed window— how small her footprints in the baby book –if– (0,2,10) = 14 pts lawn sprinkler the child in me runs barefoot Roberta Beary (0,1,12) = 14 pts ---------------------------------- 13 Points ---------------------------------- wiggling our toes in river mud . . . crickets and stars Ellen Compton (1,2,6) = 13 pts **Ah, bliss! ---------------------------------- 12 Points ---------------------------------- open road giving the gas pedal more toe Michael McClintock (0,2,8) = 12 pts **My toes loved this one! **I wish I had had more points! #29 is pitch perfect. LOVE. ---------------------------------- 11 Points ---------------------------------- the breeze between my toes wild roses Ann K. Schwader (0,1,9) = 11 pts ---------------------------------- 10 Points ---------------------------------- his smile becomes laughter when this little piggy has none Edward (1,1,5) = 10 pts Cheshire moon the sound of clipping toe nails martin gottlieb cohen (0,4,2) = 10 pts ---------------------------------- 9 Points ---------------------------------- spring noon; we both have wet feet- the robin and I ! manoj saranathan (0,3,3) = 9 pts season's end the puddle shrinks around my bare feet --Peter Newton (0,3,3) = 9 pts rinsing sand from my feet summer's end Bill Kenney (0,2,5) = 9 pts **Economical in its invocation of wistfulness hot sand reaching the water just in time Adelaide B. Shaw (0,2,5) = 9 pts wet sands - these footsteps show no rags or riches Vinay Leo R. (0,1,7) = 9 pts ---------------------------------- 8 Points ---------------------------------- receding sea a barefoot girl on the beach wistfully still natalia kuznetsova (1,1,3) = 8 pts barefoot – the green grass of childhood Virginia Popescu PHOENIX (0,2,4) = 8 pts wading in the mountain brook- flat stones Tuvshinzaya Nergui Tsetserleg city, Mongolia (0,2,4) = 8 pts matted grass where the cow slept warms my bare feet Zeyda (0,1,6) = 8 pts ---------------------------------- 7 Points ---------------------------------- circus ring a barefoot angel loses her footing Stella Pierides (1,1,2) = 7 pts last day of school... the barefoot sky promises so much Angela Terry (0,1,5) = 7 pts came in and will go out -- shoeless miriam chaikin (0,1,5) = 7 pts moonless night - the stone floor near the river still warm Israel López Balan (0,1,5) = 7 pts ---------------------------------- 6 Points ---------------------------------- barefoot she cannot feel the rocks-- new love Aalix Roake (1,1,1) = 6 pts the tightness of shoes on the first day of school barefoot summer Barbara Snow (0,2,2) = 6 pts cycling to work -- the shiny bronze toes of a statue ~ Isabelle Prondzynski (0,1,4) = 6 pts whiffle ball both pitcher and batter without any shoes Michele L, Harvey USA (0,0,6) = 6 pts barefoot as if it matters the naturist LeRoy Gorman (0,0,6) = 6 pts ---------------------------------- 5 Points ---------------------------------- Barefoot on lunch-hour teleported to my youth - ants enjoy my crumbs Philip Mizener (1,1,0) = 5 pts little ballerinas dancing barefoot morning dew maxianne (0,2,1) = 5 pts billowing clouds we stomp the white grapes for wine John Daleiden Phoenix, Arizona (0,2,1) = 5 pts **An efficient jux and fresh take, this one really appeals to me. I wonder if "white" is really necessary, though. heat wave a naked toddler runs through the sprinkler Carolyn Coit Dancy (0,1,3) = 5 pts wind rolled thistles in the monastery door - a barefoot monk lavana kray (0,1,3) = 5 pts barefoot boys scramble over the rocks the tide turning Beth Powell (0,1,3) = 5 pts barefoot through the old battlefield - the ancestors' dream Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă (0,1,3) = 5 pts barefoot moon... does he have my password Anonymous (0,1,3) = 5 pts ---------------------------------- 4 Points ---------------------------------- my foot steps in the morning dew -- sudden shiver ~ Primrose Jedidah (1,0,1) = 4 pts barefoot sounds in the morning dew prints of happiness Oddbjørn Aardalen (0,2,0) = 4 pts pebbles walk the faces of ouch in the hotness Ramesh Anand (0,1,2) = 4 pts wide-eyed first visit to the mandir ornate tiled floors --gillena cox; St James, Trinidad (0,1,2) = 4 pts barefoot on hot tin roof day moon Reza- Semnan (0,1,2) = 4 pts a fox cries . . the curl of my toes on moonlit grass Sandi Pray North Carolina, USA (0,1,2) = 4 pts playground -- a barefooted footballer hits a stone ~ Regina Robby (0,1,2) = 4 pts rain is gone... the barefoot children collect the snails Tomislav (0,1,2) = 4 pts you had me the first time I kissed your toes baby's breath Stevie Strang (0,1,2) = 4 pts barefoot our teen takes a wave in stride Tom Painting (0,0,4) = 4 pts **Nice little snapshot from life's movie footsoles tinged with blue hospice Doris (0,0,4) = 4 pts **Quietly tender shingle beach the arches of my feet polona (0,0,4) = 4 pts ---------------------------------- 3 Points ---------------------------------- forever barefoot walking midnight blue S.M. Abeles USA (1,0,0) = 3 pts barefoot… up close a mockingbird’s mocking Alegria Imperial Canada (0,1,1) = 3 pts counting stars I tramp on tender wheat barefoot Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu (0,1,1) = 3 pts hot asphalt... the barefoot runner's ashen face S.E. Buffington (0,1,1) = 3 pts freshwater the friendly fish exfoliate my feet Ernesto P. Santiago Philippines (0,0,3) = 3 pts the feel of cool grass between my toes when did I get too old? Brenda Roberts, Secretary Fort Worth Haiku Society (0,0,3) = 3 pts Hot beach pebbles - the bathers' hesitant steps. Zhanna P. Rader. (0,0,3) = 3 pts tiny toes peeking from a covered stroller I smile Bill Hudson (0,0,3) = 3 pts **playful haiku that rings a bell … tiny first buds of a morning glory . . . the newborn toes Ron C. Moss (0,0,3) = 3 pts barefoot-- in the desert each pebble a boulder Jone Rush MacCulloch (0,0,3) = 3 pts shards of glass -- he wraps his sole with rags ~ Mango Junior (0,0,3) = 3 pts a blue crescent on each bare toe - ru, canada (0,0,3) = 3 pts ---------------------------------- 2 Points ---------------------------------- patterns in the sand made by time and wind and wave and my shoe-free feet Deirdre Godwin (0,1,0) = 2 pts Bare feet in the grass Me and my daughter First summer rain Steliana Cristina Voicu Ploiesti, Romania (0,1,0) = 2 pts the sat nav whispers: grass with morning dew ahead stop car, take off shoes Jon Espen Vassbotn (0,1,0) = 2 pts shimmering sun -- a barefooted mother fetching water ~ Velma Adhiambo (0,1,0) = 2 pts confused goslings - her toes white in the sand mike warner (0,1,0) = 2 pts walk nature lover barefoot amongst the flowers in chaste purity Keith A. Simmonds T & T (0,0,2) = 2 pts barefoot peasant... teaching me how to feel larger than life Rita Odeh Nazareth, IL (0,0,2) = 2 pts Cyprus beach and behold, barefoot Aphrodite Irena Szewczyk Warsaw, Poland (0,0,2) = 2 pts light rainfall — barefoot on wet grass childhood calls Gautam Nadkarni (0,0,2) = 2 pts Gobi desert... it does not touch my toes the thunderstorm Nadalsuren Purevdorj Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (0,0,2) = 2 pts noon beach skittery skips to the shoreline Allen McGill Ajijic, Mexico (0,0,2) = 2 pts rows of clean feet -- Muslims kneeling on mats for midday prayers ~ Patrick Wafula (0,0,2) = 2 pts shallow river -- barefooted fishermen dragging nets ~ Esther (0,0,2) = 2 pts barefoot in the park - a colony of snails stretching our shadows Sebastian Lucacs (0,0,2) = 2 pts after rain - running through puddles barefoot Ailoaei Cristina (0,0,2) = 2 pts barefoot -- the warmth of the sun-kissed steps -- Chitra Rajappa (0,0,2) = 2 pts ---------------------------------- 1 Points ---------------------------------- hot coals... her sole on my breast - hyohakusha (0,0,1) = 1 pts a morning dew - trembling grasses and I barefoot Robert Kania (0,0,1) = 1 pts barefoot murmurs sound on kitchen tiles dawn-rising toddler Frances O'Keeffe (0,0,1) = 1 pts barefoot hiking--- feeling the heat degree by degree kashinath karmakar, Durgapur,India (0,0,1) = 1 pts Sea side visit sand between the toes barefoot walk. Trevor Camp (0,0,1) = 1 pts a barefooted child collecting scrap metals -- village dump ~ Irene Wangari (0,0,1) = 1 pts barefoot through shallow water urchin's crying Gabriele (0,0,1) = 1 pts hens chasing termites leave footprints behind -- afternoon rain ~ Lynn (0,0,1) = 1 pts shivering -- this cold cemented floor of my room ~ James Bundi (0,0,1) = 1 pts fresh cut grass tickles our summer feet … years ago Ruth Powell (0,0,1) = 1 pts rush of sand between my toes – holding back my summer dream Jayashree Maniyil (0,0,1) = 1 pts barefooted -- her traditional dances on the cold floor ~ Ezekiel Mbira (0,0,1) = 1 pts my barefoot trail on the dewy lawn-- home alone DeVar (0,0,1) = 1 pts sunrise - I walk alone through the wet grass Miorita (0,0,1) = 1 pts by summer’s end we’ll walk the gravel driveway barefoot Shelley Krause (0,0,1) = 1 pts summer vacation the boys bare feet curl over bike pedals kawazu (0,0,1) = 1 pts **Can absolutely see and feel this -------------------------------------- No Points This Time, Sorry. --------------------------------------- summer's heat kids without shoes walked on the grass Michaelb2005 my soaked sandals my drenched dress my naked feet mechaieh barefoot through sharp summer grass one more round Horst compulsive hoarding - his footprints on the pavement are fading away! Daniela Bullas walk through puddles one mom two kids three pairs safe in hands Vishnu P Kapoor Chennai India highway gravel I tried my soles in high school summer assu littered beach a trail of bloodied footprints behind the jogger Barbara A Taylor Barefoot doctor Clearly diagnoses long drawn disease. purush Guntur swarming sweat bees lounging in barefeet after my jog Bernard Gieske a barefoot tiger escaping the red dragon up to the wintry mountains Juhani Tikkanen toes in cold water of mountain lake forget a swim Jim Applegate Roswell, NM barefoot everywhere - from place to place the sand cools down a bit Cristina Oprea fireflies at play it’s my turn to walk across white-hot coals Harvey Jenkins Nanaimo, BC Canada barefoot Amish boy toes his initials into the gravel road Jerome Cushman winter denial barefoot children in shorts order ice creams Elaine RIddell spring grass childhood memories glisten barefoot in the past RD McManes barefoot running through ashes oh my soles, embers donna bauerly a barefoot child makes her first mudpie Anonymous trailing barefeet . . . sunset and warm sand Kat Creighton boots removed I step gingerly barefoot onto snow Jane DeJonghe my feet winter-chilled on wooden floor-boards -- village yoga Anonymous barefoot call girl - folding the map on the shore covered teacher spy STOPS one dog racing one--we run barefoot too Chandra Bales mead moon ... sweet river runs barefoot dragonfly naked steps miss my friend the stone in the shoe Trygve Johnsen hot afternoon -- a barefooted traveller wipes his dusty feet ~ Eluyilah Barkhita socks off... fishes fleeing before my feet Dejan Pavlinovic Pula, Croatia milling crowds -- a barefooted madwoman on Moi Avenue ~ Naomi Andauza dimpling rain % mud squelches between the toes Anonymous scorching sun -- a man pulls a hand cart barefooted ~ Mercy Amunze heartbeat a race that scores clover between our toes Anonymous football pitch -- students walk barefooted to the field ~ Caroline Wanjiru bare feet hot from asphalt streets the porch swing squeaks Angie Werren Amelia, Ohio USA warm spring day a bee under a barefoot pain Tom Conally she jogs along the edge damp sand between her toes James Dobson barefoot on the beach the shy woman bares her sole tattoo Bill Pauly Dubuque, IA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Comments: **I was surprised by how many people mentioned firewalking! Is it a popular activity, or just a deep-seated desire? **Many good ones. Thanks again for this opportunity. **There are many good entries to the kigo section this month. As I read through them I thought it might be useful to relative newcomers to list some of the reasons I could give some no points, even if I’d been allotted more than 6. If you chose to include these perhaps others (yourself also) may care to add theirs. My feeling is that few voters will take much time to understand a single poem so the meaning needs to be quickly clear: . · Don’t understand the image or the juxtaposition · Good image but needs a more picturesque word choice · A ‘so what’ poem · Often an exclamation point covers the poets instinctive knowledge of a ‘so what’ poem or line · Could be said more simply · Lines in wrong order · laundry list · Simply uninteresting · Implausible · Unknown word · No resonance for me **As i had expected, many beautiful entries. Had a hard time voting... **Thank you for providing this Kukai opportunity. **So many good ones, hard to choose. **So many beautiful and powerful verses. Tough one as always. Well done, everybody! **Lots of bare feet to consider! **Thank you for this wonderful kukai **Thanks again for this wonderful invitation to participate. **First time in ages that I have written a haiku specially for the Shiki Kukai! I enjoyed watching out for bare feet... :) **Here's my kigo ("barefoot") entry for June. I just composed it in the shower, and I'm sending it right along, before the second thoughts begin. **Alas, I had half a broken bottle stuck in the sole of my foot once, a lifetime ago when I was very very young. I remember how scared I was...five stitches!!!! **General comment : I enjoyed looking for bare feet this month, and found them in the more unusual places (e.g. the statues in the park). I particularly appreciated reading haiku from places where bare feet are a matter of neediness rather than choice… | Free Format Theme: SHELL(S) ---------------------------------- First Place - 28 Points ---------------------------------- a perfect nautilus the twists and turns of my long life Carolyn Coit Dancy (0,8,12) = 28 pts **a sense of fulfillment; things eventually turn out just the way they were supposed to ---------------------------------- Second Place - 25 Points ---------------------------------- back to school the smoothness of a shell in her pocket Paul Hodder (1,5,12) = 25 pts ** Like an echo of summer…and freedom. ---------------------------------- Third Place - 21 Points ---------------------------------- sea shell-- opening another universe gogatsu (0,6,9) = 21 pts seashells - I wish I could hear her voice again Cezar-Florin Ciobîcă (0,6,9) = 21 pts ---------------------------------- 20 Points ---------------------------------- in and out of a snail shell ants polona (2,3,8) = 20 pts **lovely image. the cycle of life. low tide - the stars crowded among shells Ailoaei Cristina (0,5,10) = 20 pts ---------------------------------- 18 Points ---------------------------------- shells without sounds - those things we no longer believe in Angela Terry (1,4,7) = 18 pts **so much contained in these few words; from Santa Claus and Tooth Fairy to the flat Earth and all those personal beliefs and illusions that lose resonance at some point ---------------------------------- 17 Points ---------------------------------- sea shells... the blind girl sees a bobbing boat Vinay Leo R. (1,4,6) = 17 pts low tide -- sorting shells with the gulls kawazu (0,1,15) = 17 pts ---------------------------------- 14 Points ---------------------------------- somewhere within this seashell- a stillborn moon Anonymous (1,2,7) = 14 pts **a sense of mystery and drama in this slightly surreal poem ---------------------------------- 13 Points ---------------------------------- closing time... somewhere in the peanut shells her keys Edward (1,1,8) = 13 pts **i can relate to that. :) ---------------------------------- 11 Points ---------------------------------- lazy summer day I shell the pecans we bought last fall Bre Roberts (0,2,7) = 11 pts flea market - the sound of ocean in a seashell Israel López Balan (0,0,11) = 11 pts **Interesting jux suggests that our grasping trade is as insignificant as a flea compared to the ocean’s vastness filled with voracious sea creatures. ---------------------------------- 10 Points ---------------------------------- seashell nightlight— the closed door of mother's voice Roberta Beary (1,2,3) = 10 pts **Appreciate the tension here ** Nice. I especially like the finality of the last two lines. It adds that at a secondary level (after the concrete) ocean is a mother symbol. marine life two hermit crabs fight over a shell Stella Pierides (1,1,5) = 10 pts faraway train . . a turtle shell sways in the shallows Sandi Pray North Carolina USA (1,1,5) = 10 pts empty crab shell guards the drawbridge - sandcastle Ruth Powell (1,1,5) = 10 pts island fog . . . pocketing the shell that sparkled Michael McClintock (0,4,2) = 10 pts wampum belt... moonlight fills the museum hall Michele L. Harvey (0,3,4) = 10 pts ---------------------------------- 9 Points ---------------------------------- time to leave home... a snail on the threshold undecided natalia kuznetsova (1,2,2) = 9 pts morning prayers — the spiraling sound from a conch Gautam Nadkarni (1,0,6) = 9 pts old shoe box full of shells and memories Jim Applegate Roswell, NM (0,1,7) = 9 pts ---------------------------------- 8 Points ---------------------------------- thunderclap: the snail retreats into its shell -- Chitra Rajappa (1,1,3) = 8 pts just an empty shell I walk along the shoreline picking up pieces Deirdre Godwin (0,3,2) = 8 pts **Pick o’ the litter for Free Format this month. Love the clear writing and the interesting ambiguity! ---------------------------------- 7 Points ---------------------------------- rowing at Oxford-- a woman’s yellow shell finishes first Kirsty Karkow (1,1,2) = 7 pts **A beautiful encapsulation of the feeling of winning, and an unusual use of the prompt newfound goddess the little girl plops a shell on her head Peter Newton (1,0,4) = 7 pts bag of shells the scent of love still there Adelaide B. Shaw (0,3,1) = 7 pts pearl oyster – mystery of the sea in an earring Virginia Popescu PHOENIX (0,1,5) = 7 pts near dusk - an old man cleaning seashells Sebastian Lucacs (0,1,5) = 7 pts ---------------------------------- 6 Points ---------------------------------- fast food line a snail searches for the exit Harvey Jenkins Nanaimo, BC Canada (1,1,1) = 6 pts touching cicada's translucent shell--only the song Donna Bauerly (1,0,3) = 6 pts sound of ocean I pass the conch shell from my ear to hers Ramesh Anand (0,2,2) = 6 pts sound of the ocean a child arranges some shells into the word Dorota Pyra (0,2,2) = 6 pts sunset - sea shells crushed into the sand. dsnake1 (0,0,6) = 6 pts ---------------------------------- 5 Points ---------------------------------- shells whispers undoing pearl buttons in the right place Karin Anderson (1,1,0) = 5 pts tide shrinks the shell-bank wrybills* sensing the moment lift off as one Elaine Riddell (0,2,1) = 5 pts Note: The wrybill is a bird endemic to New Zealand, which is distinctive because of its long black bill which curves to the right. shell game same hustler wins again on another corner RD McManes (0,1,3) = 5 pts again and again the blasting of shells so silent the night Gabriele (0,1,3) = 5 pts after her divorce - another crushed snail shell on a rainy path Cristina Oprea (0,0,5) = 5 pts winter storing... my whole summer in a sea shell Dejan Pavlinovic Pula, Croatia (0,0,5) = 5 pts ---------------------------------- 4 Points ---------------------------------- a shimmering shell... symphony of the sea in summer sunset Keith A. Simmonds T & T (1,0,1) = 4 pts his shorts washed up in the shallows empty shell Allison Millcock (1,0,1) = 4 pts a shell - haiku time in my ear Robert Kania (1,0,1) = 4 pts ** I resonate with this described feeling of haiku time... a Maasai bride wears a dress adorned with cowries -- wedding day ~ Benta Achieng (1,0,1) = 4 pts a naked turtle running down the road shell shocked Jon Espen Vassbotn (0,2,0) = 4 pts may day- a procession of ants explore a snailshell ! manoj saranathan (0,1,2) = 4 pts being home . . . we gather fresh cockles in the starlight Ron C. Moss (0,0,4) = 4 pts ---------------------------------- 3 Points ---------------------------------- luxuriously the snail's shell heading towards my humble garden Juhani Tikkanen (1,0,0) = 3 pts Window sill large lemon pie shell full children. Trevor Camp (1,0,0) = 3 pts his gift - a seashell from an ocean distant as he is Jane DeJonghe (0,1,1) = 3 pts necklace maker -- she adds another cowrie to the beaded string ~Victoria Jennifer (0,1,1) = 3 pts **Like the meditative and deliberate feel of this one sound of the ocean-- a grandchild's visit for father's day DeVar (0,1,1) = 3 pts pushed up to the top of the tide... empty seashell Rita Odeh (0,0,3) = 3 pts **I love the feel of this one in my mouth shell at your ear will I ever know your secret Bill Kenney USA (0,0,3) = 3 pts tide wreck encrusted with barnacles Grandpa's fish tale maxianne (0,0,3) = 3 pts shells - they pick up all the pretty ones carmel lively westerman (0,0,3) = 3 pts **that's life! a conch shell sounding down the beach this summer night Beth Powell (0,0,3) = 3 pts under the band shell a new song for summer — nesting swallows Shelley Krause (0,0,3) = 3 pts ---------------------------------- 2 Points ---------------------------------- A shell picked up north half a century ago shines on my work bench Horst Horst Ludwig (0,1,0) = 2 pts you string and wear the scallop we dug up burial site assu (0,1,0) = 2 pts Sand castle The shell of a sea snail My gift for the queen Steliana Voicu (0,1,0) = 2 pts Shuttle launch seashells in asphalt under my feet –if– (0,0,2) = 2 pts fossil bed becoming a shell of myself Tom Painting (0,0,2) = 2 pts summer storm lounging on the shore scallop shells Irena Szewczyk Warsaw, Poland (0,0,2) = 2 pts half a shell tight in my fist - we complete each other lavana kray (0,0,2) = 2 pts roadhouse music coming and going oyster shell berm Doris Lynch (0,0,2) = 2 pts her treasures in a plastic bucket rocks, shells and sand Bill Hudson (0,0,2) = 2 pts leisure time -- the men gambling with dry shells ~ Ezekiel Mbira (0,0,2) = 2 pts the sun blazes on the mountain slope... snakeskin Nadalsuen Purevdorj Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia (0,0,2) = 2 pts music envelopes everyone bandshell Allen McGill Ajijic, Mexico (0,0,2) = 2 pts gathering seashells on the beach not allowed Stevie Strang (0,0,2) = 2 pts whispers of sea enclosed in a shell - sunset Miorita (0,0,2) = 2 pts a shoebox of shells on Daddy's desk... his Jersey shore youth S.E. Buffington (0,0,2) = 2 pts ---------------------------------- One Point ---------------------------------- the sound of conch shells – following the steps of the fire-walking monks Daniela Bullas (0,0,1) = 1 pts breakfast at Club Med at last she comes out of her shell Barbara A Taylor Mountain Top NSW Australia (0,0,1) = 1 pts caught up ocean waves in a shell Bernard Gieske (0,0,1) = 1 pts saved oyster shells all I got on the third date Jerome Cushman (0,0,1) = 1 pts measuring her tea with a small cockleshell the frugal tourist Barbara Snow (0,0,1) = 1 pts divine conch... the song of the sea at my feet Kat Creighton (0,0,1) = 1 pts cowrie shells on a Maasai belt -- cattle mooing ~ Brian Kelvin (0,0,1) = 1 pts I stare at her jingling necklace -- brown shells ~ John Maina (0,0,1) = 1 pts we bury the turtle's shell farewell old friend Chandra Bales (0,0,1) = 1 pts a conch shell holding-- her grandmother's voice Jone Rush MacCulloch (0,0,1) = 1 pts wet shells... on the table after the rain Tomislav (0,0,1) = 1 pts her brief smile the ocean haunted with shells Angie Werren Amelia, Ohio USA (0,0,1) = 1 pts snack time pistachios in the shell broken thumbnails Tom Conally (0,0,1) = 1 pts -------------------------------------- No Points This Time, Sorry. --------------------------------------- cracked walnut a flying fish wing under foot martin gottlieb cohen gelatin in a conch shell the ocean hums Ernesto P. Santiago Philippines day on the beach pebble in my back turns out to be a shell Michaelb2005 "Marry me, Pat" said with shells in the sand - we erase our footprints. Anonymous low tide... the unsatisfactory sound of a plastic pail Diane Mayr half buried shell in sand a caterpillar burrows in pink depth Vishnu P Kapoor Chennai India shell reveals to inmate a secret underlying purush Guntur shell shards— my footfalls dig into my roots Alegria Imperial half-buried around the plot with her ashes shells from South Beach mechaieh up the compost bin the snail finds his home - ru, canada Esso, BP, Shell the baby motor droning her first words Oddbjørn Aardalen cracked seashell left by ebbing tides my mind refills Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu ceaseless sea ever in earshot gift of a conch shell Frances O'Keeffe they say you are the shell of a man - I think of pearl Anonymous a young turtle carries its shield on the back- for the long way Tuvshinzaya Nergui Tsetserleg city, Mongolia squealing for money - barefoot call girl dancing on the sea shells STOPS the head of a chick peeping from a broken shell -- clucking hen ~ Patrick Wafula garbage site -- a brown goat sticks its leg in broken egg shells ~Melvin Ayako no ddt soft shells hard again... eagles recover dragonfly old love letters by firelight whiffs of incense from a shell Anonymous double sunrise shell of inherited rage cast to waves Anonymous cowry shells – all the bumps that hide from you Jayashree Maniyil each at dawn - overflowing bags of shells mike warner the ebb tide pulls at the rocks-- most limpets hold on James Dobson. the turtle even slow to come out of its shell LeRoy Gorman -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Comments: **I liked these haiku a shell of a lot! **Really enjoyed some of them. Thanks again. **Most, just descriptive--hard to shell out points! :) **Love the shell one. I can feel walking on them and that peculiar bell like sound. Wanted to do a conch one but got shelltracked. **My thanks for your time and the opportunity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |