Lonely/ Loneliness

Lonely / Loneliness

- the 4th of six special kukai honoring Masaoka Shiki -

(6/25/01)

_________First Place__________

loneliness

the table for two

. . . for one

-naia

loneliness

the pay phone

rings and rings

Hugh Waterhouse

 

 

 ________Second Place________

visiting grandma

loneliness on her face

before the smile

sheila windsor

loneliness. . .

knowing the midnight train

is right on time

Kathy Lippard Cobb

 

 

 _________Third Place________

   

loneliness

half the bed

unmade

Mary Duggan

   

_________Below Third Place________

 

lonely pier-

the slow-moving ferry

takes you away

Sue

lonely sky

a few feathers

blow out of the nest

DeVar

 

loneliness

a mallard swims

with his reflection

Linda Robeck

 

lonely gravesite

the color red fading

from a poppy

an'ya

 

loneliness-

the ocean a darker blue

than usual

hortensia anderson

loneliness

after the parade

a long walk home

Edward

how lonely -

one poppy amongst

the barley

Deborah Watson

 

his ring

around her finger

loneliness

emile molhuysen

 

lonely beach

the pebbles

burn my feet

og aksnes

 

loneliness

dissolving

with a cup of hot tea

Janet Parker

ocean surf

lost in the stars I feel

less lonely

Gene Williamson

this sultry night...

the crooning oboe too

is lonely

joyce maxner

 

heat lightning

over the lonely meadow

the whippoorwill cries

Earl Keener

 

before the rain

the lonely cry

of a mourning dove

Becky Bunsic (Tukiko)

lonely glow

of the computer screen

- a virtual life

doris kasson

my fountain pen

now emptied of loneliness...

no longer writes

~gail

 

loneliness

near the cactus blossom

a wren chirps

Darrell Byrd

 

loneliness

after the festival

eating persimmons

Carol Raisfeld

loneliness

a lone cricket sings deep

into the night

ito

a hermit crab

slips into a new shell

loneliness

Maria Steyn

 

another quarrel  --

in silence we share

loneliness

Nancy Stewart Smith

 

dark lonely room

answering machine

no message left

Sawako

 

lonely contrail

the molting geese

not able to fly

Cindy Tebo

awakened again

in the lonely morning hours

starlit dreams of you

soji

cancer ward -

talking to the toys

a lonely child

Ghost Cat

far from home

even here I am followed

by the lonely mourning dove

Debi Bender

the last fledgling

leaves -

such loneliness

Jaloe

dog days lonely night...

only one tongue for soothing

the old broken tooth

art

now and again

clouds flying past -

my loneliness

rob scott

blazing sky

a tree in the baked earth

is never lonely

Lesley Dahl

loneliness ~

an old picture of gulls

on the boardwalk

Martin Gottlieb Cohen

a lonely child

counts the empty chairs beside

her hospital bed

OwenB

golden field of wheat

grandfather’s buried beneath

the lonely burr oak

Dana Florestano

even with its beauty,

the  moon is lonely,

in the cold night sky

Rose Marie Stutts

the window cleaner

gazes at himself

loneliness

haikim

How sad your tune

Mr. Cricket

My lonely heart aches.

Bob Parker

the lonely male

swings and sweats

front porch bachelor

carol sircoulomb

a glut of pleasures

can't shake the loneliness

she's mired in

Hazel

time passes slowly

for the lonely patient

window at dusk

Carmen Sterba

after the storm

the empty tables

loneliness

James M. Thompson