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