March 2006 Kukai

Kigo Theme: Haze

First Place --28 pts

out of the haze

the dog brings back

the wrong stick

max verhart

(1,6,14)=28 pts

Second Place -- 18 pts

Lent . . . 

the judas tree

a haze of red

Nancy Smith

(3,2,5)=18 pts

Third Place -- 16 pts

morning haze-

a woodpecker drums

for the rising sun

Audrey Downey

(1,3,7)=16 pts

Fourth Place -- 14 pts

the low growl

of my neighbor's dog

-morning haze

doris kasson

(0,4,6)=14 pts

apple orchard

in this haze of honeybees

I can taste the pies

Edward

(0,4,6)=14 pts

skyline

a seagull's cry

piercing the haze

Bill Kenney

(0,2,10)=14 pts

Fifth Place -- 12 pts

forest path

a woodpecker's tapping

out of the haze

RaV

(1,3,3)=12 pts

haze

blind man taps his way

down the lane

john tiong chunghoo

(0,3,6)=12 pts

Sixth Place -- 11 pts

waterfall

a pair of lovers

in the haze

Dave

(0,5,2)=11 pts

high thick haze-

and higher yet

the sound of geese

Mary Lee McClure

(0,1,9)=11 pts

mountain haze-

the snow crocus

buried again

Ann K. Schwader

(0,1,9)=11 pts

Seventh Place -- 9 pts

tank haze

the guppies are breeding

again

-- ushi

(1,1,4)=9 pts

cartwheeling

above the haze

200 crows

Rap

(0,4,1)=9 pts

the scratch

of an oldie song-

evening haze

Israel López Balan

(0,3,3)=9 pts

haze in the valley

a falcon at the crag top

clenches its talon

Allan Burns

(0,3,3)=9 pts

his fading eyesight

holds her beauty-

autumn haze

Beverley George

(0,2,5)=9 pts

spring haze

our baby girl asks

about birth control

Paul R

(0,2,5)=9 pts

morning haze

a duckling passes

through a duck's shadow

Martin

(0,1,7)=9 pts

Eighth Place -- 8 pts

haze at dawn...

a robin

begins

--Irene Golas

(1,1,3)=8 pts

moonrise-

skyscrapers half-hidden

in haze

William A. Lane

(0,1,6)=8 pts

Ninth Place -- 7 pts

march haze

burst open

by a jonquil

smzang

(1,1,2)=7 pts

moonlit haze

a siren slices

through it

Kathy Lippard Cobb

(1,0,4)=7 pts

as the haze lifts

from a sea of cattails

a warbler's song

Angelee Deodhar

(0,1,5)=7 pts

river haze- curling

around the cows legs

in the moonlight

Rose Marie Stutts

(0,2,3)=7 pts

evening haze . . .

looking for

my glasses again

Francine Banwarth

(0,1,5)=7 pts

Tenth Place -- 6 pts

Beneath the soft haze

which was her gossamer shroud

Spring slowly wakens

Dartmistress

(2,0,0)=6 pts

when through winter haze

sunlight marches us to spring

spirit also blooms

po sey toon

(1,1,1)=6 pts

summer haze-

sailboats glide

on the glass horizon

Tristan Coleridge

(1,1,1)=6 pts

quiet jungle haze-

the snick of a drawn bolt

stops all movement

Glen L. Keener

(1,0,3)=6 pts

hiding

below the morning haze

wild flowers

Betty Kaplan

(0,2,2)=6 pts

Eleventh Place -- 5 pts

cherry blossom haze

white as snow fills the orchard

has winter returned

Poeticpiers

(1,1,0)=5 pts

eucalypt haze-

the dissolving blue

Mountains

Lorin Ford

(1,1,0)=5 pts

from the woods

through the haze

a bird song

Grzegorz Sionkowski

(0,2,1)=5 pts

monsoon-

you in haze beyond

the cataract

Kathy Earsman

(0,0,5)=5 pts

Twelfth Place -- 4 pts

through the green lace haze

by the riverbank-

a neon sun

Janet Brof

((0,1,2)=4 pts

the birds lined up

above the bird feeder

winter haze

Bruce Ross

(0,2,2)=4 pts

homeward bound. . .

the channel buoy mute

as morning haze

Darrell Byrd

(0,1,2)=4 pts

i wipe the dust

from grandma's picture

sunshine haze

Linda Chambers

(0,1,2)=4 pts

Thirteenth Place -- 3 pts

hit into the haze

the outfielder

still doesn't see it

Dustin Neal

(1,0,0)=3 pts

Easter morning.

A haze vanishing

ever so softly

Horst Ludwig

(0,1,1)=3 pts

crop irrigation

acres of vegetables

in a distant haze

Carmel Lively Westerman

(0,1,1,)=3 pts

You call out

into late March haze.

Crows reply.

Trevor

(0,1,1)=3 pts

desert haze-

a picked wildflower

slips from her finger

ron moss

(0,1,1)=3 pts

Blankets of haze

Cover bare earth

With modesty

Maire

(0,1,1)=3 pts

out all night

plowing the streets

road-salt haze

-- oino sakai

(0,0,3)=3 pts

the sound of crows

through morning haze

a baby cries

John Daleiden

(0,0,3)=3 pts

where the child points,

a butterfly escaping

the haze

Darrell Lindsey

(0,0,3)=3 pts

soft cloud haze

I lift my eyes

to the mountain tops

-teri

(0,0,3)=3 pts

Field of irises

blue and white-

morning haze

Angelika Kolompar

(0,0,3)=3 pts

Appalachians -

a vulture glides in circles

through the blue haze.

Zhanna P. Rader

(0,0,3)=3 pts

Free Format Theme: Morning

First Place -- 45 pts

morning sun-

the long shadows

of little stones

Israel López Balan

4,8,17)=45 pts

Second Place -- 19 pts

morning walk-

with each step her shadow

overlaps mine

Marie Summers

(0,6,7)=19 pts

Third Place -- 17 pts

cold morning

two stray cats

in the doghouse

Petar Tchouhov

(1,2,10)=17 pts

Fourth Place -- 13 pts

spring morning

the thrust of roots

through a sidewalk

Bill Kenney

(0,4,5)=13 pts

march morning

the jogger brings home

the scent of daphne

Keiko Izawa

(0,3,7)=13 pts

Fifth Place -- 12 pts

the echo

of hammer and nails-

early morning

James M. Thompson

(1,2,5)=12 pts

spring morning-

cardinal's song

beats the garbage truck

Audrey Downey

(0,1,10)=12 pts

Sixth Place -- 11 pts

anniversary . . . 

how the morning glory hugs

last year's stalk

Nancy Smith

(1,3,2) = 11 pts

Seventh Place -- 10 pts

morning

the candle

still burning

Allan Burns

(0,3,4)=10 pts

Eighth Place -- 9 pts

morning sun:

the blue hammock

smiles back

Ann K. Schwader

(1,2,2)=9 pts

wisps of cloud . . .

the morning sun touches

our wing tip

Darrell Byrd

(0,3,3)=9 pts

Ninth Place -- 8 pts

morning jog-

not quite making it

to the loo

doris kasson

(0,2,4)=8 pts

morning downpour

silent rooster

singing frog

Margarita Engle

(0,2,4)=8 pts

morning chores-

the cows' frozen breath draped

on barn cobwebs

Glen L. Keener

(0,2,4)=8 pts

buying flowers

at the temple gate

-morning haze

Amitava Dasgupta

(0,2,4)=8 pts

white morning-

the church choir's

first breath

ron moss

(0,1,6)=8 pts

the hole

in my doughnut-

monday morning

Lorin Ford

(0,1,6)=8 pts

Tenth Place -- 7 pts

sunday morning

the widow's perfume

reminiscent of spring

Tom Painting

(1,1,2)=7 pts

early morning-

the cat's whiskers

tickle me awake

Mary Lee McClure

(1,0,4)=7 pts

yellow roses glow

in the buttery spring light

chickadees stuff cheeks

assu

(1,1,2)=7 pts

stormy night's morning

dad and spider

inspect damage

Mary Wuest

(0,2,3)=7 pts

barely morning...

the slither of children

into grandma's bed

Beverley George

(0,1,5)=7 pts

Eleventh Place -- 6 pts

morning sun

squirting in my eye

an orange

carol bleichert

(0,3,0)=6 pts

morning shadows

drop from treetops-

the quiet road

Rap

(0,2,2)=6 pts

rocking

a sick baby-

morning shadows

Laryalee Fraser

(0,2,2)=6 pts

morning heat-

a kestrel dangles

at the canyon's edge

--Derwisz

(0,1,4)=6 pts

wetland morning

the reeds' shadows

in and out of the path

martin

(0,1,4)=6 pts

Twelfth Place -- 5 pts

windy morning

a pond skater tripping

on wrinkles

--Baldhead

(0,2,1)=5 pts

distant mountains-

still in the mist

of morning

Grzegorz Sionkowski

(0,2,1)=5 pts

cold morning

at Mom's burial

our prayers blow away

-- oino sakai

(0,1,3)=5 pts

good morning

the policeman says

speeding ticket

Dave Bacharach

(0,0,5)=5 pts

Thirteenth Place -- 4 pts

morning breeze

many tiny suns jingle

on the lotus.

Narayanan Raghunathan

(0,2,0)=4 pts

morning light . . .

a finger up to find

the wind's direction

Francine Banwarth

(0,2,0)=4 pts

farting baby

morning prayers

Laura Orabone

(1,0,1)=4 pts

morning after

the drunk wakes up

with a mannequin

Vic Gendrano

(0,1,2)=4 pts

crows gather

to eat roadkill deer

morning rain

John Daleiden

(0,1,2)=4 pts

drizzly morning

umbrellas carefully

passing each other by

Boris Nazansky

(0,1,2)=4 pts

morning rain-

taking my creaking knee bones

into the kitchen

Paul Williams

(0,1,2)=4 pts

misty morning-

doe-eyed shadows

sip from a stream

Tristan Coleridge

(0,0,4)=4 pts

Fourteenth -- 3 pts

The morning begins

With a flower sprouting up

From the last night's rains

Joe Busch

(1,0,0)=3 pts

morning sun

beaming on the palm

of foxglove

smzang

(0,1,1)=3 pts

morning rain-

another hour of sleep

Mike Doherty (0,1,1)=3 pts

fragile morning

the sprouts have pushed

the earth aside

Earl Keener

(0,1,1)=3 pts

in the morning haze

the blackbird's song

sounds stronger

Tom

(0,1,1)=3 pts

Monday morning

merging between semi's

into the slow lane

Mark Hollingsworth

(0,1,1)=3 pts

March snow flurries

the first morning walk into

a robin's song

Edward

(0,1,1)=3 pts

morning showers-

turning the pages

of a best seller

Mary Chapman

(0,1,1)=3 pts

cloudy morning

a little tea

with her cream

Paul R

(0,1,1)=3 pts

Another morning.

Some dandelions as high

as the machine gun.

Horst Ludwig

(0,0,3)=3 pts

December morning,

wild peacocks roost

among the oak trees

~K~

(0,0,3)=3 pts

morning sadness

i pin on

my guardian angel

roberta beary

(0,0,3)=3 pts

quiet morning-

jacaranda flowers fall

by themselves

CaMILA

(0,0,3)=3 pts