Congratulations to Max Verhart, the winner of our Kigo section, and to Israel López Balan, the winner of our Free Format section!
March 2006 Results
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