Congratulations to OwenB for winning the Kigo section, and to Allen McGill for winning the Free Format section!
May 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Morning Fog
First Place - 21 points
morning fog
the creak of boats
at anchor
OwenB
(239 = 21)
Second Place - 14 points
morning fog
the sound the river makes
when I close my eyes
Marjorie Buettner
(240 = 14)
Third Place - 12 points
Gettysburg--
a stone hand reaches
through morning fog
Earl Keener
(125 = 12)
first day of school --
the bus slowly taken
by the morning fog
Peter H. Pache
(214 = 12)
Fourth Place - 10 points
morning fog
my father asks me
who i am
roberta beary
(204 = 10)
morning fog
street lamps still
in cocoons
Elaine King
(018 = 10)
morning fog
the muffled horn
precedes the ferry
celia crook
(018 = 10)
Fifth Place - 9 points
morning fog
our initials traced
on the mirror
deborah russell
(017 - 9)
Sixth Place - 7 points
morning fog
village roofs floating
above the cloud
Audrey Downey
(031 = 7)
morning fog--
finally I find
my glasses
Linda P
(015 = 7)
morning fog
softer the sound
of the frogs
mike farley
(023 = 7)
morning fog -
larksong
and the tang of broken ferns
Jon Davey
(120 = 7)
Seventh Place - 6 points
morning fog
a lace over
budding sakura
john tiong chunghoo
(014 = 6)
morning fog. . .
before our second wave
he is gone
sheila windsor
(022 = 6)
morning fog
in the fly rod's arch
a cloud of mayflies
Edward
(014 = 6)
morning fog
a marsh willow drips
in the dead calm
Carol Raisfeld
(014 = 6)
bay bridge
misty spans pin down
the morning fog
Darrell Byrd
(022 = 6)
alone at the wheel
shore lights emerging
from morning fog
Ellen Compton
(022 = 6)
Eighth Place - 5 points
behind the fog
more fog
this autumn morning
r.wilson
(021 = 5)
hot green tea -
rice paper shutters open
to early morning fog
Lynette Arden
(005 = 5)
morning fog -
recognizing my cherry-tree
by blackbird's song
Tom
(013 = 5)
view from the train --
slums cleansed and mysterious
in morning fog
Nancy Smith
(013 = 5)
morning fog
a cardinal stirs
in the willows
Rosa Velt
(005 = 5)
Ninth Place - 4 points
morning fog
my letter of forgiveness to father
still blank
sprite
(020 = 4)
morning fog--
the call of birds whose names
I don't know
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(101 = 4)
morning fog thickens
mashed potatoes and gravy
from the autumn night
Judi Honiker
(101 = 4)
morning fog
a bird song
breaks the stillness
mary duggan
(012 = 4)
morning fog
dogs bark here
and there
Tore Sverredal
(004 = 4)
Tenth Place - 3 points
I sit with coffee
as the morning fog lifts
from fencepost tulips
Zaida Lysle
(011 = 3)
this morning
stealthily stealing tree-trunks
in village orchard
Ruzica
(011 = 3)
morning fog
glimpses of a whale
offshore
Deborah P Kolodji (003 = 3)
morning fog--
birdsongs sound
gently muffled
Mary Lee McClure
(100 = 3)
Low morning fog...
the moon floats from pine to pine
along the road
Zhanna P. Rader
(003 = 3)
driveway paper
lost in morning fog --
red peonies
Ann K. Schwader
(011 = 3)
Free Format Theme: Garden
First Place - 18 points
garden sculptures
children strike poses
near a sunlit wall
Allen McGill
(058 - 18)
Second Place - 16 points
prison garden;
the sunflowers almost as tall
as the fence
Claire Murray
(129 = 16)
Third Place - 13 points
summer garden--
frog and stone bathed
in moonlight
sheila Windsor
(045 = 13)
Fourth Place - 11 points
stripping the garden
of its withered blooms
summer wind
Kate Creighton
(035 = 11)
Fifth Place - 10 points
scent garden ~
a blind man makes a bee line
to the lavender patch
sprite
(131 = 10)
public garden
among the roses
people bowing
Elaine King
(026 = 10)
Sixth Place - 9 points
silk flowers
the neighbor's garden
same as last year
OwenB
(017 = 9)
may morning
a pine tree shadow cuts
the garden in two
DeVar
(106 = 9)
Seventh Place - 8 points
weed garden --
the widower's
tattered coat
mike farley
(032 = 8)
Eigth Place - 7 points
newly single
i restructure
our garden
roberta beary
(112 = 7)
alzheimer's
his vegetable garden
not forgotten
celia crook
(015 = 7)
cascading over
the garden wall
pink bougainvilleas
mary duggan
(112 = 7)
Ninth Place - 6 points
hoe stopped -
a new warbler singing
in the garden
Tom
(103 = 6)
topiary cat
in the public garden
a stray lifts his leg
Nancy Smith
(022 = 6)
mother's garden~
her criticism hovers
with every flower i tend
Pamela A. Babusci (103 = 6)
rejected tomato
left in the garden
busy flies
oino sakai
(014 = 6)
ceiling shadows ...
a spray of stars
on the garden pond
Carol Raisfeld
(111 = 6)
desert garden
spring tomatoes among
winter chard
Darrell Byrd
(111 = 6)
Rain-fresh garden...
my autumn work bursts
into tulips
Zhanna P. Rader
(103 = 6)
he picks a rose
from her mother's garden
first date
Deborah P Kolodji
(006 = 6)
Tenth Place - 5 points
early may walk
behind those high garden walls
the lilacs bloom
Edward
(102 = 5)
bursting
with wild poppies -
her rock garden
Carole MacRury
(005 = 5)
Eleventh Place - 4 points
garden party
a desert scorpion
enters uninvited
Carmel C. Lively
(012 = 4)
Twelfth Place - 3 points
Leave my garden
now, aphid!
ladybug's coming
r.wilson
(011 = 3)
spring garden
the squirrel digs
another hole
Martin Gottlieb Cohen
(003 = 3)
yesterday garden
full of life and color
seldom blooms now
Zaida Lysle
(011 = 3)
garden swings
swaying to and fro
summer breezes
Leslie Leon
(011 = 3)
spring morn --
smell of turned soil
old garden
Peter H. Pache
(003 = 3)
garden statue
a king snake slithers
into the brush
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(011 = 3)
in our garden
a hummingbird arrives
with the landscape crew
Joann
(011 = 3)
window garden
on the pansy's face
a shaft of sunlight
Betty
(011 = 3)
at the garden gate
beams red roses and romance
beneath moonlit glow
Judi Honiker
(100 = 3)
first radish --
garden dirt on my fingers
almost warm
Ann K. Schwader
(011 = 3)
mossy garden--
the peacock
shows his tail
Mary Lee McClure
(003 = 3)
garden's edge -
the cat
eyeing a crow
Jon Davey
(011 = 3)
garden party
laughter tumbles along
a honeysuckle breeze
soji
(011 = 3)