May 2003 Kukai

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)