Congratulations to Carmel Lively Westerman, winner of our Kigo section and to Roberta Beary, winner of our Free Format section!
May 2007 Results
Kigo Theme:
Dandelion
First Place -- 32 pts
dandelion fluff
a new mother caresses
her baby's head
Carmel Lively Westerman
(4,5,10) = 32 pts
Second Place -- 23 pts
sharing my plan
to travel the world —
dandelion
Cherie Hunter Day
(2,6,5) = 23 pts
Third Place -- 22 pts
either side
of the privacy fence
dandelions
tom painting
(0,4,14) = 22 pts
Fourth Place -- 21 pts
dandelion
a butterfly stops
anyway
Ann K. Schwader
(2,4,7) = 21 pts
I enjoyed this. Nature knows best.
A very light touch to this one.
Fifth Place -- 13 pts
on both sides
of the train whistle —
dandelions
Boris Nazansky
(0,3,7) = 13 pts
Sixth Place -- 12 pts
no matter
where I look...
dandelions
Ana Cadarin
(0,4,4) = 12 pts
sister-in-law
she tells me dandelion
is a weed
Roberta Beary
(0,4,4) = 12 pts
morning light
a dandelion bouquet
on my pillow
Beth Powell
(0,2,8) = 12 pts
Seventh Place -- 11 pts
dandelions gone to seed
mind full
of afterthoughts
Francine Banwarth
(1,3,2) = 11 pts
dandelion wine
the grandfather
retells his story
bre
(1,1,6) = 11 pts
dandelion wind
a child's laughter
crosses the meadow
Bill Kenney
(0,3,5) = 11 pts
what else to say...
a dandelion
beside the road
Israel López Balan
(0,2,7) = 11 pts
Earth Day
the neighbor shares
her dandelions
George Hawkins
(0,2,7) = 11 pts
Eighth Place -- 10 pts
palsied man by window —
in a spider web
dandelion seed
Dorota Pyra
(1,2,3) = 10 pts
seedless dandelion . . .
a child blowing it
anyway
Collin Barber
(1,0,7) = 10 pts
at the zoo
a little girl stoops
to pick a dandelion
Ben Gieske
(0,4,2) = 10 pts
Ninth Place -- 9 pts
finger to her lips —
dandelions in
a paper cup
Tish Davis
(2,0,3) = 9 pts
noonday sun
a dandelion galaxy
in the vacant lot
Barbara Snow
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
love necklace
a dandelion trembles
on her heartbeat
This fine haiku gave me goosebumps.
Ron Moss
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
after so many years
lower than the mower blades
dandelion flowers
Bill Hudson
(1,0,6) = 9 pts
May Day —
small fistful of
dandelion flowers
Nancy Nitrio
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
Tenth Place -- 8 pts
after dad's funeral
his dandelions
in full bloom
soji
(1,0,5) = 8 pts
"his dandelions" tells us a lot about the dead father's personality.
spring date
tasting the down
of dandelion
Lech Szeglowski
(0,3,2) = 8 pts
sun rise —
the dandelions flowering
among the ruins
miorita
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
dandelion fluff
parachuting seeds
over enemy lawns
Neil Muscott
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
last week of school —
not a single dandelion
in right field
DeVar
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
Eleventh Place -- 7 pts
sunny day —
the dandelion undoes
without haste
Jordi Climent
(1,1,2) = 7 pts
pushing up
through a pavement crack
dandelion
Ruth Powell
(0,3,1) = 7 pts
You can't keep a good dandelion down.
truck
a dandelion
so bald
Jacek M.
(0,3,1) = 7 pts
in the meadow —
dandelions
and a windmill
Marica Kolcheva
(0,3,1) = 7 pts
traffic jam —
dandelions and cow parsley
in full bloom
max verhart
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
Nothing else to do but admire whatever scenery there is.
Twelfth Place -- 6 pts
I spin in the sun
dandelion in my hands
a child once again
Deirdre Godwin
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
raven hair
a dandelion seed halts
just for a moment
RaV
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
dandelion
I make a wish
and blow
Meredith Stern Cavalieri
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
dandelions
the little girl blows
soap bubbles
Petar Tchouhov
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
The thought of this little girl grown up fills me with dread.
city commute
when did the daffodils
become dandelions?
Dan Schwerin
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
windy evening
among the tufts of grass
bald dandelions
Mateusz Sionkowski
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
windless afternoon —
dandelion seeds
on her lips
majka
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
gusts of wind
now in the neighbor's yard
my dandelions
Kate Creighton
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
The pivot nicely suggests the kind of movement the haiku is about, and "my dandelions" is amusing.
Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts
before he reaches me
the dandelion fluff
gone
w. f. owen
(1,0,2) = 5 pts
southern breeze
the dandelion seeds drift
across the lawn
RD McManes
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
lone house in moonlight —
dandelions' lamps shed light
over the yard
D.V. Rozic
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
it has all led
to this autumn moon —
dandelion wine
Thomas Heffernan
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
twilight
blowing dandelions
at the Big Dipper
Alison K
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
bright stars
the bold dandelions
staring back
Audrey Downey
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
dandelion greens
the wooden bowl
glistens with oil
Patricia Boutilier
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
Very simple yet evocative.
dandelion clock —
an old lady's
careful hairdo
Kathy Earsman
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
peeking up
through the formal garden —
a dandelion
Barbara Campitelli
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts
Mother's Day
a few dandelion leaves
in the salad
Alice Frampton
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
sins forgiven...
a dandelion clock lifts
from the cathedral lawn
ed markowski
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
dandelion ghosts . . .
your kiss
before the lie
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
Dandelion gift —
my young son sees flowers
not weeds.
Shelley Krause
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
A nice tribute to children.
my toddler —
even a dandelion puff-ball
ends in his mouth
Zhanna P. Rader
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
lawn mowing done —
on a missed dandelion
a butterfly alights
Tom Maretic
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
mud season
the road ditch brightened
by dandelions
Bruce Ross
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
new subdivision —
dandelions greet
the neighbours
Mike Montreuil
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
lank washing line
cobwebs and towels gather
dandelion seeds
Jamie Edgecombe
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
lost friendship —
after flowering, how bitter
the dandelion milk
Nancy Smith
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts
granddaughter sits down
to face a dandelion
unaware of weeds
Harvey Jenkins
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
dawn after the ball
only one dandelion
between the wind
MarKo
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
over the fence
how democratic it is
~dandelion fluff
doris kasson
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
she searches a quiet
field for dandelions —
her mother wears black
Sherry Weaver Smith
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
shamelessly yellow
May's dandelions
unhinge the orchard
~Ed Higgins
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
breezy afternoon...
a blown dandelion
returns to dust
Rita Odeh
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
those summer breezes…
being carried away
with dandelions
arkady elterman
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
Blooming meadows
with yellow "stars"
Dandelions in all their glory
Edith
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
far ,far away
not even a dandelion —
the prisoner
Maria
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
the magic
in a dandelion clock
fairy godmother
Susan Constable
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
dandelion milk
little circles
all over your bare back
shanna
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
her skirt
changes from green to white
a dandelion day
Pris Campbell
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
The dandelions
wave like white paper lanterns
in a green night.
Reni Bg
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
first spring —
she plucks a dandelion crown
from my beard
Colin Stewart Jones
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
Dandelion fluff
scatters as she speaks
without punctuation
Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
winter dust
and pressed dandelions
fall from my bird guide
- frederick gier
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
dandelion
on the dirt road
tire tracks
Sjs
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
looking at the sky
dandelions with haircuts
oh, that wind, that wind
Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
plucked
one by one...
dandelions
David Boyer
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
Free Format Theme:
Of the Animal World
First Place -- 26 pts
old dog
up the stairs
in my arms
Roberta Beary
(2,6,8) = 26pts
Second Place -- 24 pts
his guide dog
bolts from room to room —
funeral day
Mary Davila
(1,5,11) = 24 pts
Third Place -- 23 pts
bird song
the motionless shadow
of the cat
Petar Tchouhov
(1,4,12) = 23 pts
Between the potency and the act .
Fourth Place -- 19 pts
wolf's howl
the heat of the campfire
on our faces
ed markowski
(1,5,6) = 19 pts
Fifth Place -- 16 pts
dead baby bird
floating in my pond
one eye on the sky
Yositaka
(2,2,6) = 16 pts
Sixth Place -- 15 pts
in the mouth
of my puppy the tongue
of my expensive shoe
Ana Cadarin
(1,2,8) = 15 pts
Nice echoing of the two tongues.
Seventh Place -- 14 pts
animal shelter
again
I leave alone
arkady elterman
(1,3,5) = 14 pts
** I know this feeling
Eighth Place -- 12 pts
Before death
the old cat
sharpens her claws
Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(1,3,3) = 12 pts
dusty morning —
four sparrows splash
in car wash water
~ Isabelle Prondzynski
(1,1,7) = 12 pts
morning light —
a stray sheep returns
to the pasture
Rita Odeh
(0,1,10) = 12 pts
Ninth Place -- 11 pts
spring rain
the high stepping trot
of a young deer
Bruce Ross
(2,1,3) = 11 pts
a flying crow
has something in its beak
the silence
DeVar
(1,1,6) = 11 pts
door chime
the dog's tail finds
our glasses
George Hawkins
(0,3,5) = 11 pts
Tenth Place -- 10 pts
my pansies —
their sweet colors disappear
in a deer's mouth
Zhanna P. Rader
(2,1,2) = 10 pts
afternoon sun
the season's first black snake
curls in my palm
-- Karen Cesar
(1,2,3) = 10 pts
Gray whale —
we both gasp for air
then he's gone
-- LGD
(1,2,3) = 10 pts
in the sunset surf
flinging wet sparks...
an Irish setter
Barbara Snow
(1,1,5) = 10 pts
dinosaur track —
I walk the same stretch
ages later
max verhart
(0,2,6) = 10 pts
Stretches the topic in an entirely legitimate way. Walking in the track of the dinosaur ages later nicely encapsulates the theme of unity and diversity in a universe at once vast and intimate. A touch of Zen.
Eleventh Place -- 9 pts
mockingbird
earthworms the color
of tilled soil
jblain
(1,2,2) = 9 pts
** I can almost taste the earthworms. Powerfully sensuous, a real winner. following
the cat's gaze...
a yellow sickle moon
--Kameshwara Rao
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
flies buzzing . . .
the cow licks both
its nostrils
Collin Barber
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
Twelfth Place -- 8 pts
photo shoot
somewhere a deer
full of geraniums
Susan Constable
(1,2,1) = 8 pts
mountain lake
the night air fills the loon's call
martin (1,2,1) = 8 pts
afternoon heat —
up the hill, a donkey carries
its wounds and its flies
Tom Maretic
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
between
two rains
meadowlark
Ann K. Schwader
(0,3,2) = 8 pts
slap
of the beaver's tail
-dark ripples
Beth Powell
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
Thirteenth Place -- 7 pts
so far so close —
on the phone
also birds
Israel López Balan
(1,0,4) = 7 pts
dog and cat
eat from the same plate
... my plate
jul
(0,0,7) = 7 pts
Fourteenth Place -- 6 pts
a trail of holes...
the memory
of squirrels
carol pearce
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
my pleasure
is in treetops
.....singing
miriam chaikin
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
behind the ducks
sunset
in the ripples to shore
Kate Creighton
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
amidst the cows
making kamikaze dives
a shrieking lapwing
marlène buitelaar
(0,2,2) = 6 pts
Fifteenth Place -- 5 pts
playtime
the tortoise retracts
from a toddlers fingers
Carmel Lively Westerman
(1,0,2) = 5 pts
serving time
a gorilla yawns ~
city zoo
Gautam Nadkarni
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
noon at the lake —
the quick dartings
of a lizard
P. O. Williams
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
there's no escape . . .
I must step on harmless ants
to take the nature trail
-- Richard Kay
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
afterglow
a cricket song
fills the stillness
RaV
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
no wind in the pines
the owl's
moon cry
Francine Banwarth
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
Sunday in the park
a pigeon ignores the dog
straining at the leash
Bill Kenney
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
Sixteenth Place -- 4 pts
And the old man
gets on his ox again.
Soon it'll snow.
Horst Ludwig
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
endangered species
is it cruel or kindly
to keep you encaged?
Deirdre Godwin
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
Praying Mantis
Beautiful, graceful, deadly
Eaten by Toad
-Yoshi
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
bird bath
the catbird chases away
a thirsty sparrow
Audrey Downey
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
side of the freeway ~
a horse
completely still
Paul Hodder
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
swollen nose —
the bear rips apart
each beehive
Edward
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
swarming moths
a bat pick its prey
under a streetlight
Polona
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
colt and fawn
stretching under the fence
for greener grass
- frederick gier
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
mother's day —
the soft gaze of a doe
as she chews
ami
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
carousel —
squirrels chase each other
around the oak
Laurene
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
Seventeenth Place -- 3 pts
bald eagle family
with or without a webcam
presents the same stare.
Harvey Jenkins
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
hurt pigeon
in the calm air a cry
of one more gull
Dorota Pyra
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
bear looks down
the last time
salmons swim upstream
Lech Szeglowski
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
horses too
follow the leader
roadside pasture
Chandra Bales
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
Dead Butterfly —
flies by each
Breeze
Reza Aerabi
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
we brake for a doe
followed by her fawn-
the ferry road
Ida Freilinger
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
spring exercise —
the miniature poodle
following his master
Barbara Campitelli
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
after the rain...
two crows pick and chose
the best worms
Mike Montreuil
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
lunch break —
a gaggle of sparrows
in front of cafe
majka
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
the moist nose
of the lost Labrador
just touching
Dr. Thomas Heffernan
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
General Comments:
I was drawn especially to those entries that (1) involved interaction between animals of the same or different species or (2) absorbed the human into the animal.
Another good round, it's a heartache to eliminate some of th