In the listing below, after each poem the author is listed, and then a three digit code revealing how many 3-point, 2-point, and 1-point votes were cast for this poem by the other participating poets.
(214 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.
November 2002 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Deer
First Place - 20 points
on spread legs
the deer is drinking
it's reflection
Emile Molhuysen
(246 = 20)
Second Place - 16 points
midsummer sunrise
deer tracks criss-cross
the daylily beds
Ellen Compton
(315 = 16)
Third Place -- 13 points
deer tracks -
imagining my garden
beneath the snow
Carol Raisfeld
(045 = 13)
Fourth Place -- 11 points
harvesting
the remaining spinach:
deer
Joe Kirschner
(043 = 11)
Fifth Place -- 10 points
harvest moon--
deer eat all the tops
off the carrot row
DeVar
(050 = 10)
Sixth Place -- 9 points
blue sky
the black eyes of a deer
martin
(033 = 9)
waiting for you-
the echo of deer hooves
along the creek bed
Earl Keener
(122 = 9)
Seventh Place -- 8 points
autumn sun rides through
on the backs of school children --
Nara Koen deer
Debra Woolard Bender
(202 = 8)
winter garden
the statue of a deer
stands watch
kathi rudawsky
(024 = 8)
light snow
frozen in my headlights
a startled deer
Gene Williamson
(113 = 8)
Eighth Place -- 7 points
dry spell -
in the hunter's backyard
deer tracks
aruna
(031 = 7)
crusty snow
a whitetail deer
eats dead leaves
Angèle Lux
(023 = 7)
Ninth Place -- 6 points
deer tracks
through the old-growth forest
echoes of birdsong
Billie Wilson
(006 = 6)
a lone raft
on an autumn lake
deer pause to listen
allen mcgill
(006 = 6)
snow tracks
from mailbox to creek
I follow the deer
Cindy Tebo
(112 = 6)
a gray morning
deer pass through
garden by garden
Joann
(111 = 6)
afternoon ginko
deer and I
rest in the clearing
Hazel
(111 = 6)
Tenth Place -- 5 points
deer trail ~
fallen pinon seeds
in the snow
Darrell Byrd
(013 = 5)
moonlit night
trailing a deer
in the snow
Patricia A. Laurent
(005 = 5)
Eleventh Place -- 4 points
the deer takes
a small step forward--
shutter click
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(004 = 4)
indian summer
deep in the forest
a deer's bedding
Janet Parker
(012 = 4)
stalker's aim
a leaf falls behind~
the deer
gillena cox
(012 = 4)
dusk
the elbow grease it takes
to get deer off headlights
gary steinberg
(012 =4)
Twelfth Place -- 3 points
spring snow ~
a deer antler etched
by mice
Peter
(011 = 3)
morning chill
a deer lies dead
at the roadside
Celia Crook
(011 = 3)
In the morning
deer tracks through dusted snow--
we heard nothing
L Papanicolaou
(011 = 3)
Free Format Theme: Hat (or type of hat)
First Place -- 19 points
departing train--
flies swarm around
the tipped sombrero
Kathy Lippard Cobb
(245 = 19)
Second Place -- 15 points
village heat--
a donkey's ear twitches
out of its hat
martin
(144 = 15)
Third Place -- 12 points
canyon rim
raindrops fall from the brim
of my hat
Darrell Byrd
(125 = 12)
Fourth Place -- 11 points
graveside -
she hugs his fireman's hat
and the crying baby
Carol Raisfeld
(132 = 11)
Fifth Place -- 10 points
under
his hard hat
his bald head
Charles Trumbull
(115 = 10)
first snow day--
the garden buddha
wears a toque
DeVar
(212 = 10)
Sixth Place -- 9 points
lying trampled
after the loss -
a home team cap
aruna
(025 = 9)
a long winter--
remnants of a mouse nest
in my old cap
Billie Wilson
(114 = 9)
another season...
the rusted trout fly
on his hat
Earl Keener
(122 = 9)
Seventh Place -- 8 points
"Claire de Lune"
the subway busker's cap
begins to fill
Ellen Compton
(210 = 8)
Eighth Place -- 7 points
siesta time
under the sombrero
loud snores
peigi
(023 = 7)
men in black hats
stare at the sea
east wind
Joe Kirschner
(112 = 7)
holes in my scarf
like holes in my memory
approaching ninety
Edith Muta
(112 =7)
Ninth Place -- 6 points
few hairs poked out -
the old man wears
his cap backwards
Emile Molhuysen
(200 = 6)
Tenth Place -- 5 points
November morning
a blast of cold wind
snatches his hat
Janet Parker
(021 = 5) wicked wind
the old man's favorite hat
flipping out to sea
Gene Williamson
(013 = 5)
graduation gift
grandpa's old felt fishing hat
now his tackle box
Edward
(110 = 5)
Eleventh Place -- 4 points
Moscow winter
mens earflapped fur hats
doffed to babushkas
allen mcgill
(101 = 4)
Twelfth Place -- 3 points
mother's red hat
years of wanting
years of having
roberta beary
(011 = 3)
cloud floats
overtop the mountain--looking for
my winter hat
Meryl Duprey
(100 = 3)
Veteran's Day ~
helmet atop rifle
unknown solder
Peter
(011 = 3)
picking cherries -
a hat full and many more
in the grass
gillena cox
(011 = 3)
cowboy hat
bucked from the rider
one bald head
James M. Thompson
(011 = 3)
moving day
a blue hat on the porch
with leaves stuck to it
Cindy Tebo
(003 = 3)