September 2002 Kukai
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.
September 2002 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Nut
First Place - 12 points
almost bedtime ...
one last walnut shell
ignites the embers
sheila windsor
(036-12)
Second Place -- 11 points
divorce papers
I pick the nuts out of
the waldorf salad
Carmel C. Lively
(132-11)
Third Place -- 10 points
night clouds--
the blind man plucks an acorn
from his tin cup
Kathy Lippard Cobb
026-10
Fourth Place -- 9 points
peanut brittle
yellow leaves crunch
beneath my boots
Darrell Byrd
(041-9)
Fifth Place -- 8 points
on the train -
watching her lick salt
from the cashew
Carol Raisfeld
(210-8)
falling chestnuts --
the kitten jumps
into my lap
hortensia anderson
(121-8)
Sixth Place -- 7 points
cold autumn night
the street vendor hands me
a roasted chestnut
Sue
(023-7)
Seventh Place -- 6 points
piñon harvest
village elders
look younger
Ghost Cat
(030-6)
Eighth Place -- 4 points
among the tools
on the carpenter's bench
a coconut
Tore Sverredal
(012-4)
Ninth Place -- 3 points
11 o'clock break
fragrance of hazelnuts
in perking coffee
Ellen Compton
(011-3)
above the mist
walnuts have fallen
in the path
Daniel
(100-3)
garage attic
a hen mallard decoy sits
on nest of acorns
Edward
(011-3)
Sunday afternoon--
we crack black walnuts
for homemade fudge
Billie Wilson
(011-3)
softly dripping trees
a rat finds a peanut
among the shells
Johannes Manjrekar
(011-3)
pecan lover’s yard -
a bountiful crop
of squirrels
Nancy Smith
(011-3)
a bowl of peanuts -
my daughter leaves a trail
of freshly cracked shells
Deborah P. Kolodji
(011-3)
migraine aura
with each cracking walnut
the pain implodes
roberta beary
(011-3)
autumn chill
the chestnut seller scoops coal
onto his stove
Angèle Lux
(011-3)
Free Format Theme: Cooler
First Place -- 20 points
cooler days
a fallen leaf twists
on a strand of web
Sue
254-20
Second Place -- 12 points
cooler morning
a sparrow huddled against
the red light
Angèle Lux
230-12
Third Place -- 11 points
cooler nights -
the curve of your back
nestled in mine
Carol Raisfeld
027-11
Fourth Place -- 8 points
cooler breezes
the smell of mothballs on
my mackinaw
Darrell Byrd
105-8
cooler autumn nights
only the basement cricket
sings until dawn
Edward
032-8
cooler weather
my neighbor wears socks
with her birkenstocks
Carmel C. Lively
032 - 8
Fifth Place -- 7 points
cooler days--
cicadas
pick up the tempo
Ellen Compton
031-7
moonlight
brushes the pond --
autumn coolness
hortensia anderson
031-7
Sixth Place -- 6 points
cooler nights
the sound of tree frogs
through open windows
soji
030-6
journey's end
where the towers were
a cooler breeze
roberta beary
022 - 6
Seventh Place -- 4 points
cooler today--
a lawn filled with the red
of southbound robins
Billie Wilson
101 - 4
at water's edge
just me and the gulls
days are cooler
Gene Williamson
020 - 4
Eighth Place -- 3 points
cooler days
after the shower
ants stream up the tree
Johannes Manjrekar
100 - 3
suddenly cooler
an old man unwraps
his umbrella
Tore Sverredal
100 - 3