September 2004 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Lightning
First Place -- 23 Points
heat lightning--
ice cubes crack
in the lemonade
aom (tim)
(0,8,7) = 23 pts
Second Place -- 21 points
distant lightning...
the feel
of a scar
Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(0,8,5) = 21 pts
Third Place -- 19 Points
lightning ...
a flash of your photograph
at my bedside
Mark Hollingsworth
(3,3,4) = 19 pts
lightning flash
the suckling baby
curls his toes
Aruna
(1,4,8) = 19 pts
Fourth Place -- 15 points
sheet lightning --
the dog slips
between us
roberta beary
(0,3,9) = 15 pts
Fifth Place --
blue lightning
the indigo koi zig-zags
through the pond
Darrell Boyd
(1,3,4) = 13 pts
Sixth Place -- 12 Points
forked lightning -
a snake's tongue tests
the autumn air
Carole
(0,4,4) = 12 pts
Seventh Place -- 11 Points
night lightning
silhouettes of trees
against the sky
Grzegorz Sionkowski
(1,2,4) = 11 pts
no moon--
lightning bugs fly
from star to star
Owen Burkhart
(1,1,6) = 11 pts
lightning flash--
seen - unseen
an owl's eye
Mary Lee McClure
(0,4,3) = 11 pts
mother calling...
a lightning bug cupped
in my hands
ito
(0,4,3) = 11 pts
Eighth Place -- 9 Points
lightning bolt
home at the end
of the long road
Agnes Eva Savich
(0,3,3) = 9 pts
lightning rod
from the old barn --
all that remains
-- ushi
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
Ninth Place -- 8 Points
lightning
her lips parted in sleep
thunder
Flatline
(0,3,2) = 8 pts
Tenth Place -- 7 Points
lightning--
the sedate frog zaps
another mosquito
Earl Keener
(0,3,1) = 7 pts
Eleventh Place -- 6 Points
jagged
streak of lightning --
a-thousand-one, a thou...
Allen McGill
(1,1,1) = 6 pts
Twelfth Place -- 5 Points
through my closed eyelids
the flashes
of late lightning
Paul O. Williams
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
lightning!
a raccoon mask high
in cat kibble
Nancy Smith
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
lightning!
the spider keeps
coming closer
-- oino sakai
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
forked lightning
stags lock horns
on the mountainside
Paul R.
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
lightning bolt--
I still don't get
the answer
DeVar
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
Thirteenth Place -- 4 Points
lightning
scars the sky
heals our feud
Mary Angela
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
summer lightning---
when I said: "look!"
the dog in silence
Israel L. Balan
(0,2,0) 4 pts
curtains flutter-
shadows of lightning
through the lace
Carol Raisfeld
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
bushfire season
the lightning strikes
a match
Kylie Hooklyn
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
Coney lightning
the ferris wheel rolls
to the night's edge
martin
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
chain lightning
between me and the entrance
a slithering snake
Janet Parker
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
Fourteenth Place -- 3 Points
splintering lightning-
the flowers on the wallpaper
dance in the light
Angèle Lux
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
daytime lightning
a solitary reindeer
lost its shadow
emile molhuysen
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
silence of evening -
suddenly animals flee
thunder and lightning
Cornelia
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
Free Format Theme: Pool
First Place -- 18 Points
pool party
two shades of lipstick
on one glass
Flatline
(0,7,4) = 18 pts
Second Place -- 17 Points
filling pools
all over town
harvest moon
Aruna
(1,5,4) = 17 pts
Third Place -- 16 Points
tidal pool--
another cloud
passes
Mary Lee McClure
(1,4,5) = 16 pts
hotel check-in
the pool boy
filters the moonlight
roberta beary
(0,4,8) = 16 pts
Fourth Place -- 13 Points
mountain pool
I am the man
in the moon
Earl Keener
(2,2,3) = 13 pts
Fifth Place -- 12 Points
desert pool
deep within sandstone rock
a water strider
Peter H. Pache
(1,2,5) = 12 pts
widowed one year
she watches the leaves fall
into the pool
John White
(0,4,4) = 12 pts
Sixth Place -- 11 Points
pool of blood
investigators pause
over a clue
teri
(1,2,4) = 11 pts
pool party --
a dragonfly hovers
over the red bikini
Carol Raisfeld
(1,2,4) = 11 pts
Seventh Place -- 9 Points
winter thaw...
half moons fill the pools
above a frozen lake
Ed Markowski
(2,1,1) = 9 pts
hot afternoon -
two sparrows splashing
in a pool of rain
Zhanna P. Rader
(0,3,3) = 9 pts
Eighth Place -- 8 Points
first day of school
the neighborhood pool
all to myself
Agnes Eva Savich
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
Ninth Place -- 7 Points
waiting to strike
a kingfisher
calm as the pool
john tiong chunghoo
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
the museum pool--
some turtles bronze,
some real
Paul O. Williams
(0,0,7) = 7 pts
a crane in the pool
stands on one leg
its eyes on the fish
divine rays
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
after the storm
gull feathers float
in the tide pool
Kate Creighton
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
heron pool
a breeze moves all
but the bird
Grzegorz Sionkowski
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
Tenth Place -- 6 Points
an angel in prayer
over the tombstone
a pool for birds
Mary Angela
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
first pool
the deer's eye slowly
blinks again
Sue Stanford
(0,3,0) = 6 pts
rainbow colored pool
in the street -
after the rain
Patricia A. Laurent
(1,0,3) = 6 pts
Eleventh Place -- 5 Points
divorce
the kids use a public pool
in august
Edward
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
car pool
keeping my head
above water
Paul R.
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
Twelfth Place -- 4 Points
first day of school
floating in the pool
only the rubber rings
Brenda Roberts
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
ships collide --
hoots of laughter
from the wading pool
laryalee fraser
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
the moon sits
in a shallow pool
hand in hand
greg lammers
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
pool party
tattoo and scars
revealed
Kylie Hooklyn
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
office pool --
a bell curve
around her due date
ushi
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
empty child's pool
slowly deflating
a faded pink shark
Carole MacRury
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
autumn leaves
floating on the water
of a swimming pool
Cornelia
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
Thirteenth Place -- 3 Points
stormy night -
pools of blue sky
on sandy beach
Sonoku
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
a blow of wind
touches yellow leaf
in empty pool
Boris Nazansky
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
paper boat moves slowly
in the shallow pool
children laugh with joy
Radhey Shiam
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
a frog jumps
in the new pool
children's squeak
zulusij
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
a long day
i do laps across
the pool's width
ito
(0,0,3) = 3 pts