September 2010 Kukai

Kigo Theme: 

Leaves Falling

First Place - Points

getting to know him —

leaf by leaf

the oak bares itself

Melissa Spurr

(3,2,11) = 24 pts

falling leaves

the scent of wet dog

in the hallway

Marleen Hulst

(1,5,11) = 24 pts

I know that smell!

Very true! Nicely evokes the olfactory changes brought by autumn from a different, but familiar, perspective.

Wet dogs do have a different scent when the leaves are falling.

Second Place - 16 Points

leaf fall

the crisp step

of the meter reader

Tom Painting

(0,4,8) = 16 pts

'the meter reader' a clever and appropriate touch.

Third Place – 15 Points

faster

than grandfather's rake

falling leaves

Roberta Beary

(1,2,8) = 15 pts

Fourth Place - 14 Points

to know the light

the way a leaf

falls through it

Francine Banwarth

(2,1,6) = 14 pts

Opens another world.

This one is a stunner. I can see the light, feel the drift & weight of the leaf. This poem is intimate & immediate. It penetrates to the bone. A song of all that lives and dies.

This poem received the highest point value allowed. If possible, I would have awarded the full six points!

still lake —

leaves falling into

their reflections

Ruth Powell

(1,2,7) = 14 pts

little puddle —

the moon floats

on fallen leaves

Jordi Climent

(1,1,9) = 14 pts

falling leaves

another friend

precedes me

Nancy Smith

(0,4,6) = 14 pts

A haiku with poignancy and resonance.

Fifth Place - 13 Points

falling leaf

our conversation ends

before it started

Petar Tchouhov

(3,0,4) = 13 pts

Very simple and pure.

Sixth Place - 12 Points

a kitten

poised for the kill . . .

falling cherry leaf

polona

(1,1,7) = 12 pts

spider web . . .

breaking the fall

of the leaf

Carole MacRury

(1,1,7) = 12 pts

I've seen this. The ordinary becomes extraordinary.

Nice catch.

Seventh Place - 9 Points

raking it in —

knee deep

in autumn sun

Earl R. Keener

(1,1,4) = 9 pts

hospice bill —

the leaves, now,

have started to fall

Michael Dylan Welch

(1,1,4) = 9 pts

today the wind

combing through the fallen leaves

at Bergen-Belsen

Garry Eaton

(0,3,3) = 9 pts

A whole story - waiting for to be continued.

falling leaves

the war continues

on the news

Allen McGill

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

Eighth Place - 8 Points

falling leaves . . .

the Woolly Bear curls

into a sunbeam

Michele L. Harvey

(1,0,5) = 8 pts

resting

in the empty nest —

the oak leaf

C.P.Harrison

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

falling leaves —

in my hand

the shredded sky

Alegria Imperial

(0,1,6) = 8 pts

lunchtime

an old cat catches

an old leaf

Ralf Bröker

(0,1,6) = 8 pts

I'd like a first line that worked a little harder, but that repetition works very well.

Ninth Place - 7 Points

playground —

the rustling of pigeons’ feet

in fallen leaves

Isabelle Prondzynski

(1,0,4) = 7 pts

I can hear this one!

leaves falling . . .

we eat breakfast

for dinner

Collin Barber

(1,0,4) = 7 pts

Stirred my imagination. On some level I recognize something here without understanding what it is.

falling leaves ~

my sick sister

shaves her head

Paul Hodder

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

A moving parallel with the falling leaves and the hope / expectation of spring renewal.

leaves falling

a clear view through

the neighbors’ window

Carmel Westerman

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

Been there, seen that!

hospital window —

a woman watching rain

chase falling leaves

natalia kuznetsova

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

sundown —

following a falling leaf

into darkness

Nana Fredua-Agyeman

(0,0,7) = 7 pts

Tenth Place - 6 Points

Autumn leaves

only the sound of the wind

as they fall

Bill Hudson

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

silent night —

the crackling of footsteps

on fallen leaves

Rhoda Mutheu

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

traffic jam

two leaves falling

and a butterfly

Patricia Lidia

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

Eleventh Place - 5 Points

the quarterback

drops a long one . . .

falling leaves

Michael McClintock

(1,1,0) = 5 pts

falling leaves

shadows grow longer

martin

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

last child

waits at the bus stop

leaves falling

Beth Powell

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

breezy afternoon —

a jacaranda leaf cruises

across the pond

Hussein Haji

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

paying my respects —

the whisper

of fallen leaves

Cara Holman

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

leaves falling

through our walking words

September wind

Boris Nazansky

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

the leaves . . .

walking through the park

I follow their drift

Bill Kenney

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

leaves fall

drawing

down the shade

Barbara Snow

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

Nice word play and evocative combination of images.

Twelfth Place - 4 Points

she finds a leaf

pressed for safe keeping

fallen memories

Judi Honiker

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

leaves falling

thoughts falling

here, there

Robert Ertman

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

quiet estuary

a blue heron's beak

rakes fallen leaves

Warren Gossett

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

summer's end

the maples begin

undressing

Amicus

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

Thirteenth Place - 3 Points

as plum leaves fall,

I stroke your skin,

old quilt newly aired.

mechaieh

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

autumn winds

the last leaf hangs

by a tenuous thread

Terri L. French

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

fragmenting trees . . .

here and there a leaf

that spirals upward

Kirsty Karkow

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

no leaves will fall here

fall comes — what is that to me?

merely an image

Dawn

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

children's games —

she hides yellow marbles

beneath ginkgo leaves

Andrew Otinga

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

an old rusty rake . . .

reminder of falling leaves

and bare tree limbs

Tom Conally

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

the lump in my throat —

joining the casket

a few autumn leaves

aom (tim)

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

Railway Museum —

a dead blue gum leaf

on the cabin floor

Caleb Mutua

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

she paints

some tumbling leaves —

the light fails

James Dobson

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

late summer breeze —

one yellowed rose leaf

flutters

jill

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

heavy wind

a few battered leaves

will not surrender

Ellen Romano

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

parade inspection —

she wipes acacia leaves

from her hair

Victor Obutho

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

The naming of the leaves makes this particularly special rather than merely a good haiku. It makes me want to know more about the event and the person, which is a good thing: "leave them wanting more!" is always good.

mom's anniversary

the symphony of

falling leaves

Rita Odeh

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

falling leaves

write their life’s story

on the air

Shernaz

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

the release

of falling leaves . . .

no sound

Dennis M. Holmes

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

evening commute

red hibiscus leaves falling

into the moonlight

Hazel A. Witherspoon

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

whirlwind —

a yellow leaf stuck

on wet paint

James Bundi

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

Fourteenth Place - 2 Points

A lone leaf

fallen in puddle

seeks shelter

R.K. Singh

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

A daily occurrence showcased with simplicity.

Autumn leaves falling,

multicoloured tapestry

carpets woodland paths.

Jean Lewis

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

beside her grave —

falling leaves mix with

falling tears

Mi Tee

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

fallen leaves

rise to the branches

in the squirrel's mouth

David Watson

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

rural cemetery —

from an old oak leaves fall

on the new child's grave

Andrzej Dembonczyk

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

eve's leaves falling

adam's leaf rising

nature's call

eric

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

September winds

makes whirly gig leaves

autumn colors fly

Dorothy J. Kazmierzak

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

best before date —

the yellow of elm leaves

before they fall

DeVar

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

leaves falling —

a squirrel crunching

the harvest moon

Kaiser

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

A simple first line but the last line makes all three lines original and full of sound and texture.

queuing for lunch —

an acacia leaf drops on

my clean plate

Isaac Ndirangu

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

falling leaves

umber, crimson, burnt sienna

september delights

Mr. PC

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

summer's end —

after the quake

a leaf falls

Israel Lopez Balan

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

Nice contrast of violently shaking earth and gentle falling of leaf onto the now still ground.

ruckus

in the courtyard

 —leafchasesleaf

miriam chaikin

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

when it comes

the news is all bad

 —falling leaves

Ignatius Fay

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

swirling autumn leaves

teenagers with cell phones

keep changing their plans

Sheila K. Barksdale

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

one leaf falls

the entire tree shakes

in the wind

Merrill Ann Gonzales

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

from garden to garden

the leaf blower

at his pointless task

Andrew Shimield

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

falling leaves

new quilt

on the forest floor

Ben Gieske

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

red oak leaves

on the front stoop

welcome

maxianne

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

watching the lights go out

one red maple after

another

Donna Bauerly

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

autumn blessing

driving through a shower

of drifting leaves

Elaine Riddell

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

a mighty chase —

the black lizard hides under

eucalyptus leaves

Brian Etole

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

mountain reveille

in a yellow rain of leaves

the bull elk bugles

Edward

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

just a note . . .

falling leaves fill

the driveway

Laurene

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

between two heartbeats

the last yellow leaf

falls to the ground

Jacek M.

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

rain falls

on the falling leaves

the cry of a crane

Tore Sverredal

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

Fifteenth Place - 1 Point

mistaken identity —

the dog chases

a falling leaf

Anonymous

after the storm

the leaf is falling

silently

Gabriel Sawicki

the breeze

and now beech leaves

in my hair

Alexander "Lex" Joy

mosaic rain

falling leaves

spiral

Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black

leaves falling

white butterfly mizmazes

a new dream-world

Narayanan Raghunathan

Wind sighs . . .

Leaves and butterflies

Find beauty in death

James Sawers

falling leaves

mound in my gutters

a coronation

Pris Campbell

autumn

leaves

behind

leaves

Alan

a leaf

to the ground

zero noise

og_a

fallen leaves —

jacaranda pods dangle

from bare branches

Patrick Wafula

Aspen weeps,

falling leaves dance tangos

bow to the milky way

Christine Howard

aspen leaf

falling on cloudy lake

drifts away . . .

Svend A. Doggfall

watching the leaves fall —

bed-bound

after the chemo

Anonymous

leaves falling . . .

autumn wind blows away people

along the shore

Anonymous

autumn wind

the frenetic twirl

of willow leaves

Diane Mayr

3rd Anniversary —

every leaf that falls today

we’ll grow old together

Alan Summers

leaves falling

the entire day

at a salon

sanjuktaa

Nice pivot and a hint of pathos under the cleverness.

a lost coin —

she finds it under a

red maple leaf

Kevin Asava

stoplights

through the windshield

falling leaves

John Soules

I like the pure visual intensity of this.

a mother scolds

her baby for sucking one —

jacaranda leaves

Catherine Njeri Maina

magnolia

autumn leaves litter

the ground

Anne Curran

raking falling leaves

she just can't resist the urge

she gives in and jumps

Jennifer Stefanow

autumn leaves

crunching under foot

broken mosaic

todd eddy

an oak leaf

passes through his breath

first cold night

Anonymous

f a l l i n g l e a v e s

foreverabovethegroundinthishaiku

Rafal Zabratynski

No points this time, sorry.

So many people

at the mercy of the fate . . .

falling leaves

Vasile Moldovan

A bare leaved tree

Washed ashore

An autumn raid

Purush

golden ginkgo leaves

flutter down — as we

practice Tai Chi fan

Rose Marie Stutts

First frost of Autumn

Leaf-petals stiffen and fall

trees undressing for winter

mark lonergan

Hung paratrooper

half treetop hooded —

leaves falling balance

Gheorghe Postelnicu

falling leaves

frost covers the edges

a new spring awaits

Tony Nasuta

summer's heat and hype

mellows into a coolness

falling leaves

gillena cox

a leaf falls near

the picture window

our cat's tail flicks

Mike Montreuil

Majestic Oak

your golden crown —

under my feet

Jenn McSweeney

falling leaves

a wasp finds the dessert

before me

Harvey Jenkins

leaves falling into

an assembly of leaves . . .

last rays of sunlight

Keith A. Simmonds

drifting gold leaves

under a jacaranda tree —

breezy afternoon

Winslause Yamame

wherever I walk

the fallen leaves crowded

all the paths

Juhani Tikkanen

Still 9:15 . . .

Stripping the young elm

In old pond

Reza

whispered sighs

the falling leaves

kiss grass

Frances O'Keeffe

oak leaves are falling

I stop the table’s motion

then grab my bashed toe

Deirdre Godwin

falling leaves

my dog lies beneath

the soft earth

paula

one leaf

twirls on its stem

one last time

Carolyn Coit Dancy

woodpecker's drumming

from somewhere in the forest —

leaves falling

Tomislav

Falling leaves

autumn gently nudges

an arrogant tree

Bushra Naqi

autumn frost —

old walnut's leaves

falling as a rain

Petru-Ioan Garda

falling leaf follows me

leads me

last ride on the carousel

carol pearce-worthington

Wilson Airport —

a carpet of brown leaves

scatters and flies

Dancan Omoto

Wild west wind

shaking silver trees —

falling leaves.

Trevor Camp

traffic light —

a maple leaf tumbling

in the car

Horst Ludwig

yellow ginkgo leaves drift down . . .

counting my life

savings again

Bill Pauly

morning coolness

leaves falling

promises of change

Michael S Brock

fallen leaves

of the small box elder —

cherry blossoms

Ida Freilinger

Sunset —

leaves fall revolving

from the branch

Miorita

in late summer heat

a leaf floats slowly to earth —

I go pick it up

Jeff Hanson

weathered

‘For Sale’ boards come down

with the leaves

Sara

As the leaves soak,

So does the dawn stir —

Of endings and new beginnings

Laressa Antonette Gomez

the new bed of leaves

a knocking acorn

hushed

Jeanette Blain

a few fig leaves

yellow and fall but some

more figs will ripen

gourdman

Rising crunch underfoot

leaves falling along with

thermometer

Philip Mizener

on mother's grave —

tears and leaves

falling together

Manuela Dragomirescu

autumn’s breath

the leaves scatter

in a gust of wind

Meredith Cavalieri

blowing wind —

yellow umbrella leaf

floats in dusty air

Collins Ogutu

falling jacaranda leaves

roll slowly in the air —

cool breeze

Eric Mwange

General Comments:

Just a few new images among these many nice haiku.

This was not easy at all, a lot of wonderful haiku.

Thanks again for a great topic. Numerous entries.

A lot of good entries this month. Several more would have made my short list but for substandard usage or wordiness.

Free Format Theme: 

Beach/Shore

First Place - 33 Points

empty beach

the faint sound

of a church bell

og_a

(3,6,12) = 33 pts

Second Place - 21 Points

along the shore

each wave

waits its turn

Ben Gieske

(1,6,6) = 21 pts

The order of things perfectly reported.

Third Place – 20 Points

sunlit beach

I twirl the umbrella

in my drink

Collin Barber

(1,4,9) = 20 pts

Here is captured a nice relaxed mood.

Caught me by surprise and made me laugh, but it's the reality of the moment that finally makes this exceptional.

Fourth Place -18 Points

lost at sea —

the old woman

on the shore

C.P.Harrison

(2,3,6) = 18 pts

Fifth Place - 17 Points

empty beach

the tide filling

the sandcastle moat

Gabriel Sawicki

(1,2,10) = 17 pts

Sixth Place - 14 Points

camping

the sound of waves moving

in and out of sleep

Elaine Riddell

(0,3,8) = 14 pts

Seventh Place - 13 Points

tug of waves

his hands around

my waist

AD

(2,0,7) = 13 pts

So much love in this.

Enjoyed the nuances shared in this one.

Eighth Place - 12 Points

the last kite

descends the sky

twilight beach

Narayanan Raghunathan

(2,1,4) = 12 pts

north shore

a flock of geese

at the vanishing point

Tom Painting

(1,2,5) = 12 pts

Ninth Place - 11 Points

changing tides —

the ocean

fills my footsteps

Cara Holman

(0,1,9) = 11 pts

Tenth Place - 10 Points

sand castles

the pictures that she took

before the waves came

Kirsty Karkow

(1,1,5) = 10 pts

A sense of futility and inevitability, but also of transcendence: The pictures survive.

shoreline

what winter

has left us

Bill Kenney

(0,3,4) = 10 pts

Eleventh Place - 9 Points

nude beach

the tweeters stare

at their palms

Edward

(1,1,4) = 9 pts and now she's gone . . .

the tide has taken

a little of me with it

Michael Dylan Welch

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

breaking waves . . .

so faultless, the timing

of these sandpipers

Warren Gossett

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

retirement —

the shoreline closer

to the old cottage

Carole MacRury

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

An intriguing, faintly disturbing juxtaposition.

Twelfth Place - 8 Points

grunion run

a makeshift grill

on Tin Can Beach

Carmel Westerman

(1,1,3) = 8 pts

This brought back fond memories of Huntington Beach, California. I didn't know you could eat grunions though.

my little brother

still brushing the beach

from my hair

Roberta Beary

(1,1,3) = 8 pts

I do remember this.

memories of the forest

in the beached boat's

creaking mast

Andrew Shimield

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

I loved the rhythm, and an almost dissonant aspect, plus a great last two lines to pull back, and in, and follow up on 'memories of the forest'.

shoreline

the landscape

of her mind

Beth Powell

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

summer storm —

a beach ball scuttles

down the empty shore

Terri L. French

(0,1,6) = 8 pts

one footprint

stepping

from shore to sea

Donna Bauerly

(0,1,6) = 8 pts

Thirteenth Place - 7 Points

a summer romance

I lie on the sun-kissed sands

reading avidly

Deirdre Godwin

(2,0,1) = 7 pts

I Like "sunlit beach".This one is both funny and true.

autumn stillness

a fishing-boat

leaves the shore

Tore Sverredal

(1,1,2) = 7 pts

The movement deepens the stillness.

my shadow

lying on the beach

autumn sun

Petar Tchouhov

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

Good work.

rinsing off beach sand . . .

a bit of summer

goes down the drain

Melissa Spurr

(0,0,7) = 7 pts

The mix of wry and poignant observation worked for me.

Fourteenth Place - 6 Points

summer passes . . .

a fisherman at his cookfire,

throwing light on the beach

Michael McClintock

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

A simple but evocative haiku made more atmospheric by that last line.

autumn wind

waving dune grass

writes its name

Michele L. Harvey

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

summer's end

back and forth footprints

at the waters edge

paula

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

empty beach —

a coloured scarf

flying through nowhere

Manuela Dragomirescu

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

autumn beach

walking a line

of windblown foam

Jeanette Blain

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

Fifteenth Place - 5 Points

along the shore

stumbling upon sea glass

and each other

Judi Honiker

(1,1,0) = 5 pts

Wow. This makes me actually want to brave dating again.

beach party

clam holes in the sand

burping

Nancy Smith

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

the old beach house

waves gently lapping

another place and time

Tony Nasuta

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

shoreside —

a ladder

of moonlight

Alan S. Bridges

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

low tide

the children race crabs

sideways

Rafal Zabratynski

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

Full of energy and humour, and one to read again and again.

eroding shoreline —

a wrinkled hand

sifts through the sand

Mi Tee

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

crashing waves —

ashore hermit crabs nestle

into our footmarks

Alegria Imperial

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

september shore

seagulls pick through

summer's remains

Diane Mayr

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

Sixteenth Place - 4 Points

rock pool hunting

a grandmother and child

collect more memories

Alan Summers

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

our loveprints

on the shore

fill with starwater

Bill Pauly

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

autumn dusk

beach puddles full of color

martin

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

finding the beach

last summer

inside my shoes

maxianne

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

sunset on the beach —

the kite's shadow conecting

our sheets

Kaiser

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

last day of vacation —

the dog shakes and shakes

out the ocean

aom (tim)

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

footprints fill with water

then disappear

like we were never here

Ellen Romano

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

Sad and eerie.

Seventeenth Place - 3 Points

goodbye to summer

and our favorite beach

the new highway's coming

Rose Marie Stutts

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

how wide the ocean!

another drop is claimed

from the river

Merrill Ann Gonzales

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

the shore of the sea —

closer year by year

the horizon line

Petru-Ioan Garda

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

Growing up, getting older - that's it.

minnows, not knowing

they were in water —

swept ashore

Robert Ertman

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

I liked #83 very much but in the end decided it was too close to Issa's fish thrashing in a bucket.

low season shore

just the cormorant and I

drying our wings

Jon Espen Vassbotn

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

rolling waves

hitting, gliding flat

on the sand

Horst Ludwig

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

beachcombing

a seagull pecks

at a french fry

Earl R. Keener

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

high school starts again —

their preferred beach deserted

except for poets

Ida Freilinger

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

eclipse

the tide slides over

the beach

Barbara Snow

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

Eighteenth Place - 2 Points

beach sunset —

his ashes soar

in a yellow balloon

Allen McGill

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

dream's shore

following the footprints

of my knight

Rita Odeh

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

september sea

wavelets whisper

their way to shore

Frances O'Keeffe

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

I sit on warm sand

Staring out to Portugal

Wishing for wings

Mary E. Gray

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

receding shoreline

seaweed brushes

my feet

carol pearce-worthington

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

low tide

a girl hands her brother

a starfish in a bucket

Anne Curran

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

The Golden Sands —

so many precious stones

on the naked bodies

Vasile Moldovan

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

shore line

only the seagulls

digging for clams

Bill Hudson

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

on the shore

an old rotting log —

my grandfather's past

Mike Montreuil

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

new moon

embraces a shore

and a wave dance

alex serban

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

baby sea turtles

crossing the shore for home . . .

quarter moon

Pris Campbell

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

beach walk —

the surf reaches us

before the rain

sanjuktaa

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

Barefoot children

collecting shells on the beach —

a wave breaks

Miorita

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

autumn beach

echoes of the summer

in the waves

Ruth Powell

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

Nineteenth Place - 1 Point

beach day —

over the dust of the car

a new haiku

Jordi Climent

sunburn blisters —

above the crescent beach

a crescent moon

Ignatius Fay

beach fire

the grotesque shadows

gathering round

Garry Eaton

Black Sea shore?

Gulf of Mexico

oil spill

Gheorghe Postelnicu

beach walk

fireworks light

two distant shores

Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black

Warning - undertow

looking for seashells on shore

I lose my wallet

Harvey Jenkins

long last —

on this stone arch bridge

the smell of shore

Svend A. Doggfall

a deserted beach

slowly sinking in grayness . . .

seagulls' piercing calls

natalia kuznetsova

wants to fly

she picks up a few feather

from the beach

Anonymous

brisk on-shore wind

sandpipers hunker down

behind the gulls

Carolyn Coit Dancy

driftwood —

blue boxes washed up

along the curb

John Soules

abstract placement

shells, kelp, driftwood

picasso's beach

todd eddy

blue waves

pounding on the shore

feeling life change

Michael S Brock

among sandpipers

the gulls hunker down to dream

in the sound of surf

Old Grayhouse

such a bald head —

waves roll the pebbles

back and forth

DeVar

Time washes over life

relentless to return all

to ocean sand

Philip Mizener

shore'nuff

that's one sexy

beach

Dennis M. Holmes

Had to keep aside at least 1 pt for this one.

No points this time, sorry.

on the beach

she combs her long hair:

aphrodite

R.K. Singh

traveling across

shifting sand: hordes of caterpillars

and the wind

Sheila K.Barksdale

bleached white sand dollars

lying on the warm wet sand . . .

beach currency

Tom Conally

over the beach

seagulls and crows in flight

heralding the rain

Adina Enachescu

cyclonic warning

The sea witness Horrifying sounds

DESERTED beach ahead

Purush

a flower cocktail

and an open book —

tide sweeping the shore

Patricia Lidia

the sun down

the sand and foam on our feet

specks of shadows

mechaieh

Burned by the sun

Yet loath to leave

The cooling sands

James Sawers

one deck chair,

deserted chilly beach,

British summertime.

Jean Lewis

a rainbow dangles

upon the green ocean:

glistening beach

Keith A. Simmonds

Azure . . .

she is oiling her doll back

very Quiet

Reza

Yellow leaves sailing

from the shore

to the open sea

Juhani Tikkanen

Arctic Sea trip

first man

on this beach

Ralf Bröker

spread my ashes here

where pelicans feather the waves

with ponderous grace

John Thompson

Osaka Port —

the sea lapping round the

boats at rest

Isabelle Prondzynski

seagulls overhead

running along the shore line

cannot escape me!

Anonymous

amber sun —

I comb the wet beach

just in case . . .

James Dobson.

bathed in sunlight

a beach supine

mottled with spent swimmers

bushra

Surfer catches wave

Ride thru tube

Friends watch from beach

Flory

Off shore winds

deer tracks in the sand -

musty smells.

Trevor Camp

onshore wind —

sand in our hair

and pockets

jill

stone grinding waves

pounding endlessly . . .

smooth jewel glass

eric

shaking out sand

she hangs up her beach towel

one more summer gone

Jennifer Stefanow

autumn equinox —

the river's far shore

is close at hand

Jeff Hanson

a whispered secret,

reflected sun outlines

the shore

anonymous

seaweed swirls

in dark water just off shore

shadows cross the moon

Amicus

sun sand and waves

burnt, gritty and tired

feeling great

Mr PC

the lights

along the shore . . .

fishing season begins

Jacek M.

engulfed by rage

frantically searching for

a shore of contentment

Hazel A. Witherspoon

summer dies

never made it to the shore

again

gourdman

sunset squabble

two pelicans fight

over dinner

Meredith Cavalieri

General Comments:

A lot of innovation in here , but, by explaining the image some very good ideas were ruined.

There is so much beauty here, I wish I could have voted for so many more of these.

Thanks for letting us walk the shores with you.

I really wanted to not only vote but leave a few encouraging comments. I really enjoyed reading ALL the entries, and felt it an honour to do so.