Congratulations to Melissa Spurr and Marleen Hulst, winners of our Kigo section and to og aksnes, winner of our Free Format section!
September 2010 Results
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.