The Shiki Monthly Kukai
September 2012 Kukai
Dear Friends,
Here are the results for the September 2012 Kukai, wherein our Kigo subject was DROUGHT, and our Free Format subject was CLOUD SHAPES
Congratulations to *** Michele L. Harvey***, winner of our Kigo section and to ***John Soules***, winner of our Free Format section!
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The haiku are listed in order of total points received from voters. The numbers reflect the number of voters who gave the haiku either three points, two points, or one point -- followed by the total points for all votes.
Those who were given less than three points and who requested anonymity in such a case are so noted.
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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 points were cast for this poem by the other participating poets.
(2,1,4 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.
VOTER'S comments are in italics below the respective poems.
September 2012 Results
Kigo Theme:
DROUGHT
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First Place - 30pts
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dry season
stones rise
in the stream bed
Michele L. Harvey
(2,4,16) = 30 pts
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Second Place - 22pts
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Drought -
between the farmer's eyebrows
deepening lines.
Zhanna P. Rader
(1,6,7) = 22 pts
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Third Place - 21pts
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drought
the redness of the bougainvillea
deepens
Bill Hudson
(0,5,11) = 21 pts
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17 Points
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blue moon
the crackle of grass
underfoot
carol pearce-worthington
(0,5,7) = 17 pts
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16 Points
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waiting
for the water truck ...
dust devils
Chandra Bales
(0,2,12) = 16 pts
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14 Points
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drought -
dry stones in
the brook
Tomislav
(1,4,3) = 14 pts
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13 Points
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dry ground --
he leaves without a kiss
again
Aalix Roake
(1,2,6) = 13 pts
drought
a willow bows down
to the river
Tore Sverredal
(1,2,6) = 13 pts
water shortage
my next door neighbor
flushes twice
Roberta Beary
(0,4,5) = 13 pts
** Living in a dry country, I know the feeling... so well expressed here!
prairie night
after the dust storm
the Big Dipper
Maxianne
(0,1,11) = 13 pts
** I love the contrast of the dust and starry sky so vividly yet simply described in this haiku…drought yet expansiveness, beautiful~
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12 Points
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dry spell
out of roiling dust
a pickup
if
(0,3,6) = 12 pts
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11 Points
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another rainless day...
the feel of my cat's
wet nose
Keiko
(0,1,9) = 11 pts
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10 Points
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dry spell-
all that's left
of mother's garden
Michael Dylan Welch
(1,0,7) = 10 pts
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9 Points
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parched earth
my tears
water the cracks
V.Leo.R
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
terrible drought –
my puppy buries his nose
into cracks
Andronic Andrea
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
drought -
empty silos
still
Carolyn Coit Dancy
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
summer drought--
stonework appears
in the reservoir
James Dobson
(0,1,7) = 9 pts
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8 Points
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autumn drought -
the story in
her liquid eyes
Stella Pierides
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
drought month...
nowhere to race
the paper boats
~Devika
(1,1,3) = 8 pts
empty sky
the long low whistle
of a passing train
Cara Holman
(0,3,2) = 8 pts
No rain
still
weeds
Dica
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
**So short. So much.
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7 Points
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drought -
in the drying pond
jumping fishes
Robert Kania
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
**Strong images, worth more than one point. But "drying" is too much for me.
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6 Points
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drought again,
even the farmers' tears,
have run dry
Hrushi Oka
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
dry rose bud
a dewdrop still clings
to a thorn
Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
continuing drought
even the children's voices
muted
Angela Terry
(0,0,6) = 6 pts
two year drought
another season
without a homerun
Susan Sanchez-Barnett
(0,0,6) = 6 pts
drought . . .
the panhandler shakes
an empty cup
BILL KENNEY
(0,0,6) = 6 pts
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5 Points
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drought
is not a haiku subject
too dry
Mr. PC (Paul Cassidy)
(1,0,2) = 5 pts
dust and sun --
the riverbed flies
are living it up
Michael McClintock
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
dehydrated lake
my poet neighbor reels in
another haiku
Collin Barber
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
draught
even the wind
can't wet its whistle
Ben Gieske
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
no sign of rain-
the river too bony
to paddle
Kirsty Karkow
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
funeral day --
squinting through
the dust
Carol Raisfeld
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
dried-up corn fields
furrows on the farmer's face
look deeper
natalia kuznetsova
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
drought
even the birds
can't bathe
Barbara Campitelli
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
desolation
between the heifer's horns
trapped tumbleweed
Barbara A Taylor
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
conversation
at the watering hole
dries up
Paul R
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
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4 Points
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the tree taproot
digging down deep
I find water
Ernesto P. Santiago
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
Postcard from Greek beach
to parents in Iowa:
"Vacation rained out."
Horst Ludwig
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
drought...
a barren tree reflected
in the farmer's tear
Rita Odeh
(0,2,0) = 4 pts
shriveled corn -
the cow bawls
for more
Carmel Lively Westerman
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
drought ...
every saint has
a bee in his halo
Cezar F. Ciobica
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
withered saplings
a layer of dust
in the eaves trough
Harvey Jenkins
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
drought
the trees let go
another gust of leaves
aom (tim)
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
dry creek bed
a layer of red dust settles
on bleached bones
Liz Rule
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
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3 Points
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terrible drought -
a green lizard steals
in the dry grass
Virginia Popescu
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
drought -
into the earth deepness
is slinking the moon
STOPS
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
graveside prayer . . .
all the colours drained
from a drought laden sky
Ron C. Moss
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
brown maize crops
rustling in the dry wind --
cloudless sky
~ Patrick Wafula
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
drought
the corn plant's leaves
coated with dust
April Serock
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
empty clouds
the landscape drained of
chlorophyll
Barbara Snow
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
finally the rain--
rhythm of drops
on dry cracked soil
jill
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
drought --
I imagine fields
of sweet william
Angie Werren
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
thirsty hill tops...
leafless trees swaying
in the morning dust
Keith A. Simmonds
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
drought
the contrails'
cross
gogatsu
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
Zen splash fountain
The only sound of water
This dry season
Mary E. Gray
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
drought -
the stream's
white bones
John McDonald
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
they talk
of drought -
Sunday service
Mike Montreuil
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
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2 Points
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dry river bottom
save one drop
of sweat
Alan S. Bridges
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
dark clouds drift pass
brown grass crunches underfoot
broken promises
D W Skrivseth
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
High drought...
more and more moist
granny's eyes
Ailoaei Cristina
(0,1,0) = 2 pts
i step away from
the parched earth
- why add to its woes?
miriam chaikin
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
trimming the hedge --
a fresh green cactus
on the dry grass
~ James Bundi
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
drought-dusted corn
an old man sits
on the tractor seat
Alice Frampton
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
after the drought
tufts of green
promises I made
Donna Bauerly
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
my parched throat
she says just
an old friend
Gregory Longenecker
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
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1 Point
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sound of insects
the sun glints off
the drought brook
~~Merrill Ann Gonzales
parched tundra*
Robert Henry Poulin
drought...
filling the bird feeder
with sugared water
André Surridge
**There's poignancy in the ironic detail of the last line that got my vote in this haiku. I love how a single word would hint at deep caring, to which even a cat would relate.
back to school
a sprinkler waters
yellow lawn
Ralf Bröker
a thirsty rose
sharpening its thorns -
lingering drought
Juhani Tikkanen
dried up slough
cattle trough's a new perch
for the great heron
-- ushi
drought shriveled tomatoes
promise sweet grapes
gourdman
long journey --
a herdsman shakes off
dust from his feet
~ Kevin Wanjala
dry remark
the sparkle
in her eyes
Oddbjørn Aardalen
parched grass
over the hills a mauve mist
of pennyroyal
Elaine Riddell
another dawn --
he prays for salvation
from starvation
~ iddi rajab
drought
the empty chair
this nth night
Alegria Imperial
thirsty woman --
she hopefully checks her
water drum
~ max kutahi (student entry)
the stream
farther and farther
fata morgana
Irena Iris Szewczyk
drought . . .
the potter's wrinkles
formless
Peter O. Silvani
dry lightning in drought gods tease the rain dancer
Anonymous
thunder
all around us
dust clouds
John Soules
terrible drought -
Grandpa talks in stable
with the cows
Petru-Ioan Garda
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No Points This Time, Sorry.
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burn ban lifts-
after five years
the lake a wading pool
bre
squirrel builds drey
dry leaves rustle...
fire nests in my thoughts
dragonfly
zero chance of rain
a blue van sets off
in a cloud of exhaust
Anonymous
relief of
a drought inflicted Earth-
hurricane
C.D. Southards
an African pond
a hidden crocodile against
some gazelles
Reza
too long without rain
crops wither in sunbaked soil
farm in foreclosure
Deirdre Godwin
a crying child
holding an empty bowl --
empty granary
~ Irene Mwangi
summer's end -
cloudless skies, high over
long parched earth
Darrell Byrd
death's drought
our kisses dry as
spring lamb's bones
Karin Anderson
first daffodil:
decisively ends
winter drought of colours
-- Chitra Rajappa
wilting corn --
children chewing
on maize stalks
~ Bamboocha
lingering heat
day and night endless drought--
the corn dry husks
John Daleiden
my eyes burn-
thick dust sifts up from tufts
of parched grass
Marylouise Knight
a mother is weeping
her sick child cries -
no rain in sight
Leslie Montgomery
drought-withered grass
longs for the end
of the hosepipe ban
Frances O'Keeffe
dogs feasting
on animal carcases --
parched land
~ Jane Diana
chickadee's cry
even the mother's tears
bone dry
Jayashree Maniyil
all eluding rains
farm lands suffer cracks and pains
drought in all, trains guns
Purushotham Rao Ravela
hazy sunset
automatic lawn sprinkler
rabbits wait
Anonymous
football drought
he buys his wife the latest TV
Terra Martin
Brown grass
no rain this week
dry mouth.
Trevor Camp
hot afternoon --
a group of dead animals
beside the riverbank
~ nancy otinga
Caked with dust coiled snake barely shaded by coughing scarecrow
Kurt W.
dust bowl ~
black-tailed jackrabbits
prove the last straw
sara winteridge
black calf --
it lies still in the
dry grounds
~ teresia wanjiru
nothing but sun
the glare off the farmer's
windshield
--Peter Newton
no rain
the garden untended
abandoned
Beth Powell
January drought --
watering the kale plants
from the sewer
~ Isabelle Prondzynski
hollowness in
the stomach of farmer
dry farmlands
Ramesh Anand
drought--
the starving rivers
of her Motherland
Bill Pauly
only a trickle --
I skilfully bath to preserve
the water
~ Elijah Juma
still counting
too many rainless days
the desert waits
Mark A. Fisher
dry winds flip
a Mayan calendar
thirsting for words
Hansha Teki (New Zealand)
Safari Rally --
a cloud of dust covers
reporters' cameras
~ caxton okoth
first light
thick blanket of fog
floats over parched cornfield
Hazel A. Witherspoon
In old Africa
Long dreamy days
No rain
Angelika Kolompar
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General Comments:
**Thanks again for this chance of reading and voting for some exquisite pieces.
**It has been tough trying to select from the bunch of some very lovely haiku. Almost painful to drop some of them because I could not stretch my 6 points further!!
**It's amazing to me that so many entries were similar with such a provocative kigo.
**P.S.: I felt that the "drought" kigo must have really resonated with your "kukaiers." It seems like there were many more solid haiku this time out than I remember for a long time--maybe ever. I suspect that this harsh, pervasive drought has moved people deeply.
Free Format Theme:
CLOUD SHAPES
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First Place - 19pts
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dark clouds
the shape of things
to come
John Soules
(0,5,9) = 19 pts
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Second Place - 16pts
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fishing ...
the mackerel
sky
gogatsu
(1,2,9) = 16 pts
AND
full moon --
cumulus clouds slowly
form a wolf
~ Patrick Wafula
(0,5,6) = 16 pts
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Third Place - 15pts
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kids all grown
a cloud
is a cloud
BILL KENNEY
(2,1,7) = 15 pts
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14 Points
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storytelling
all the shapes
in her clouds
Jayashree Maniyil
(0,2,10) = 14 pts
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11 Points
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low clouds --
a landscape drifting
across my street
~ Isabelle Prondzynski
(1,2,4) = 11 pts
desert sky -
streaks of blue and pink
on her canvas
Carmel Lively Westerman
(1,1,6) = 11 pts
** I really like this lovely haiku and would have given it a vote if it had mentioned a cloud shape.
two year old
each cloud
a truck or a tractor
Beth Powell
(0,3,5) = 11 pts
storm clouds -
the moon etches
silver linings
V.Leo.R
(0,2,7) = 11 pts
night clouds . . .
the circus muscle man
opens a cage
Michael McClintock
(0,1,9) = 11 pts
scattered clouds
old lace with
fraying edges
Frances O'Keeffe
(0,1,9) = 11 pts
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10 Points
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sound of wind -
the elephant cloud
now a dog cloud
Israel López Balan
(1,1,5) = 10 pts
clouds
skywriting
poems
Bill Gottlieb
(0,3,4) = 10 pts
**Without sky- I would have given three points.
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9 Points
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graduation day-
a cloud in the shape
of your smile
Michael Dylan Welch
(1,1,4) = 9 pts
watching through
curtain clouds
moon's eye
Ben Gieske
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
cloud puffs...
another promise
to quit
Roberta Beary
(0,2,5) = 9 pts
after meditation
the same white cloud
- but different
Paul Hodder
(0,1,7) = 9 pts
fall morning
a cloud the shape
of the sky
Tore Sverredal
(0,1,7) = 9 pts
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8 Points
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the child
hands up in the air
sculpting her clouds
---- Aalix Roake
(0,3,2) = 8 pts
mare's tails-
the horse I bet on
wins by a nose
Kirsty Karkow
(0,2,4) = 8 pts
my daughter points out
the shape of blue
between clouds
Alan S. Bridges
(0,1,6) = 8 pts
above the lake
I search for your face
in the clouds
Carol Raisfeld
(0,0,8) = 8 pts
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7 Points
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jellyfish clouds
float east
with the wind
Bill Hudson
(0,2,3) = 7 pts
secrets-
the absence of
cloud formations
C.D. Southards
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
over Central Park
another cloud-free sky
9-11
Carol Pearce-Worthington
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
October sky...
a small boy shows me
his cloud cats at play
S.E. Buffington
(0,1,5) = 7 pts
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6 Points
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summer solstice
behind cotton-candy clouds
the setting sun
Carolyn Coit Dancy
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
from the bridge:
cloud shapes
made of water
John McDonald
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
watercolor clouds
when I think I know
what's what
--Peter Newton
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
popcorn clouds
we contemplate
a movie
Paul Rainville
(0,1,4) = 6 pts
flat skies
she promises me
nothing
Gregory Longenecker
(0,0,6) = 6 pts
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5 Points
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seaside
a cornucopia
of clouds
Barbara Campitelli
(0,2,1) = 5 pts
climbing uphill
a ring of clouds embraces
two graveyard firs
Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
teen crush
the man shaped cloud
grows an extra leg
-- ushi
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
sardine clouds -
deciding to make
my own luck
Stella Pierides
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
childhood
in an eye blink
cloud dragon
Ann K. Schwader
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
autumn afternoon
in the clouds
she finds her lost baby
quamrul Hassan
(0,1,3) = 5 pts
cumulus clouds--
we head
for the hills
James Dobson
(0,0,5) = 5 pts
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4 Points
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cherubic clouds
floating over the graveyard...
the final "amen"
natalia kuznetsova
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
Angry-faced cumulus cloud spitting an electric tongue
Kurt W.
(1,0,1) = 4 pts
contrails...
only the length of day
betrays summer's end
Haiku Rue
(0,1,2) = 4 pts
a turtle crawls
across the sky
gourdman
(0,0,4) = 4 pts
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3 Points
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blue sky -
only a cloud like a dragon
devouring itself
Petru-Ioan Garda
(1,0,0) = 3 pts
splashes of red
from the poppies
a surging cloud
Ernesto P. Santiago
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
Thanksgiving
billowed cumulus clouds
- craving dumplings
if
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
pie-shaped clouds
on sentinel duty
around the full moon
Keith A. Simmonds
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
virginity lost
a hole in the clouds
becomes a smile
Collin Barber
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
painted over graffiti
on the sidewalk
striated clouds
Cara Holman
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
David and Goliath
the large cloud wrestles the small one
Terra Martin
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
milky clouds --
white feathers run up
the sky
~ elijah juma
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
the dispersal
of the dinosaur's head...
divorce papers
Rita Odeh
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
dark storm clouds--
spill hail like marbles
on summer's dry leaves
jill
(0,1,1) = 3 pts
new choreographer
a pattern emerges
through summer clouds
Angela Terry
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
a six-legged pig
fed by dark smokestacks
industrial cloud
Harvey Jenkins
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
watching
clouds forming
... kissing
renakio
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
a little cloud
becomes an aureole
of the moon
Tomislav
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
cloudy sky -
gone with the wind
the white caravels
Virginia Popescu
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
hovering. . .
a lenticular cloud shrouds
the volcano's rim
Liz Rule
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
midshift break-
gossamer dragon
swallows the moon
Hazel A. Witherspoon
(0,0,3) = 3 pts
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2 Points
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one last hymn
high above the graveyard
a cloud antelope
Maxianne
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
sponge clouds -
the first drops wipe our
dusty windshield
Darrell Byrd
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
on our backs
watching clouds:
camel swallows dragon !
-- Chitra Rajappa
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
in the twilight sky
a red dragon fly cloud-
she knits new row
John Daleiden
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
fast- moving clouds
have no time to gather. . .
to make shapes
Marylouise Knight
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
criss-crossed clouds
tracing
a kanji
Donna Bauerly
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
thunderhead
the darkening trail
Anonymous
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
cloud shapes
a flock of sheep grazes
my cheek
Alegria Imperial
(0,0,2) = 2 pts
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1 Point
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framed
by Mom's windows
cotton candy sky
Alice Frampton
seven syllables -
well boned body girl shaped cloud
heaven poetry
STOPS
fatal wildfire . . .
cloud shapes explode
into crimson and black
Ron C. Moss
billowing clouds catch
a glow from the setting sun
an intent hawk dives
D W Skrivseth
cloud castles
the family camper
dwarfs the house
Michele L. Harvey
mountain hike
above the peak a cloud
the shape of a boot
André Surridge
in the gallery -
van Gogh cypress is dancing
with billowing clouds
Robert Kania
icy winds
dark skies become an ocean
of drifting seahorses
Barbara A Taylor
rising moon --
a cirrus cloud forms
a tortoise
~ Bamboocha
On my back, in clover -
the dragon cloud turning
into a bear.
Anonymous
kanji clouds
brush-less calligraphy
rain extra ink
Anonymous
Rolling clouds
now speeding westward
evening rain.
Trevor Camp
the cumulus cloud
that reminds me
of a poem
Oddbjørn Aardalen
a dragon
turns domestic ...
lonely cloud
Hansha Teki
thunderheads
so beautiful
from above
Mike Montreuil
lake mirror -
rainbow trouts scattering
clouds and thoughts
Cezar F. Ciobica
this new coolness --
I watch clouds through
the open sunroof
Angie Werren
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No Points This Time, Sorry.
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imagination--
clouds merging
into cloud forms
Robert Poulin
Seven Mountains Range -
the prince in the clouds kissing
thirteen year Snowwhite
Horst
in the sky
fuzzy piper plane
flies to -- chicago?
miriam chaikin
watching dark clouds
turning to rain
What was THAT about?
~~Merrill Ann Gonzales
cold winter morning...
clouds float cross the sunlit sky
in drop shadow
dragonfly
my "teddy" and Sun
Same as my childhood
Fluffy day
Reza
STOP!
I just see clouds
she watches horses
Ralf Bröker
stories in the sky
painted white against the blue
inside, TV glares
Deirdre Godwin
drifting clouds
form a kangaroo --
whirling wind
~ Leah Kiarie
child's claps
on her cloud cake birthday flames
bow to rainbows
Karin Anderson
cupcake clouds
the approaching sail flutters
in sunset light
Anonymous
stagnant water --
reflection of nimbus clouds
moving like smoke
~ Kevin Wanjala
hot summer day-
the children see
scoops of ice cream in the clouds
Leslie Montgomery
strong wind --
a nimbus cloud reforms
into a star shape
~ Gloria Kerubo
cloud shadow Titans
march across the mountains
toward Olympus
April Serock
3-year old
asking name of changing shapes
in the sky
--R.K. Singh
purple dragons
chasing pink poodles
into the gold
Jon Espen Vassbotn
a fat sky gull
turned black blue -
thunder squall
Juhani Tikkanen
vast colors paint sky
in amusing ways, they like
madding clouds, hopes nods
purush guntur
udder-laden sky--
tires sucking
at the pavement
Barbara Snow
chafing scales
from a mackerel sky ~
pumice moon
Sara Winteridge
snowy peak
over the summit
waves of cloud breaking
Elaine Riddell
cloud shapes
of the beach breeze . . .
the crowded bath
Ramesh Anand
awestruck--
the cloud in his
image and likeness
Bill Pauly
moonlit cloud mountains
drifting dreams of silver
melting with the dawn
Mark A. Fisher
amazing cloud shapes
disambiguation
along with my thoughts
Mr. PC (Paul Cassidy)
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General Comments:
**Thanks for this wonderful batch.
**I was expecting more from this classic theme.
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