September 2013 Kukai

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ORANGE(S)/TANGERINE(S)

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First Place -  30 Points

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first dawn alone—

the widow eats his half

of the orange

Alegria Imperial

Canada

(2,2,20) = 30 pts

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Second Place -  18 Points

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ripe orchard -

my hand meets yours

on the same orange...

Lavana Kray

Iasi-Romania

(2,3,6) = 18 pts

AND

orange peel-

the wrinkles and folds

I never noticed

Sanjuktaa

(1,5,5) = 18 pts

AND

the distance between

then and now --

tangerine moon

Angela Terry

(1,4,7) = 18 pts

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Third Place -  17 Points

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orange peels

never quite comfortable

in my own skin

Ron C. Moss

(1,2,10) = 17 pts

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15 Points 

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dying embers -

the wings of a moth

i couldn't save

Sandi Pray

USA

(1,4,4) = 15 pts

peeling the orange our last conversation

Gregory Longenecker

Pasadena, CA USA

(0,2,11) = 15 pts

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14 Points 

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enough said

a hint of orange

in chocolate

Tom

(0,3,8) = 14 pts

orange life —

the bitterness 

I peel away

Vinay Leo R.

Bangalore, India.

(0,3,8) = 14 pts

nursing home

carefully she realigns

tangerine segments

Bill Kenney

(0,2,10) = 14 pts

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12 Points 

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scent of spring

in the dawn sunlight...

orange blossoms

Keith A. Simmonds

Rodez, France

(1,1,7) = 12 pts

green beans

fresh from the garden

tangerine clouds

RD McManes

(0,3,6) = 12 pts

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11 Points 

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on an orange

the bites of my child . . .

winter stars

Ramesh Anand

(0,5,1) = 11 pts

the yellow sun

changes to orange

autumn leaves

Collin Barber

(0,2,7) = 11 pts

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10 Points 

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the first cluster

of orange in the hedge

—morning frost

if

(0,2,6) = 10 pts

**Lovely image, leaving me wondering whether the cluster of orange is the rising sun or a bunch of berries? Both are equally beautiful.

orange hour--

in the empty bowl

a bit of sunset

Arvinder Kaur

Chandigarh,India

(0,2,6) = 10 pts

school lunch

i recall the girl who shared

her tangerine

Darrell Byrd

(0,2,6) = 10 pts

the last orange

in the fruit bowl--

sunset glow

James Dobson.

(0,1,8) = 10 pts

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9 Points 

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navel orange-

suddenly in my mind

your baby bump

---kashinath karmakar

(1,2,2) = 9 pts

solstice—

the shining pyramid

of oranges

Timothy Russell

(0,3,3) = 9 pts

afternoon tea --

... memories scented

with orange peel 

-- Chitra Rajappa

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

rainy day

sharing an orange

on the bus

Ruth Powell

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

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8 Points 

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paper kites stripped off the sky tangerine

Kala Ramesh

(2,0,2) = 8 pts

my tangerine

and your cigar–

overlapping voices

Adelaide B. Shaw

(0,0,8) = 8 pts

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7 Points 

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river reflections

a boat with tangerines

sails into twilight

Tomislav

(1,1,2) = 7 pts

wildfires

away to the east

an orange moon rises

Elaine Riddell

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

snack time...

the toddler tastes his

new orange crayon

S.E. Buffington

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

**this gem had me smiling. :)

Sea sunset -

the white sails

glow orange.

Zhanna P. Rader

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

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6 Points 

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men dressed in orange

sleeping under

a laughing buddah

Claudius Gottstein

Borgloh, Germany

(1,0,3) = 6 pts

bird pecks at pumpkin

the scarecrow’s

third eye

Stella Pierides

Neusaess,

DE and London, UK

(0,2,2) = 6 pts

sunset the smell from peeling an orange

martin gottlieb cohen

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

autumn -

the holy one's

orange robe

JOHN McDONALD

EDINBURGH SCOTLAND

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

tangerine

split into segments

all I can give

Beth Powell

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

flying east—

the scent of oranges

on my hands

Marylouise Knight

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

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5 Points 

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harvest moon;

the orange on the windowsill

changes colour too !

manoj saranathan

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

two eagles

in the tangerine sky

hang gliders

Jone Rush MacCulloch

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

morning sun

squirting in my eye

an orange

carol bleichert

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

moon-viewing –

in a sake cup he catches

her orange reflection

Daniela Bullas

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

orange sign

"road work ahead"

at end of road

Audrey Downey

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

dusk

folds her orange quilt behind

rooftops

dsnake1

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

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4 Points 

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morning drizzle --

orange droplets on

the window pane

Kumarendra Mallick

Hyderabad, India

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

snow bird…

the scent of orange blossom

drifts north

Ted van Zutphen

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

unfolding the map 

orange seeds on Middle East - 

chinese luck symbols

STOPS

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

a peaceful sea town

dozing against orange dawn,

no earthquake sign...yet

natalia kuznetsova

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

barefoot

throughout the field

orange trees

Casey

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

Kayole Market --

a street boy collecting

rotten oranges

~ Mary Kamau

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

blindman's cane -

the orange tree

at sunset

Israel López Balan

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

without asking

she takes another orange segment

divorce proceedings

Paul Hodder

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

through the fence

she sells her oranges --

lunch hour

~ Kaweto Joshua

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

roadside stall --

each orange gently wiped

then placed

~ Isabelle Prondzynski

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

lunch hour --

the orange vendor leans

at the gate

~ Stephen Munyao

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

autumn's voice --

the soft rustle of these new

orange curtains

Angie Werren

Amelia, OH

USA

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

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            3 Points 

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revenge against

the bronze stink beetles…

orange-stained fingers

B

Mountain Top NSW

Australia

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

ah, the moon!

lighting all the bulbs

on our orange tree

Anne Zooey Lind

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

Sky of tangerine

The birds have stilled their singing

Twilight solitude.

Robert C. Howard

Belleville IL USA

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

staying the night

an orange blossom

on my pillow

Michael McClintock

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

rising tangerine moon jellyfish

Ernesto P. Santiago

Solano, Philippines

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

sunset

her eyes are peeling

the orange in the painting

Oddbjørn Aardalen

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

broken shopping bag -

the hare krishna leaves

a trail of oranges

Jon Espen Vassbotn

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

autumn leaves

lit by the afternoon sun -

the tang of tangerine

Laurene

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

Soweto shanty --

orange peelings scattered

on the doorstep

~ Violet Were

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

Soweto Market --

a smell of fresh oranges

lingers

~ Sospeter Murumbi

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

a dry orange peel

hung on a flagpost --

cobwebs

~ Andrew Otinga

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

orange coil

on my father's desk

I lean to sniff

assu

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

eucalyptus trees

with tangerine dreads

monarchs

Bill Hudson

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

fall fashion-

Maples in

oranges and reds

Anitha Varma

Kerala, India.

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

dripping down

the sides of her lips ...

tangerine dream

S.M. Abeles

USA

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

workday

defying winter gloom

orange marmalade

maxianne

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

raw afternoon

the safety orange

of a hunter's vest

Michele L. Harvey

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

an orange streak

through the valley of clouds--

seat belt fastened

--R.K. Singh

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

in glass bowl

a rainbow -

oranges, lemons, strawberries

Jane DeJonghe

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

peeling us another orange-

how many times will I fall

back in love?

Dawn Apanius

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

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2 Points 

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still life sketch—

three luscious oranges

on a porcelain plate

John Daleiden

Phoenix, Arizona in the Sonoran Desert

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

tangerine and cream

a dash of lemon glace

joy freezes over

Judi Honiker

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

campus grocery --

she frowns at the bitter taste

of an orange

~ Caleb Mutua

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

sharp knife --

he divides an orange

into four pieces

~ Aida Kageha

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

On its long road north

this orange's haiku walk

ends well-wrought in me

Horst

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

quitting time

a slick of orange oil

still on my fingers

Diane Mayr

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

tangerine

just the thought makes me

salivate

Carolyn Coit Dancy

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

above the Arctic Circle

the last tangerine

before the sun sets

Harvey Jenkins

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

waiting for

the orange cookies

flour fight

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Ploiesti, Romania

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

orange grove our hands part

Anonymous

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

abused wife

those kicked up orange heels

at his funeral

Karin Anderson

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

market stall

oranges bring

sunshine up north

Frances O'Keeffe

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

long harvest hours--

a huge orange moon

rises in the east

DeVar

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

midnight sun

orange horizon

all night

Tom Conally

Gibsonville, NC

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

first of the season

tiny tangerine

fills my daughter’s palm

Anonymous

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

Hypermarket -

tangerines, tomatoes, plasticine,

same taste

Petru-Ioan Garda

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

sunset sucks the orange orchard harvest moon

Anonymous

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

surrounded by green--

four sections of orange

in the football crowd

Barbara Snow

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

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1 Points

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peeling apart

the sections of an orange...

it’s a hard life

Kirsty Karkow

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

young romance

an orange ripens under

the dappled sunlight

Paresh Tiwari

India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

orange blooms

sections of sliced

vitamins

Mary Chapman

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

dust in me

the scent of tangerine

peels

Ken Sawitri

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

saffron lilies

the squeaking

of my letterbox

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

bayern vs. bvb 

my neighbor's flag

oranje

Ralf Bröker

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

**Ah! A football/soccer haiku.Very nice!

“this”

after peeling

an orange

gogatsu

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

Soweto stage * --

rotten orange peels

pile on the road

~ Silvester Mark

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

**Bus stops in Kenya are called "stages".

Soweto market --

a lone street boy nibbling

on orange peels

~ Patrick Wafula

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

in my stocking’s toe

Terrry’s Chocolate Orange

childhood tradition

Deirdre Godwin

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

leaving in haste 

tangerine juice 

runs down her chin

D W Skrivseth

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

tasteless orange...

how long is it

till Christmas?

Jaiku

USA

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

bees buzz

past the marigolds

to the butterflyweed

gourdman

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

orange

this harvest moon

share the wonder

Barbara Campitelli

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

in class

erasing what I crammed

tangerine polish

mechaieh

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

will you still love me

though I know of no

rhyme for orange?

Bill Pauly

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

**Emily Dickinson would eye-rhyme "orange" with "porridge"

orange

beside her bowl

of porridge 

the lightness

of such an orange . . .

spring rainbow

Hansha Teki

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

end of moonset –

the skin of an orange

on the windowsill

Eduard TARA

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

everyone smiling--

at zendo brunch

orange-tangerine juice

jill

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

only an orange

and how many children...

it is snowing

Miorita

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

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No Points This Time, Sorry. 

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drinking beer

under blinking traffic lights-

a distant prayer call

R.K. Sameer

un-birthing room

paper cups dispense 

orange juice

Anonymous

 tangy flavour of past

squeezing in impish eyes

orange peels

Vishnu P Kapoor

sticky juice

from the orange segment

drips off her chin

Anonymous

harvesting oranges

with the gardener

oh, what a variety

Irena Szewczyk

Warsaw, Poland

mixing cool aid

her daughter crayons

the moon orange

Bernard Gieske

from a mountain of tangerine

I take two

peel them for pie’s snowy inside

annebet

Ocean City beach

orange bodies on pale sand

Coppertone

Doris

 Crawling ant,

table top orange.

Another world.

Trevor Camp

 Apple's Christmas wish

every stocking stuffer

is an orange iPhone

Edward

quick swallow --

the bitter taste

of an orange seed

~Jescah Auma

"listen while I play

play play play play play,

my green" tangerine

-- ushi

a goat runs over

a pile of orange peelings --

Soweto Market

~ Jackyline Shirwatso

Soweto Market --

she tastes the sour sap

of an orange

~ Getrude Wahu

Confederations Cup --

I spill my orange juice

cheering Brazil

~ Emily Nderitu

tangerine and black

swirl about her ankles--

learning African dance

Bre Roberts

a speeding cart

full of orange sacks --

Soweto stage *

~ Martin Mwangi

 **Bus stops in Kenya are called "stages".

a farmer waters

her orange seedlings --

early morning

~ Eunice Wangari

incense and oranges

the catalog's offerings

from afar

--Peter Newton

iron deficiency

doctor prescribes

tangerine juice daily

Purush

guntur,india

Soweto Market --

rotten orange peels

on the footpath

~ Catherine Njeri Maina

cradled orange

remembering your dimpled

now aging body

Donna Bauerly

still life with oranges –

so lively

under the moonlight

Virginia Popescu 

PHOENIX

Tangerines and bluefish

in Tangiers market

Eluardian orange blue

Petya Gleridis

Sticky fingers

Scattered seeds

Lingering taste of tangerine

Meredith Cavalieri

among fallen leaves

an orange cow

is looking for a grass

Robert Kania

first date

orange no more

a disgusting color

quamrul hassan

silvered spider webs

the scent of orange blossoms

morning meditation walk

Rose Marie Stutts

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General Comments: 

** Orange you glad you like haiku? :)

**Interesting how poets here in this kukai wove in the fruit and color

'orange' to their lines--such wonderful variety. Great reading,

challenging to vote on. Thanks again.

**Thank you for giving me an opportunity to assess such lovely haiku. 

**Lots of fun. Thanks.

**I'm excited to see that Shiki has caught on in Soweto! Truly spanning the globe!

**Some really good ones here. It was a struggle to divvy up the votes.

**Oranges (the fruit) are kigo in Europe (winter) and in Kenya (cold dry season, i.e. July and August). The Soweto mentioned in the Kenyan haiku is a suburb of Nairobi.

**Thank you for suggesting such a lovely topic.

**Another hard one to judge. I personally like mine best <G> but who doesn't.

**Thanks again for this chance. I look forward, as always, to reading

some great haiku and even vote on them while I await eagerly how my

own fares in the voting phase.