September 2014 Kukai

Kigo Theme:

CRICKET

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First Place -  26 Points

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our conversation

fading with the campfire

. . . crickets

Michael McClintock

(2,7,6) = 26 pts

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Second Place -   17 Points

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another autumn -

the unchanged rhythm

of the cricket's song

Arvinder Kaur

Chandigarh,India

(2,1,9) = 17 pts

**this one is timeless

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Third Place -   16 Points

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summer night

walking in and out

of crickets

John Soules

(1,4,5) = 16 pts

 **Such a short haiku, expressing beautifully the way the crickets' chirping ceases as we approach, and restarts after we have walked past.

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 15 Points

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shared custody

her new fear

of crickets

Roberta Beary

(1,5,2) = 15 pts

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14  Points

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every night

the same bedtime story-

chirping cricket

--Kashinath

Karmakar,India

(1,2,7) = 14 pts

**As plain as plain can be, and everyone who has been a parent will recognize its truth. The cricket plays its part very well.

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13  Points

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crickets, crickets!

how quiet they make

this small-town evening

Anne Zooey Lind

(2,2,3) = 13 pts

abandoned stage--

crickets live in concert

under the stars

Yesha Shah

Surat, India

(1,3,4) = 13 pts

night crickets

you sang yourselves

into the stars

Ron C. Moss

(1,2,6) = 13 pts

all night long

crickets tell me

i'm awake

Sandi Pray

USA

(0,4,5) = 13 pts

**I've been there.

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 12 Points

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one part dusk,

three parts loneliness...

cricket calls

Anonymous

(0,3,6) = 12 pts

**Shaken or stirred, a convincing mood piece.

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11  Points

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crickets

the cadence of fall

Terra Martin

(1,2,4) = 11 pts

chirping crickets -

my own longings

join the clamour

Ajaya Mahala

Pune, India

(1,1,6) = 11 pts

cricket song

leaves turning

in the darkness

Bill Kenney

(0,3,5) = 11 pts

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 10 Points

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harvest moon

her snoring

drowns out the crickets

Edward

(1,2,3) = 10 pts

cricket beneath the window

neither of us

sleeping

April Serock

(0,4,2) = 10 pts

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 9 Points

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lovers’ lane

the pulse of crickets

through the moon roof

Tom Painting

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

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 8 Points

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wedding day —

the cricket's song

yields to dawn

Carl Seguiban

Canada

(1,1,3) = 8 pts

vermilion sunset

the sprinkler head and cricket

in time

Bill Hudson

(1,0,5) = 8 pts

cricket song...

a dog-eared book

exhales dusk

Paresh

(0,4,0) = 8 pts

rubbingtheirwingstogetherallatonce

Alan S. Bridges

(0,3,2) = 8 pts

^^ It is a popular myth that crickets produce their sound by rubbing their hind legs together.

night crickets —

the earth humming still

of its beginnings

Hansha Teki

(0,3,2) = 8 pts

evening crickets--

she misses the sounds

of her knitting

James Dobson,

Prudhoe, UK.

(0,3,2) = 8 pts

autumn evening—

we turn the music down

the crickets up

Sondra J. Byrnes

Santa Fe New Mexico

USA

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

evening darkness…

crickets keep me

company

D W Skrivseth

(0,1,6) = 8 pts

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 7 Points

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cold snap…

the sudden silence

of cricket song

Ted van Zutphen

(1,1,2) = 7 pts

twilight –

in the cat’s paw

a cricket

Aurica T.

(0,3,1) = 7 pts

bait hook

the cricket that got away

begins to sing

aom (tim)

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

cricket bows

one final note...

autumn rain

Pat

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

a cricket

somewhere in the garden--

ripe tomatoes

DeVar

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

old hut --

a cricket hidden

in a crack

~ Beatrice Syombua

Kenya

(0,0,7) = 7 pts

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 6 Points

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fireflies gone

the crickets' songs

sound slower

mechaieh

(0,3,0) = 6 pts

first light --

on the shadow of the sun

a cricket

Archana Kapoor Nagpal

Bangalore, India

(0,2,2) = 6 pts

cricket song

waving grasses

gone to seed

Michele L. Harvey

USA

(0,2,2) = 6 pts

perigee moon..

ebb and flow of the night

in the crickets' song

Anitha Varma,

Kerala, India.

(0,2,2) = 6 pts

lingering rain --

the late night sounds

of drops and crickets

~ Isabelle Prondzynski

Kenya

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

September night

just your breathing

and a cricket's song

maxianne

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

Russia-Ukrain armistice -

the crickets restart

their songs...

olga neagu

(0,0,6) = 6 pts

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 5 Points

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leaves dancing

flamenco music

cricket castanets

Tanja Cilia

(1,1,0) = 5 pts

when I go near,

the cricket stops singing!

a game we play​

Kala Ramesh

Pune, India

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

only the sound

of two mating crickets --

quiet evening

~ Denis shakava

Kenya

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

demolished house -

the sound of crickets

louder

Israel Lopez Balan

Mexico City, MX

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

alone again -

no cricket singing tonight

under the moon

Cristina Oprea

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

chirping cricket

in a tin bucket-

refugees camp

Lavana kray

Romania

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

sleepless night --

the chirp of a lone cricket

keeps me company

~ Arnold Ichenje

Kenya

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

the song

of a single cricket

harvest moon

Carole MacRury

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

**Funny how much it sounds like the sound of one hand. Lovely jux.

news of war...

the faint song

of crickets

cfc

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

**What are they trying to tell us? I often resist the topical in haiku (in other people's haiku, anyway), but this rings true to me in a way that goes beyond headlines.

crickets

keep no

secrets

Bill Pauly

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

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 4 Points

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reluctant guests-

on the table a large tin

of toasted crickets.

--Kirsty Karkow

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

the september night

opens its mighty mouth

cricketssong

Oddbjørn Aardalen

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

autumn equinox

the transition between

Abbey Road tracks

Mary Stevens

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

cricket moon —

the song of my life

one last time

Vinay Leo R.

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

prairie grasses

just at sunset

a choir of crickets

Angela Terry

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

fading light

crescendo

into silence

Barbara A. Taylor

Mountain Top, NSW

Australia

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

dusted

cricket's

last supper

Ralf Bröker

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

in all my past lives

except this one -

a cricket

Susan Burch

USA

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

record drought

a chorus of crickets joins

our church service

Carlos Gesmundo

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

sleepless cricket

recounting my

guilty deeds

Ruth Powell

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

**The projection of the sleeplessness and the recounting onto the cricket: beautiful and true.

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 3 Points

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crickets' cries

piercing this darkness...

demolished houses

Rita Odeh

Nazareth, Israel

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

**I like the way this haiku is open to interpretation. Are the crickets' cries mournful, or do they bring hope in a distressing situation?

deaf ear –

a half of the crickets

nowhere

Eduard TARA

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

conjuring up

the space station

a cricket

Barbara Snow

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

after the rain

crickets and guitar

sound sweeter

charlie smith

raleigh,nc

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

this silence between us...

the cricket's chirp slows

Laurene

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

morning drizzle --

a lone cricket chirping

in star grass

~ mwugusi collins (Kenya)

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

after midnight

a cricket's concerto

from the piano

Carol Raisfeld

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

**Funny!

closer crickets!

my old ears have signed off

this autumn

Svend A. Doggfall

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

city lights

somewhere in the shadows

singing...a cricket

Alegria Imperial

Canada

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

**This is a beautiful positive haiku. Even in the city, somehow, a cricket has survived to sing!

Insect chorus:

I add more & more things

to the mushroom soup

Sheila K. Barksdale

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

fading sunset --

the chirps of our crickets

grow louder

~ Patrick Wafula

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

crickets and clock

endlessly pulse--

insomnia

Doris

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

tinnitus...

the omnipresent

cricket song

S.E. Buffington

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

indoor cricket —

how large our home seems

as we look for you!

Shelley Krause

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

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 2 Points

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men at a rum-shop

keeping a culture alive...

chirping cicadas

--gillena cox

Trinidad and Tobago

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

^^on a forest trail with my book club in 2012, the guide told us, it is the male cicadas which makes the sound we credit to the chirp

of the insect, the females are silent creatures

mellow moon

back and forth on the porch swing

cricket duet

Bernard Gieske

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

the grass hums

so many

crickets

-Ru

Canada

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

sliding trill

of the mole crickets --

length of a wormhole

Jayashree Maniyil

Australia

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

from grasses and thickets

an orchestra of crickets . . .

delights my sense of being

eric wp

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

Chirping for a date,

my lonely cricket tells me

just how hot it is.

Robert C. Howard

Belleville, Illinois

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

after the train

the porch-side all clear

restarts the chorus

assu

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

out of his repertoire

the quiet chirping

of the lover

John McDonald

Edinburgh Scotland

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

midnight

an annoying cricket

in the house

RD McManes

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

down memory lane

pretending the tinnitus

is crickets

Jon Espen Vassbotn

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

this year, too

the crickets are singing

September birthday

--Diane Mayr

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

hot autumn night

a crickets song

hastens

Stevie Strang

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

after glow –

the cricket song

becomes a ballad

Tomislav

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

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 1 Point

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seem to know

we’re trying to sleep

damned crickets

Ignatius Fay

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

subtle tunes

on the doorstep

a cricket

Yukiko Yamada

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

musical evening --

dance of the fireflies to the tune

of the crickets

Kumarendra Mallick

Hyderabad India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

sunset

cricket's monotone

gloom deepens

Binnoo

India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

stars light -

in the silk of a yellow rose

a cricket's violin

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Romania

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

nature’s metronome

a cricket counts down the rise

of the super moon

Harvey Jenkins

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

summer moon...

the rising note

of katydid love songs

Samar Ghose

Australia

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

lain on the fresh hay -

between me and the stars

just the cricket song

Dan Iulian

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

last cricket

then thickening dusk

in loud silence

Boris Nazansky

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

almost dark

the frogs and crickets

change the melody

Gerry Bravi

Canada

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

dark outside

bright wood fire blazing

and the crickets song

Frances O'Keeffe

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

argument again--

the crickets don't get

a word in edgeways

~Devika

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

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No Points This Time, Sorry.

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My wife calls him

a violinist; I sleep less

because of the noise.

Horst Ludwig

hosts of crickets

swirling in the summer wind...

farmers' anguish

Keith A. SIMMONDS

Rodez, FRANCE

neighbour’s cat

playing with a mouse

cricket’s song

dust

unrequited love -

a cricket's courting song

underneath the couch

Anonymous

^^ for this juxtaposition I like the word "courting" better than "calling."

in grandma's cottage

a cricket singing sadly

funeral repass

natalia kuznetsova

Moscow, Russia

daydreams

of an insomniac

crickets chorus

Gabriel Sawicki

from a distant field

the sound of tapping

a barn dance

David Williams

holidays in Mexico

I look at crickets

fried for dinner

Robert Kania

september evening

reckoning temperature

counting cricket chirps

Tom Conally

Gibsonville, NC

the moon

through the sauna steam..

and cricket chirps !

manoj saranathan

(SF)

I hear a cricket

but only inside my head

tinnitus

Elaine Riddell

 tree-frogs and bullfrogs

cicadas and then crickets

journey through the year

Deirdre Godwin

silent evening --

crickets singing

in the bush

~ Edmond Tito

Kenya

The cricket I heard

in the coffin last year -

a singing bush now.

Petya Gleridis

glowing sunset --

shrill chirps of crickets

refresh my mind

~ Peter Kimuli

Kenya

 bathroom's

tiny cricket

too cute to crush

Jane DeJonghe

house cricket...

the loud chirping sound

of dad

Ernesto P. Santiago

Solano, Philippines

melodious crickets

and my mum's humming --

supper preparations

~ mercy mbithe (Kenya)

I stealthily trail

a cricket on the wall --

full concentration

~ john ngota (Kenya)

Summer ends --

the cricket's song lodges

in her ears

Anonymous

I dance

to the crickets' chirps --

feet making beats

~ oscar ochieng (Kenya)

must it always be

the tiny ones who switch off

when I near, searching

Donna Bauerly

Dubuque, IA

 ^^I am well aware of crickets in the night!

autumn moon

as the cricket’s song is slowing

so love’s hope fades

Anonymous

Baby alone -

only a cricket chirp

for lullaby

Virginia Popescu

PHOENIX

canicular days -

cricket in my bedroom wall

serenades all night

Daniela Bullas

 crickets' night--

knowing yet what's right

after an argument

Neelam Dadhwal,

Chandigarh, India

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General Comments:

**The week got away just as most cricket do!

**Thanks again for this chance to read and vote on some good haiku.

**A nice variety of juxtapositions this month.

**Thanks for your time and the opportunity. Spring is here [in Australia] with summer temperatures, fireflies and crickets!

**I am well aware of crickets in the night!

**…these competitions… are always an incentive to the students to watch yet another aspect of the world around them.

Free Format Theme:

LOST and/or FOUND

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First Place -  27 Points

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origami skiff -

a bit of my childhood

sails away

Arvinder Kaur

Chandigarh,India

(1,5,14) = 27 pts

**The word "origami" and the overall sound of line 1 are what saves this from the sentimentality the subject invites.

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Second Place - 22 Points

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morning fog...

each afternoon dad recalls

mom's name

Edward

(2,5,6) = 22 pts

**A familiar theme? Yes, but, sadly, a familiar experience. The line division is beautifully judged.

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Third Place - 20 Points

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after the funeral

the glasses

she never could find

Bill Kenney

(3,1,9) = 20 pts

AND

at the antique shop

the toy I had

when it was new

Mykel Board

(0,5,10) = 20 pts

**The longer I look at this, the more "it" seems to say.

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19 Points

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Milky Way –

losing the count

again and again

Eduard TARA

(0,2,15) = 19 pts

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16 Points

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the fog

finds him, lost

in thoughts

dust

(2,3,4) = 16 pts

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14 Points

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that same old dream:

what I have lost

to the river

Bill Pauly

(2,2,4) = 14 pts

sandcastle —

the tide brings back

my inner child

Carl Seguiban

(1,1,9) = 14 pts

**Simple -- and so easy to imagine!

slipping skins

from boiled beets:

a word eludes me

Barbara Snow

(0,2,10) = 14 pts

evening rain –

the lost letter

in a book

Aurica T.

(0,1,12) = 14 pts

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13 Points

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baggage claim ––

my rowdy seatmate

reclaims me

Roberta Beary

(0,5,3) = 13 pts

**I love this - a humorous haiku of modern life.

high school reunion

finding the self

you once were

Tim Singleton

(0,4,5) = 13 pts

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12 Points

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winding deeper into the dark forest wild morels

Alan S. Bridges

(1,2,5) = 12 pts

day moon

the vague sense of something lost

and found

Svend A. Doggfall

(0,3,6) = 12 pts

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11 Points

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night swimmer

lost in a womb

of being

Ron C. Moss

(1,1,6) = 11 pts

in a song

from the sixties. . .

my youth

Carole MacRury

(0,4,3) = 11 pts

**For me, it would be a different decade, but I get it. We don't know which song it is. And it doesn't matter.

**A quite-often experience for me.

misplaced keys

found in the same pocket

as before

Carolyn Coit Dancy

(0,3,5) = 11 pts

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9 Points

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found in the trash

my mother’s day card

unopened

Susan Burch

USA

(1,2,2) = 9 pts

long-lost

her baby spoon

in the crow’s nest

Ignatius Fay

(0,3,3) = 9 pts

diverging crossroads

somewhere I left myself

behind

Yesha Shah

Surat India

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

blind alley -

a stray dog and i

both lost

natalia kuznetsova

Moscow, Russia

(0,2,5) = 9 pts

turbulent river-

mom's call leading

the lost calf

Rita Odeh

Nazareth, Israel

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

**The traveler’s spirit of Basho!

nude beach-

a water snake

shed its skin

Dan Iulian

(0,1,7) = 9 pts

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 8 Points

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the beginning

of her last breath…

waterfall

Ted van Zutphen

(0,3,2) = 8 pts

hollow sun —

the warmth

you once had

Vinay Leo R.

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

setting sun

for a while cheek to cheek

our shadows

Irena Szewczyk

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

where once we met-

the lost trail dappled

with violets

Anonymous

(0,2,4) = 8 pts

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7 Points

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ancestry.ca

a long lost uncle turns up

as my father

Harvey Jenkins

(1,0,4) = 7 pts

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6 Points

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LOST DOG --

a man searches

for sidewalk butts

Marshall Bood

(0,2,2) = 6 pts

falling, falling

from its pine tree aerie . . .

the smallest eaglet

--Kirsty Karkow

(0,1,4) = 6 pts

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 5 Points

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woodland mold ---

the missing girl

wore pearls

Michael McClintock

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

**This one leaves everything to the reader’s imagination. A layered story in 3 short lines. Showing, not telling.

in the closed sock drawer

after hours of looking

the lost kitten

Bill Hudson

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

one summer night

all i've forgotten

to remember

Sandi Pray

USA

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

a sunbeam

lands in the hot chocolate--

lost childhood

DeVar

(1,0,2) = 5 pts

first dream...

looking for my lost child

through a labyrinth

cfc

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

**A memorable piece which I think could refer to a wished-for child, a fear of loss or the awful, actual loss of a child.

my dream

traveling in space

lost in the stars

Bernard Gieske

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

I find it

the name I'd lost when we met

ten minutes ago

Elaine Riddell

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

summer’s close

the sea’s sound

in the shell

Michele L. Harvey

USA

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

Indian summer -

a cricket found

its lost voice

Juhani Tikkanen

(0,1,3) = 5 pts

class reunion

bursting the bubble

of past memories

Terra Martin

(0,0,5) = 5 pts

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4 Points

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Oswego tea...

I find myself lost

in her bergamot note

Samar Ghose

Australia

(1,0,1) = 4 pts

Christmas morning

her teddy under the tree

in matching PJs

maxianne

(0,2,0) = 4 pts

**Pure joy!

lost and found bin --

a single mitten

with half a felt heart

Angela Terry

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

a fish released

then caught again

my aunt's memory

- mechaieh

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

monday... paradise lost

friday... paradise found

repeat

Tom Conally

Gibsonville, NC

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

**Not your conventional haiku – or senryu, for that matter – but most effective for all that.

hospice...

the moon pauses by

a man in wheelchair

Paresh

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

autumn

the medicine box has lost

its blackbird song

Oddbjørn Aardalen

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

light snowfall--

finding a hostel

before dark

Ruth Powell

(0,0,4) = 4 pts

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3 Points

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blank stare

of a plaster doll's head

tilling the old farm

assu

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

the sadness

of the 'lost

and found' shelf

John McDonald Edinburgh Scotland

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

milky way…

wondering which one

has her sparkle

Anitha Varma

Kerala, India.

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

temps below freezing

the lost and found box

empty

--Diane Mayr

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

lost in memories -

the wind stirs up all the leaves

for a certain time

Cristina Oprea

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

shortly after dawn

the cotton flowers open -

I am lost for words

Daniela Bullas

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

finding an acorn

lost by a squirrel last fall —

oak sapling

Shelley Krause

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

spring

around the corner

a chance encounter

Tom Painting

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

just married ...

years of lost baggage

found again

Carol Raisfeld

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

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2 Points

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Many stars blinking

lost their light above me

light-years ago

Horst Ludwig

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

out of the blue

a phone call from

an ex lover

Barbara A. Taylor

Mountain Top, NSW

Australia

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

lost in reverie ...

a conversation of birds

from the cherry tree

--gillena cox

Trinidad and Tobago

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

an incoming tide

bearing lost items

you found your heart

David Williams

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

the battle over

at forty-two

cancer

Stevie Strang

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

desperately seeking

my glasses - ah, there they are!

in the hallway mirror

Anne Zooey Lind

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

in the garage

scent of thistles and creek

dead lab's collar

Doris

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

summer evening…

scent of blossoms

names forgotten

D W Skrivseth

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

along the coast ...

under the rolling waves

my anklets

Archana Kapoor Nagpal

Bangalore, India

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

snail-hunting boys

in a weed-choked moat

endless summer

Sheila K. Barksdale

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

crowded bar

the phone's backlight

lights her smile

Jayashree Maniyil

Australia

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

mid night sky

searching for the star

where she resides

Anonymous

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

empty shell...

will the little snail

find it attractive

Neelam Dadhwal

Chandigarh, India

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

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1 Point

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Grandma walks back home

after days of absence...

a celebration

Keith A. SIMMONDS

Rodez, FRANCE

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

Old love letters

and forget-me-not flowers-

lost-and-found office

Vasile Moldovan

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

she has lost her scarf

scent of tuberoses

in the wind

Steliana Cristina Voicu

Romania

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

spring returns —

the grace of blossoms

from the lost

Hansha Teki

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

found an old friend

in that cumulus cloud

shelling peas

Leah Ann Sullivan

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

virginity lost

the innocence found

gone forever

RD McManes

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

out of the pit

a lost paper crane floats up

in the storm

Alegria Imperial

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

dentures at 80

I see her smile stretch

from tooth to tooth

Anonymous

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

scratching --

a pair of harvest mites

have found my bra

~ Isabelle Prondzynski

Ireland

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

miles from home...

trombonist finds a lost coin

on green dolphin street

Pat Geyer

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

siesta time;

it too has found the roof-

summer squash !

manoj saranathan

(SF)

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

**Needs work. No punctuation would help. But I like it.

hot rocky shoreline

father and daughter fishing

lost laughter found

Anonymous

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

look what I found

rediscovered confidence

now that you have gone

Deirdre Godwin

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

with Thoreau

feeling my way through the woods

in the dark

Donna Bauerly

Dubuque, IA

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

^^I am always "finding" myself, even at age 80, which I just accomplished

a yellow book

in a heap of dusty clothes --

LOST AND FOUND

~ annete nyagoha

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

red lipstick...

and now up there

the stars

Ernesto P. Santiago

Solano, Philippines

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

quarter 'till eight -

the car key's not in

the same old place

Laurene

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

amazing grace

the song keeps running

through my head

John soules

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

lost somewhere

in the distant mist-

a knock to her heart

--- Kashinath Karmakar

India

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

lost keys--

I move to look

in one last place

James Dobson

Prudhoe, UK.

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

Lost on the field –

shining in the night

only a mullein

Virginia Popescu

PHOENIX

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

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No Points This Time, Sorry.

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wondering, wandering

cloud nine

coming, or going?

Tanja Cilia

When I lost my mind,

I searched until it showed up

where I’d used it last.

Robert C. Howard

Belleville Illinois

music lost -

only one broken wire

in our love

Ajaya Mahala,

Pune, India

lost then realized—

the thread that

connects us

Sondra J. Byrnes

Santa Fe New Mexico

USA

 losing itself

under an overcast sky -

a shadow of doubt

-- Shloka Shankar

India

back to my self-

cutting the ivy of memories

to find a door

Lavana kray

Romania

kid's innocent smile --

a shower of flowers of

the paradise

Kumarendra Mallick

Hyderabad, India

tiff long forgotten

"you'll miss me when i'm gone"

recalled this cold night

Binnoo

India

framed family portrait a lehman bond

Ralf Bröker

 lost ―

in the cosmos field

mom's voice away

Yukiko Yamada

an ant lost her way

in the house -

dad, help her go home

Petya Gleridis

lost sleep

yet late night's deep silence -

precious

Jane DeJonghe

dusty torn shoes

with cobwebs all over --

finally found

~ geoffrey maina

I finally find

my dirty scarf in my desk --

evening preps

~ ambrose amuyoma

my lost bracelet

shimmering on the footpath --

floodlights

~ kevin akidiva

 reflection of self

how many times have I lost

then found you

Gerry Bravi

(Canada)

dark night

strange street

and a clueless cab driver

dsnake1

under the sofa

long lost ring

should clean more often

Frances O'Keeffe

lost in thickets

with those noisy crickets . . .

the orchestra played on

eric wp

we found each other

dancing close

to "let's get lost"

Jon Espen Vassbotn

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General Comments:

**Thanks again for this chance to vote on some wonderful haiku.

**#30, #36, #52, #59, #66, #99

I related to all of the above.

**This September batch was a pleasure to read. Perhaps the theme 'lost' or 'found' helped haikuists to tune into the sense of negative capability and 'sabi' that the haiku form's aesthetic serves so well. It was hard to choose!

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