Spring Rain

                                                    spring rain

                                                                    - the 2nd of six special kukai honoring Masaoka Shiki -

                                                                                    (5/28/01)

_________First Place__________spring rain... the willow touches the pondHugh Waterhouse  

 ________Second Place________spring rain the horse's back gets darkermax verhart

 _________Third Place________    spring rain - the high river touches new willow leavesBenjamin Miners fish pond a child's shoes fill with spring rainMaria Steyn      

_________Below Third Place________

an ant's long journey across the tatami mat spring rainNancy Stewart Smith

spring rain- the windshield wipers carry our conversation~gail

plucked watercress crunching spring rain in my mouthAnna Tambour

spring rain- the crunch of a snail underfootSue

five or six roof tiles missing spring rainkirsty

empty streets-- my face upturned in spring rainEllen Compton

spring rain - all the lilies                 driphortensia anderson

spring rain - the whiteness of dogwood petalsLinda Robeck

soft spring rain the dog patiently waits with the old manJohannes Manjrekar

closing my eyes just to focus on it . . . the scent of spring rain-naia

the scent of spring rain on fresh turned earthRose Marie Stutts

savoring the taste of it - spring raindoris kasson

all around a shade greener spring rainEdith Muta

spring rain - the sound of greenRob Scott

spring rain the petals of a lily open too fargary steinberg

beer garden the couch in the pick-up truck darkens with spring rainEarl Keener

spring rain the swallows build a mud nest under the bridgeDeVar

the great bear moving on the water spring rainbill

spring rain under a paper boat fills the gutteremile molhuysen

a hollow in the cliff shelters Buddha from spring rainCarol Raisfeld

meadows overflow with wildflowers after the spring rainJanet Parker

fielders rush into the dugout...caught in another Spring rainJay Neville 

made in heaven spring rain sprinkles confetti puddlesmary seabright

spring rain a window banging shut-roberta beary

spring rain-- listening to trees singGene Williamson

spring rain drips from his hat brim with each agreeable nodjennie t.

wet cobblestones reflect pieces of sky -- spring rainMaryJane Turner

young couple on a walk the spring rain beats on the umbrellaTore Sverredal

spring rain the birds wing over her headpam

seven sparrows wearing a dusty coat before a spring rainpeigi

spring rain gently touching itself in a tulipAlenka Zorman

softening contours of the silent birch trees - spring rain rustlingTed M. Zachwieja

Spring rains On the roofs of shrines awakes the deitiesWouter Andries

after three days of spring rain the house plants are thirsty.Bettina

Black Eyed Susan In the spring rain Lovelier stillBob Parker

only sound ripples in the pond a spring rainJames M. Thompson

NOTE

1 This is a report is reproduced in part from the announcement of Kukai results sent out to each member   of the Shiki (temporary) Mailing List as prepared by the Secretary.2 ALL ABOVE POEMS ARE COPYRIGHTED AND PERMISSION MUST BE RECEIVED TO USE ANY OF THEM .  TO CONTACT SPECIFIC AUTHORS TO OBTAIN PERMISSION FOR USE, SEND A COPY OF THE POEM DESIRED AND A  REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO THE SHIKI LIST ( IF YOU CAN'T FIND OUT THE AUTHOR'S ADDRESS). IF THE AUTHOR  IS AGREEABLE, YOU WILL RECEIVE PERMISSION.