Stillness
stillness
- the 5th of six special kukai honoring Masaoka Shiki -
(7/10/01)
_________First Place__________
the barley
settles at dusk...
stillness
Hugh Waterhouse
________Second Place________
summer heat
the stillness of wind chimes
before the storm
kathi
_________Third Place________
stillness-
the moment after
the crash
(c) Rita Summers
stillness - -
the sound
of chimney smoke
Owen Burkhart
_________Below Third Place________
dawn. . .
a white butterfly floats
through the stillness
Kathy Lippard Cobb
mid-day
on the sundial
a bee's stillness
sheila windsor
Stillness--
in the distance,
lightning.
Ellen Dodds
stillness
I tiptoe through
the church
pam
morning stillness
a badger waddles from
the hog shed
Darrell Byrd
in stillness...
the spider waits
for dinner
~gail
out of the stillness
a blackbird
echoes its call
roberta beary
morning stillness-
a dew drop glitters
on a dandelion leaf
Sue
stillness -
before the first birdsong
a baby cries
doris kasson
approaching storm...
the landscape enclosed
in yellow stillness
kirsty
a heron
shatters the stillness
of its reflection
ito
stillness
the snowcovered dunes
and absence of gulls
Gene Williamson
stillness
in every move he doesn't make --
the cat hunts
jennie townsend
stillness -
an ant is dragging
a flower petal
haikim
the copperhead
listens with its tongue...
autumn stillness
Earl Keener
deep stillness
in the glen
a lily opens
Carol Raisfeld
near the twittering
the stillness
of the cat's tail
Rob Scott
stillness-
a dragonfly shimmers above
heat waves
Debi Bender
stillness -
a split-second before
the lizard's leap
hortensia anderson
a bladeless windmill
against the darkening sky
stillness
MaryJane Turner
flute solo -
how deep the stillness
before the rain
Marylouise Knight
forty below night --
the stillness of Orion
hunting the sky
Edward
just after dawn
leaves start to rustle
first that stillness
emile molhuysen
pre-dawn stillness
desert dunes exhale
the night
~ eos
city summer --
pocket park on fifty-fourth
in stillness
joyce maxner
only the ripples
are interrupting
this stillness
Edith Muta
eyes heavy
in such stillness...
three-quarter moon
Laurene
in the forest
stillness--
so many tiny sounds
Mary Lee McClure
a flutter of bird wings
out of stillness . . .
winter sunrise
Maria Steyn
it's only a moon
rippling the stillness
of the old pond
mary seabright
summer dusk -
a hosepipe spray breaks
the stillness
Ben Miners
at the birdfeeder
a frenzy of finches
I watch in stillness
Jaloe
a clap of thunder
shatters the stillness
of the summer night
Becky Bunsic (Tukiko)
lone cloud
reflecting on the water --
summer stillness
Janet Parker
doves roosting
on the lawn mower handle
in the moonlit stillness
Bob Parker
in the stillness
between silences
the learning
Mary Angela Nangini
slow rising sun...
this morning I shift to
the stillness in things
Marjorie Buettner
a shortsighted man
points at the heron’s stillness
some distance away
alan j summers
stillness
my kitten's paw
explores my eyelashes
R. Marie Stutts
in morning stillness
a rustle of pecan leaves
their green almost heard
James M. Thompson
early morning sun
not a ripple on the pond
stillness all around
Dana Florestano
stillness
fireflies hover among
worn gravestones
soji
a cup of mint tea--
the stillness of my brush
on a blank page
DeVar
siesta time -
a gust of warm air
breaks the stillness
Deborah Watson
stillness of the mind -
no words
to describe it
Ghost Cat
the puppy's stillness
after a two hour romp
sleep breaths
peigi ann
stillness,
no one makes a sound
louder than the cricket's
Lesley Dahl
birdsong cracking
the stillness of the night
in the city streets
Hazel
by wee hours even
a restless hum, till only...
in sleep the stillness
art