Violet

violet

- the first of six special kukai honoring Masaoka Shiki -

(5/14/01)

Kigo Kukai- the whole result

at the root 

of a pine tree 

light lavender violet

Masaoka Shiki 

(translated by Kimiyo Tanaka)

_________First Place__________

wood violets

for a moment my shoes

stop creaking

Cindy Tebo

 ________Second Place________

estate sale

the faint scent of violets

from an empty trunk

MaryJane Turner 

 _________Third Place________

wild violets. . .

a darker purple

after the rain

Kathy Lippard Cobb

_________Below Third Place________

old age home

an African violet blooms

on every windowsill

Maria Steyn   

water bubbles

from a woodland spring-

scent of violets

Sue

grandmother's quilt

each tiny violet

embroidered with love

Becky Bunsic (Tukiko)

at the doorstep

visiting every year

our violet

Edith Muta

cold spring

not a single bee

on the violets

bill (bilquin)

Matsuyama rain

at the wayside a deep bow

to wild violets

an'ya

spring rain

on the violets

grandmother's scent

pam

last days of spring

even the nodding violets

are still

mary seabright

on such

a spindly stem

- the violet

doris kasson

as quiet

as the sunrise

a violet

Linda Robeck

spring pasture

among the violets

grazing cows

max verhart

father of the bride

alone at the temple gate

picking violets

Lesley Dahl

year to year

a nosegay of violets

found on her headstone

Betty

after the rain

the orange cat naps

in a bed of violets

Gene Williamson

early spring -

her silky scarf

the first violet

Alenka Zorman

unexpectedly

in the oakmoss

a lone violet

hortensia anderson

rainbow colours

violets in circular

around her portrait

emile

harsh storm

purple violet

stem remains

-Paige Hudson-

birch woods

the new fawn

asleep in violets

lynne steel

after the wedding

a faint scent of violets

still in the chapel

DeVar

violet scents

float through the air

spring is here

Danielle Thomson

red roses

blue violets

not quite smokable

Shawn Ragan

spring violets

wilt in my

childs hand

Carmel C. Lively

through violets and weeds

a well worn path

baseball diamond

Carol Raisfeld

the shrinking violet

knows

the blushing rose

Janet Parker

windowsill

a bee strokes each violet

lightly

-naia

a dog sniffs

violets spring from moss

on the stone wall

Carmen Sterba

ending the rainbow

spring shall follow

violet

dogbacon

at sunset

shattered glass sparkles

so violet

James M. Thompson

inconspicuous

mid front lawn random blooms, though...

tiny violets

art

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