Winter Tree

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Masaoka Shiki, who brought a revolution into the tradition of haiku in Japan. The 6 kukai held in the Shiki Temporary Mailing List, the Shiki Workshop Mailing List and Haikuforum from May till July,2001 were dedicated to his memory. This is a report is reproduced in part from the announcement of the kukai results sent out to each member of them as prepared by Kukai Secretary, Pardee Gunter and Billie Wilson.

Kigo Kukai- the 6th of six special kukai honoring Masaoka Shiki -

(7/23/01)

_________First Place__________

winter trees

each day

more sky

sheila windsor

 ________Second Place________

cold wind

a winter tree scratches

at the window

kathi rudawsky

the long walk home

after the funeral -

winter trees

hortensia anderson

 _________Third Place________

smell of waffles

thru the open window

winter trees

oga

_________Below Third Place________

daybreak--

cardinals here and there

in winter trees

kirsty

bright lake -

I walk through the shadows

of winter trees

maryjane turner

Winter tree.

The sound of lake ice

cracking.

Ellen Dodds

worry beads -

crows necklaced

in winter trees

Jaloe

morning tea ~

petals of snow sifting

from the winter trees

Earl Keener

winter trees

woodpecker hammers

the frozen bark

Janet Parker

winter tree

the sky

a deeper grey

Johannes Manjrekar

first one crow shifts

then another...

winter trees

Hugh Waterhouse

between winter trees

a spider web

catching my breath

mary seabright

soft tapping

of the downy woodpecker

winter trees

DeVar

another log

for the failing fire...

winter trees

Laurene

sickle moon

in the indigo sky

bare winter trees

Darrell Byrd

snow valley

wind whistles through

winter trees

pam

softly

fallen leaves

circle the winter trees

-roberta beary

winter tree--

a wind rustles

the few remaining leaves

Kathy Lippard Cobb

winter trees

loom over the grave --

silent guardians

-- Aleron

summer love

under winter trees

we meet again

Carol Raisfeld

gothic moon

each winter tree gives shape

to the gloaming

Christopher Patchel

clear sky

the rasp of the wind

through winter trees

Sue

How still the winter trees

while the winds chant

autumn's requiem

Bob Parker

winter tree -

will I see you blossom

once again?

Ghost Cat

dark shadows

on the snowy path

winter trees

Patricia A. Laurent

nothing but

a line of winter trees

and fog

max verhart

patches of red scarf

all that's left in the nest

winter trees

Lesley Dahl

at sunset

the long, thin shadows

winter trees

James M. Thompson

winter trees

clinging to the large oak

a lone leaf

Gene Williamson

covered with hay

ready for the shoe box

little winter tree

emile molhuysen

winter trees

under your nakedness

a green dress dreams

Edith Muta

summer morning -

cracks in the sidewalk

a winter tree

Marylouise Knight

sparkling forest

winter trees

sheathed in ice

soji

dark candles

moonlit

winter trees

mary duggan

a flicker of light

along edge of winter trees

deer poacher

Edward

white wind

shaping winter trees

shaped by them

Angelee

our friend sends a photo

of his winter trees --

hibiscus at Christmas

OwenB

winter trees

draw up darkness

from deep in the earth

John Sandbach

migrating birds fill

the winter trees

visitors, only for a while

Rose Marie Stutts

ice covered

winter tree

splits

carol sircoulomb

winter tree -

yesteryear's promises

carved in wood

~eos

winter trees

silhouetted against

the desert sunset

Becky Bunsic (Tukiko)

this quiet evening

across the field of snow

winter trees' shadows

Ted M. Zachwieja

a faint scrap of cloud

slowly perishing -

winter trees

Rob Scott

A Winter Tree-

Out of Place,

tears at the sky

ProtoRyu

in the copse

of winter trees

a fawn, statue-like

peigi

air plants

cling to the winter trees

too

doris kasson

white-haired old man

weathered branches creak with age

snow-clad winter tree

Mike Adams

Winter trees

put memory of green

into half-hidden buds

Florence V.

winter trees

in a forest of green

the end

dogbacon

in snow covered fields

looking like dark skeletons

winter trees at dusk

Dana Florestano

children gathering

winter trees branches

for the "bestest" fort

Hazel

leaves icy remains...

wind making a brittle rush

through the winter trees

art

brother sits

beneath winter trees

geese scavenge for food

jennie townsend

a winter tree

wind-bent points east...

geese fly west

ito

in the morning light

winter trees' iced-up branches

prisms for the sun

(c) Rita Summers