Dear Haiku Friends,
The Shiki Special Kukai, the Toku, in memory of William J. Higginson was the seventh to be held and sponsored by the Ehime Culture Foundation and Hiromi Inoue and Kim Komurasaki of the Shiki Team at Matsuyama from the Shiki Haikusphere site.
Gary Warner, owner of Haikuworld.org; Robert Bauer, and Jennie Townsend of Haikuworld's Shiki Monthly Kukai acted as secretaries for the 794 entries from 292 poets.
This was a first for the Haikuworld kukai team. We had no idea just how many entries or poets we'd hear from but it turned out to be a wonderful adventure as they poured in and often with a memory to share. As usual, Bill brought out the best in us…
On February 15, 2009, the Shiki Team at Matsuyama presented the grand prize to Dorota Pyra, a preschool teacher from Gdansk, Poland, the poet who took first place in the special kukai held in memory of William J. Higginson.
January 2009 Results
Kigo Theme:
Color
A Special "Toku" in Honor of William Higginson
First Place -- 67 Points
whiteness
the water falls
into its sound
Dorota Pyra
67 Points
Second Place -- 51 Points
valentine's day -
a glimpse of the shop girl's
red bra strap
Paul Hodder
51 Points
Third Place -- 47 Points
green coin
in the fountain
a forgotten wish
Susan Sanchez-Barnett
47 Points
Fourth Place -- 46 Points
For a moment
a monk carries the orange moon
on his back.
Alexis Rotella
46 Points
Fifth Place -- 41 Points
out of the blue
into the blue
a whale's breath
Josh Wikoff
41 Points
after confession white petals on the path
Scott Mason
41 Points
Sixth Place -- 40 Points
winter river
a heron takes the whiteness
into the dark
Matt Morden
40 Points
Seventh Place -- 33 Points
sleet storm
her needles clicking out
a red mitten
Catherine J.S. Lee
33 Points
children's ward window
the blue sky clouded
with nose prints
Melissa Spurr
33 Points
Eighth Place -- 30 Points
red tailed hawk
its autumn shadow
touches mine
Billie Dee
30 Points
her crayons…
the red one smaller
than the others
K. Ramesh
30 Points
Ninth Place -- 29 Points
snowmelt
the curled red fingers
of a lost glove
Carole MacRury
29 Points
Tenth Place -- 27 Points
kyuu yuu to
momoiro tsubaki
takara na ri
charlie smith
27 Points
Eleventh Place -- 26 Points
silver moon
sometimes I'm happy
for no reason
Melissa Spurr
26 Points
donating
my son's cello-
red leaves in the wind
Cherie Hunter Day
26 Points
nothing
but a memory
white lily
James M. Thompson
26 Points
Twelfth Place -- 25 Points
between the sky
and the open-mouthed boy,
a red balloon
Ito
25 Points
orange peel
in a single curl
the new year
Deb Koen
25 Points
Thirteenth Place -- 24 Points
first light--
a duck flaps out
of all the gold
H. Gene Murtha
24 Points
white graveyard-
Mr and Mrs Snowman
melt into each other
Winona Baker
24 Points
road to the beach
wave after wave of blue
hydrangeas
Elaine Riddell
24 Points
Fourteenth Place -- 23 Points
the White Empire-
chrysanthemum garden
under the snowfall
Vasile Moldavan
23 Points
pitch black
I stub my toe
on the planet
Deb Koen
23 Points
stitching a line
across the setting sun
. . . black loons
Carole MacRury
23 Points
after fireworks
we find it again
the yellow star
Lorin Ford
23 Points
border fence
a white-winged dove
between rusty barbs
Melissa Spurr
23 Points
midwinter night -
my white breath drifts
into the Milky Way
Paul Hodder
23 Points
Fifteenth Place -- 22 Points
a cicada
in amber . . .
yellow silence
Li Ree
22 Points
in the center
of the buttercup--
more yellow
Terri L. French
22 Points
the thin whiteness
of a coyote's call
. . . deep winter
Carole MacRury
22 Points
Sixteenth Place -- 21 Points
morning fog
the brief white lines
of breaking waves
Christopher Herold
21 Points
Seventeenth Place -- 20 Points
a broom sweeps up
its yellow straws
evening sunlight
Earl Keener
20 Points
shadows . . .
an orange koi
swims the curves
Don Baird
20 Points
deep red
the first cry of
the newborn
Elena Naskova
20 Points
autumn river
his red notebook
left in the canoe
Francine Barnwarth
20 Points
Eighteenth Place -- 19 Points
heat shimmer
the fragrance
of purple sage
Tom Painting
19 Points
last potato to peel
a pale shade of indigo
below one eye
Harvey Jenkins
19 Points
Nineteenth Place -- 18 Points
train journey. . .
mother's white hair
on the page
K. Ramesh
18 Points
on the spring lawn---
small blue flowers
I didn't plant
John Soules
18 Points
yellow moon
the onion
full of tears
Francine Barnwarth
18 Points
first snow…
pouring deep-red
into the inkstone
Pamela A. Babusci
18 Points
laundromat--
her red socks dancing
in the suds
Ruth Powell
18 Points
Twentieth Place -- 17 Points
black and white-
memories of the seasons
before we met
Kv. Páll Ingi Kvaran
17 Points
wolf willow
the white breath
of a doe
Linda Pilarski
17 Points
a soldier
coming home -
the green fields below
Li Ree
17 Points
a day by the window
black branches
bud with rain
Natalia L. Rudychev
17 Points
Twenty-First Place -- 16 Points
empty summer day-
at 4 P.M.
I break the green beans
Janelle Barrera
16 Points
abandoned hut
a red carp streamer
bleached in the sun
Carmel Lively Westerman
16 Points
packing up
a big black dog
licks my hand
Roberta Beary
16 Points
spring sunlight
an emerald sheen
on the starling's head
Andre Surridge
16 Points
Twenty-Second Place -- 15 Points
moon-viewing concert
the girl in a yellow kimono
takes a bow
Hilary Tann
15 Points
the fortress moat
a girl in pink
skates backwards
Marlène Buitelaar
15 Points
junked cars -
the old gray cat rubs his chin
along a bumper
Sharon Hammer Baker
15 Points
winter storm-
the yellow crayon
worn down to a stub
Devika
15 Points
Twenty-Third Place -- 14 Points
rising tide . . .
the white backs
of birds at sea
Patrick M. Pilarski
14 Points
will the hibiscus
on the other side of town
bloom the same wild red
Elsa Colligan
14 Points
golden green
the light livens
our tea
Merrill Ann Gonzales
14 Points
silver threads
of rain. . . Stitching
sky to grass
Rose Marie Stutts, EdD
14 Points
spring equinox
a frisbee
out of the blue
Scott Mason
14 Points
yellow moon-
add cheese
to shopping list
John Irvine
14 Points
white lies
the changing shape
of icicles
Jennifer Corpe
14 Points
Twenty-Fourth Place -- 13 Points
blackened prairie. . .
a blind man describes
the color of rain
H. Gene Murtha
13 Points
a bridesmaid again
her blue eyes
green
Carmel Lively Westerman
13 Points
no longer green
all the weeds pulled up
by their throats
Christopher Herold
13 Points
winter light
a child's white breath lingers
on the playground
Martin Gottleib Cohen
13 Points
lady bug
on a bare white wall
moving day
jim kacian
13 Points
blue sky
one lone cloud
hides my shadow
Jeff Hoagland
13 Points
Twenty-Fifth Place -- 12 Points
mid day heat --
the little red balls
on the sombrero's trim
Terry Ann Carter
12 Points
a blue moth
from the chicory flowers…
morning star
Lorin Ford
12 Points
lunar eclipse
the white of my thumb
in the viewfinder
Paul Cordeiro
12 Points
alfalfa bales
shelter us from the wind--
white faced cows
DeVar Dahl
12 Points
moon-lit lake-
silver droplets dripping
off her silhouette
Curtis Dunlap
12 Points
autumn pond
amidst the red and yellow leaves
an old face
Richard Burri
12 Points
surfing
beyond the breakers
a black orca fin
Trish Fong
12 Points
Twenty-Sixth Place -- 11 Points
for his ashes…
blue moonlight
on the river
Pamela A. Babusci
11 Points
our baby's first kick . . .
mist rises from the river
in the pink dawn
Catherine J.S. Lee
11 Points
next to your grave
a black rectangle of dirt
a new neighbor
S.E. Carlisle
11 Points
to a blind friend
I describe the purple asters
as less
Janelle Barrera
11 Points
deep white drifts --
this snow that fell
while I slept
Helen Baker
11 Points
sunrise
the red maple
ablaze
Gael Bage
11 Points
how red!
our cheeks are
at meeting
Merrill Ann Gonzales
11 Points
lush green lawn
together an old couple
push their mower
Winona Baker
11 Points
purple ink:
Bill's signature poem occupies
a folding fan's rib
Dennis M. Holmes
11 Points
summer night
an ambulance
pulses red
Bill Kenney
11 Points
Twenty-Seventh Place -- 10 Points
freshly plowed field--
purple wildflowers
outside the fence
Adelaide B. Shaw
10 Points
snowy Sunday
a pink cupola
inside a limpet shell
paul m.
10 Points
high surf
white foam darkens
the sand
Jane Reichold
10 Points
she offers me
a cup of green tea -
relax she whispers
Mike Montreuil
10 Points
school girls
released into summer-
green apples
Beth Powell
10 Points
red dragonfly
the gait of the drunk
following behind
Ed Markowski
10 Points
blue sky-
another year the old house
without paint
Tom Clausen
10 Points
sleepless…
bulbs burst into
white peonies
ito
10 Points
he has blue blood too…
that red blooded butterfly
crazy on the flight
Adina ENACHESCU
10 Points
Strawberries -
the blind child is tasting
the red color
Eduard Tara
10 Points
peach glow…
the embers
of a year
George Hawkins
10 Points
bare trees
I sip green tea
from her favorite cup
Peggy Willis Lyles
10 Points
red dress
winter wind animates
an abandoned doll
Lech Szeglowski
10 Points
one brown leg
swinging out of the hammock
an old love song
Sandra Simpson
10 Points
in front
of Kandinsky
I can hear red
Li Ree
10 Points
october rain
a puddle of yellow
under the maple
Ed Schwellenbach
10 Points
pitch black night
they wonder where
the next bomb will drop
Victor P. Gendrano
10 Points
Twenty-Eight Place -- 9 Points
no farmer to point
with a white turnip -- but
bill higginson
miriam chaikin
9 Points
blue sail
reflecting across the water
blue sail
Andrew Shimield
9 Points
New Year's morning -
white footprints to to the church
in the virgin snow.
Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic
9 Points
grave green leaves -
trying to be here
a little longer
Lech Szeglowski
9 Points
at night
the floating whiteness
of Nippon Daisies
Karen Klein
9 Points
blue moon ::
the xray
of a tumor
Timothy Russell
9 Points
a red rose
in the snow
december bride
Terry O'Connor
9 Points
a primrose field
the wind plucks off one yellow…
butterfly
Tomislav Mareti?
9 Points
power blackout -
lightning switches on
white irises
Lorin Ford
9 Points
orange sunrise
over a frosted world
a robin sings
Jo Pacsoo
9 Points
frog song stops
the fall of yellow leaves
from his book
Brenda Roberts
9 Points
full moon
spilt all over
red wine
Natalia L. Rudychev
9 Points
Twenty-Ninth Place -- 8 Points
olympian -
she tests the gold medal
between her teeth
Andre Surridge
8 Points
mixing red and yellow paint
my son discovers
fire
David Grayson
8 Points
we whisper
in the room with white coffins -
a light snow falling
Terry Ann Carter
8 Points
just as the frost
blooms on my window
cyclamen lipstick red
Ie Suzume Shi
8 Points
Blue skyline --
a red ball falls in the sea
the moon rises
Magdalena Dale
8 Points
red hibiscus . . .
what comes
from the heart
Francine Barnwarth
8 Points
the buds purple,
a couple of snow flakes
taking their time
John Shiffer
8 Points
peonies
their petals color
the wind white
Ellen Compton
8 Points
In no time
the white flower loses
all the petals
Magdalena Dale
8 Points
new coolness
a touch of yellow
in the aspen
Tom Painting
8 Points
the orange glow
of a tossed cigarette
Hallowe'en
jim kacian
8 Points
pink dawn
slowly the grass turns
green again
Max Verhart
8 Points
blue ridges
becoming darkness
the tail of a deer
John Barlow
8 Points
forgetting myself
I speak out of turn-
the purple orchid
Christopher Herold
8 Points
yellow straw
the feathery scent
of hatching eggs
Ferris Gilli
8 Points
Thirtieth Place -- 7 Points
Grandma's house-
even the red geranium has aged
beyond recognition
Constantin Stroe
7 Points
condolence letter--
snowlight
on a sheet of white paper
Kristen Deming
7 Points
nor'easter -
high on the bluff
I make a red fist
George Dorsty
7 Points
red moon
a glowworm crawls
along my finger
Garry Gay
7 Points
black sky
another star
on the heavens
Brenda Roberts
7 Points
on your book
red camellia
falls from vase
charlie smith
7 Points
sakura eve
blue eyes search the trees
for Issa's ghost
John Stone
7 Points
cushioned
in the robin's nest
three blue eggs
Betty Kaplan
7 Points
brown leaf
more thin and dry than last year
so too your skin
Peg Duthie
7 Points
red-haired girl out outglowing fireflies
Roberta Beary
7 Points
alley walk . . .
yellow sunflowers
lining the slums
Patrick M. Pilarski
7 Points
the red hills--
sunlight becoming
pinot noir
Ellen Compton
7 Points
morning heat
a swallowtail drifts
into the blue
Ann K. Schwader
7 Points
stained glass window
in the old church…green grapes
still ripening
Tom Genovese
7 Points
the white glow
of a red giant
autumn wind
Althea Rowe Watson
7 Points
a white bone
picked clean by the crow
fresh snow
Andrea Gradidge
7 Points
red maple
after the last bird
leaves
hortensia anderson
7 Points
cold snap --
shock of white
in my hairbrush
Shelley Krause
7 Points
a foal's first steps
deep in red clover
morning sun
Ferris Gilli
7 Points
war news-
rubble the same gray
in any country
Cherie Hunter Day
7 Points
evening rain
the pink glow
of crabapple blossoms
Irene Golas
7 Points
white sun
a snail in the bloom
of a daffodil
ito
7 Points
Thirty-First Place -- 6 Points
four white ducks
single file
in winter rain
Jerry Gill
6 Points
pushing up
from under the snow
a white snowdrop
Betty Kaplan
6 Points
A temple bell rings -
flurry of pink cherry petals
fade away, too.
Daniela Bullas
6 Points
nearing dusk -
white goose feathers drift
across road dust
Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka
6 Points
Snap
of a red pepper:
winter moon on Shiki's shoulder -
Kurt R. Westley
6 Points
red leaves
I hold the ladder
while he climbs
Peggy Willis Lyles
6 Points
a black butterfly
hovers over the stage . . .
Taiko drumming
Joseph Kirschner
6 Points
falling star
a voice fades into
the blackness before me
Ed Markowski
6 Points
Silent snowflakes swirl
in the purple twilight sky,
warm candlelit room.
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson
6 Points
sounds of the new year-
orange, green, gold
fireworks
Gillena Cox
6 Points
winter night--
on an old wooden altar melts
a yellow candle
"tori inu"
6 Points
gypsies dancing
in my yard--
orange day lilies
jill lange
6 Points
so much left to say…
black grapes burst
on the way home
carol pearce-worthington
6 Points
a brown leaf
frozen on my windshield
hospice parking lot
Karen Klein
6 Points
I repeat
just for its melody-
ultramarine
RaV
6 Points
headstone -
her bouqet reflected
on black marble
Hilary Tann
6 Points
the room dark,
then suddenly
a cat's yellow eyes
Paul O. Williams
6 Points
in black and white
the soldiers anguish
deepens
Bill Hudson
6 Points
Pink peonies -
missing not a petal,
the tiny ants.
Zhanna P. Rader
6 Points
kotoku in the lagoon:
its black legs longer
than my camera lens
John Irvine
6 Points
red oak--
white with snow
black with crows
Grzegorz Sionkowski
6 Points
A skylark -
how deep can be
the blue
Eduard Tara
6 Points
white clouds come and go--
yet what color
is the wind?
Bruce Kennedy
6 Points
after the fire--
a spool of green fern
unfurls in the sun
Renee Owen
6 Points
Foreclosure sale--
a few white tulips
along the fence
Heather Jagman
6 Points
Poems Receiving less than 6 Points
red faced
she pushed her cart
market time
terrytip
5 Points
singularity
phenomenon unmatched
black hole
Tom Connally
5 Points
dog-eared book
red camellia
rests on top
charlie smith
5 Points
the sun dissolves
into a golden sea
with the day
Ignatius Fay
5 Points
2008
ends in a blizzard
of white
Merrill Ann Gonzales
5 Points
the other gulls
gather around this one gull
red droplets on white
Pris Campbell
5 Points
Vermillion sunset
black wings curve low to descend,
ripples on the water.
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson
5 Points
Peaceful red koi glide
in temple white reflection,
watched by summer sun.
Mrs. Jean Lewis
5 Points
apricot sky
long shadows
on the snow
Linda Pilarski
5 Points
whitecaps and seagulls
fading into morning mist
grey skies above
natalia kuznetsova
5 Points
inside my black diary:
all my days
and dreams
helge t.
5 Points
buffalo plains
an artist's
white canvas
H. Gene Murtha
5 Points
wooden crosses
brown leaves mounded
into graves
Helen Baker
5 Points
another argument
the rose petal's
burgundy edge
Paul Hodder
5 Points
cancer ward-
he colours all the butterflies
with red
Rita Odeh
5 Points
first kiss-
her cheeks
become red
Katarzyna Predota
5 Points
Curled tightly alone
Thrown wrenching upward, skin red
Dripping awake, birth
Saxony Olivia McArthur
5 Points
cherry blossoms
surrounded by pink
the bride wears white
Elaine Riddell
5 Points
homecoming-
he wipes fleck of red lipstick
from the neck
Katarzyna Predota
5 Points
overcast sky
red geraniums
even redder
Marylouise Knight
5 Points
Winter moonlight -
her long hair turns silver
for the first time
Eduard Tara
5 Points
blue
flashes past like a thrill
a kingfisher
Tarumi Hideo
5 Points
a black scratch
over snowy fields -
the telegraph
Sara Winteridge
5 Points
sunrise ~
threads of gold paint
in the water jar
Trish Fong
5 Points
midwinter grey
dusk coming home
on the early bus
Frances McCarthy
5 Points
the broken crystals
white, soft glitters in the night -
my frozen tears
Posnaies Oana Aurora
5 Points
morning moon
white cream rising
in the white milk
Michele Root-Bernstein
5 Points
summer fair--
a child's pink face
in cotton candy
Rita Gray
5 Points
white flowers cradled
in her small stained hands -
bloodroot
Don Holt
5 Points
blue bottle
on the windowsill
spring tonic
Ruth Powell
5 Points
rain dripping
from the red-and-white awning . . .
I catch your yawn
Michael Dylan Welch
5 Points
scarlet fingers bloody wrists
when will we have enough
Blackberries
Joanne Baldwin
5 Points
a rusty lure
ripples the still water
a yellow bill
Fr. RP
5 Points
Sunday afternoon
simmering red sauce fills house
garlic bread toasting
Hazel A. Witherspoon
5 Points
The river flows
Moonlight across stones
Into blackness…
James Sawer
5 Points
Valentine's Day
a red starfish
in the tidal pool
Earl Keener
5 Points
the night thick
with the day's heat-
amber moon
Curtis Dunlap
5 Points
maroon calla lilies
holding moonlight--
I release a prayer
Pamela A. Babusci
5 Points
the mangrove creek
brimming with blue sky-
leap of a fish
John Barlow
5 Points
the blue hour--
inhaling a sweet smell
of bruised peach
Michele Root-Bernstein
5 Points
flower moon
she slowly stirs lavender
bath salts
Bette Norcross Wappner
5 Points
blinding snow--
the white light
inside a passing bus
Michael Dylan Welch
5 Points
bombing respite
she frees her red-stained doll
from the rubble
Victor P. Gendrano
5 Points
blue iris
erratic dragonfly flight
stone Buddha laughing
Carol Borges
5 Points
African drum
her red high heels rolling
downhill
Elena Naskova
5 Points
cold dawn light
a black cap chick asleep
on the feeder perch
Garry Eaton
5 Points
red geraniums
within the cells' white-
vesper bell
Serban Denk
5 Points
a paper white
unfolds
eclipse of the moon
Natalia L. Rudychev
5 Points
over mudflats
the winter light pinpoints
a boat's blue hull
Matthew Paul
5 Points
white gauze mesh
shrouds the young lettuce
rising moon
Ferris Gilli
5 Points
blackbird off
into the spiral
of his song
Jon Baldwin
5 Points
the wind has entered
in the void temple--
red petals fall
Isabel Pose
5 Points
breaking trail-
some little red berries
have stained the snow
Tom Clausen
5 Points
Even in winter
the deep red
of a pomegranate seed.
Ellen Romano
5 Points
the blue of the sky…
and a white butterfly
crazy on the flight
Adina ENACHESCU
4 Points
spots of blood
on the grass still green-
red leaves
Constantin Stroe
4 Points
graffiti -
a palette of blues
mixed on cement
Don Baird
4 Points
new years morning
waking up from a dream
of white butterflies
Jerry Gill
4 Points
my garden teaches me
the meaning of
cerise, vermillion …
Andrew Shimield
4 Points
Green apples
on the orchard floor.
Deer feeding.
Trevor Camp
4 Points
childhood landscape
in the colorful patchwork
patch by patch
Dorota Pyra
4 Points
white tissues
becoming a grey mound
myeloma
Mr. Kim Chamberlain
4 Points
january rain
discarded Christmas tree
still green
Terri L. French
4 Points
goldfish prints
on her Kimono sleeves
dissolves into the circle dance
Motoko Satoh
4 Points
a red winter cap
on a latchkey kid
playing with his own shadow
hajimu hirakita
4 Points
Thought it was a frog
until it did not jump up…
A wrinkled green leaf.
Lex Joy
4 Points
white water lilies by Monet, or in the pond, alive…
Elsa Colligan
4 Points
ruby sun
on the twilight sky
a spring breeze
Narayanan Raghunathan
4 Points
spring breeze
in a grand finale
falling pink sakuras
john tiong chunghoo
4 Points
frozen pond
blackbirds turning leaves
the child inside her
Gryta Wansdronk
4 Points
grandpa's farm -
only a leaning shed
and yellow lilies
Catherine J.S. Lee
4 Points
autumn sunset -
pink, red, violet clouds
staining the blue sky
Virginia Popescu
4 Points
Rainbows color
Red to violet
dance from clouds
Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black
4 Points
drove of black umbrellas -
still standing
by your name
Lech Szeglowski
4 Points
Sunday morning -
her red eyes reveal
the night before
Mike Montreuil
4 Points
silver fish jump--
in the shallows
a dancing heron
Maureen Irvine
4 Points
All day rain
the ruin, the rust
of autumn.
Alexis Rotella
4 Points
bright morning--
the meadow turns yellow
with dandelions
Grzegorz Sionkowski
4 Points
asking where to go
my blue eyes passing hers
out to sea
Werner Reichhold
4 Points
slowed-down air --
thick green silence drifts
in from the plains
Marylouise Knight
4 Points
among stars
the sun of haiku reveals
white echoes
Jane Reichold
4 Points
From the night
the light of some
white flower.
Ljubomir Radovancevic
4 Points
frozen pond
by degrees gives up
the scarlet koi
Sara Winteridge
4 Points
Next to each other
a review of white crosses.
Army cemetery.
Ljubomir Radovancevic
4 Points
World in grey
waiting
for the days to come
Ashi
4 Points
night sky--
I look up to the whites
of my father's eyes
Tim Singleton
4 Points
wrapped in tattered gray blanket
feeding squirrels in the park
he laughs
Ginny Leidig
4 Points
under the wings
of a Peacock butterfly
grey shadow
Origa
4 Points
strong gusty winds
strip yellowed leaves from branches
a straggler clings
Ginny Leidig
4 Points
desert autumn
a pumpkin
in heavy orange crayon
Dana Duclo
4 Points
magnolia push
within the frosted green leaf
a new haiku grows
Mike Keville
4 Points
the day plunges into indigo crickets trill
Rob Scott
4 Points
summer dusk;
the orange of the newborn
robin's mouth.
manoj saranathan
4 Points
cracked earth
a brick wall reddens
the raindrop
Kala Ramesh
4 Points
first blossom
the green ribbon
round grandma's hat
paul conneally
4 Points
a moment's pause…
the pink blue green
of her soap bubble
John Shiffer
4 Points
Sleeping late,
the sky and my gray cat
are the same color.
Ellen Romano
4 Points
another gray day,
my new red pen
writes brightly
Charles Rossiter
4 Points
siesta
the yellow palo verde
hums with bees
Earl Keener
4 Points
mowing
the grass
greener
jim kacian
4 Points
red light
a few petals blow in
and out
Jan O'Loughlin
4 Points
bristling pine -
fox tracks
in the red snow
George Dorsty
4 Points
she secures
her day with blue ink
autumn winds
Mary Davila
4 Points
a red paper clip
appears on my desk -
noon-time nap
Mike Montreuil
4 Points
first flurries
I white-out
my name
Marily Appl Walker
4 Points
strong wind
pieces of blue sky
on the driveway
Origa
4 Points
summer sunset
we decide to paint
the town red
Michele Root-Bernstein
4 Points
first snow -
my old dog's eyes
speckled with white
Maddalena Elisa Rossi
4 Points
Cerulean skies
Dotted with white cotton-wool -
A Maltese springtime.
Tanja Cilia
3 Points
gray beards wiggle
in old renga style
I count syllables
Brenda Roberts
3 Points
the land darkens,
clouds still full of pink light--
today's last birds
Paul O. Williams
3 Points
white roses
finally fade
winter chill
terrytip
3 Points
birthday stroll…
a bright red berry
in the raven's beak
Scott Mason
3 Points
autumn art . . .
a stirring of red
in the gust
Don Baird
3 Points
Red cherry
pits on the stone wall--
young thieves
David McMurray
3 Points
first winter moon
stray black cat
meowing…meowing
Jerry Gill
3 Points
first morning--
all along the shoreline
all the white caps bow
Tish Davis
3 Points
around, back and forth
the hummingbird investigates
an unknown redness
Bill Hudson
3 Points
Red with shame
the sky at sunrise
her new kiss
R K Singh
3 Points
At the last flat
of a grey skyscraper
red geranium
Vasile Moldavan
3 Points
the pink speckles
in foxglove corollas…
midsummer snooze
Matthew Paul
3 Points
bleached snow
an eternity
of white
Patrick M. Pilarski
3 Points
pink rose mallows
the tiny baby
snores…
Janelle Barrera
3 Points
pink rosebuds
on her casket
"for grandma"
Terry Ann Carter
3 Points
the seashore in summer
an old woman playing
with some blue marbles
hajimu hirakita
3 Points
early morning light
a time too soon for colour
when all cats are grey
Deirdre Godwin
3 Points
as my Granma did
I crap to the sunrise
from the yellow rice fields
Minako Noma
3 Points
cherry tomatoes
teardrops of
a lonely old fool
Mary Meriam
3 Points
withered birch
hidden amidst green pine
mistaken for ghosts
maikindazen
3 Points
a butterfly
on a pink rose
meditating
Keith A. Simmonds
3 Points
summer's end…
deadheading
my mother's red roses
Elsa Colligan
3 Points
icy moon--
the stillness of winter
on White Mountain
John Daleiden
3 Points
fresh nasturtiums
in the smooth green bowl
our waiter clicks his heels
Lin Geary
3 Points
black on white
winter starlings
drink snow
ruthanne price
3 Points
misty day -
the old yellow radio
still works…
Israel Lopez Balan
3 Points
Shades of winter
cacti at my window
with red flowers
Magdalena Dale
3 Points
red winterberries
even the crow
looks content
paul m.
3 Points
red ink
stains the page
a transfusion of words
Ruth Arnison
3 Points
washing
my ex-blue jeans --
end of summer
Valeria Simonova-Cecon
3 Points
Among the beard's hair
Not a single black shadow -
The winter has come
Ioan Marinescu-Puiu
3 Points
This all white world --
signatures of birds
crisscross morning snow
Alexis Rotella
3 Points
slanted sun light
reflects gold off
the limestone wall
Jerome Cushman
3 Points
blackness
in the womb of a sweat lodge
red rocks glow
gourdman
3 Points
in the shadow
of the lighthouse
crimson entrails
Jon Baldwin
3 Points
white water
above the wave
wind
Jane Reichold
3 Points
plop!
white pebble
turning blue
Dejan Pavlinovic
3 Points
summer sunset
the color of her skin
after the long nap
Kv. Páll Ingi Kvaran
3 Points
fresh snow…
in each deep footprint
blackness
Origa
3 Points
winter gloom
two vibrant goldfinch
lift my mood
Gael Bage
3 Points
child's nose
pressed against the window --
thundering white
Cornelia Traian Atanasiu
3 Points
bridal night--
her cheeks turn red
hearing his footsteps
Quamrul Hassan
3 Points
autumn leaves
green to yellow to red---
stoplights
John Soules
3 Points
dress code lifted
the nun chooses sky blue
and sensible shoes
Beth Powell
3 Points
flirting sunbather
blinded by the lifeguard's
zinc white nose
Meredith Stern Cavalieri
3 Points
the train pulls out -
a pink "welcome-home"-balloon
left behind, too
Maddalena Elisa Rossi
3 Points
only my prints
on cold green dew
and her grave
Chandra Bales
3 Points
early sunset
the snowy field
turns red
RaV
3 Points
clear sky
the coffin's white lid
even with the snow
Fr. RP
3 Points
winter noon
a crow pecks at the black ice
Martin Gottleib Cohen
2 Points
darkened field
the ice glows red on the sycamore
Martin Gottleib Cohen
2 Points
a sunlit window bowl
the goldfish gasping
on the kitchen floor
Garry Eaton
2 Points
along the wall
bougainvilleas
all dressed in fuschia
Bill Hudson
2 Points
peace on earth
blue paper cranes all over
her children's tables
Audrey Downey
2 Points
Blood-red horizon -
among the returning ships
one is missing
Zhanna P. Rader
2 Points
Girl in the gloaming--
little by little her white paper cranes
become grey
Vasile Moldavan
2 Points
in the winter sun
now green, now blue -
the mallard's head
Tomislav Maretic
2 Points
spring puddle
my red rainboots
bigger now
Roberta Beary
2 Points
afternoon tea--
her favorite white cup
with hand-painted violets
jill lange
2 Points
spring buds,
the bright red
of her sweater
Charles Rossiter
2 Points
reconciled -
her little white heart
on my latte
Ernest J Berry
2 Points
newly bare branches
watching the indigo sky
fill with pink contrails
susan delphine delaney
2 Points
white table
in a white cup--
black coffee
Tanya Dikova
2 Points
red hibiscus
satellite images
of a hurricane
Peggy Willis Lyles
2 Points
grey winter dawn
suddenly-
a hundred sparrows!
maikindazen
2 Points
letting go
now it's just a dot--
the red balloon
Linda Marucci
2 Points
a red maple leaf
quivering on the first snow
autumn retiring
natalia kuznetsova
2 Points
full cold moon
startled by his shadow
the white hare
maikindazen
2 Points
from the wardrobe
flying towards me a blue
lavender fragrance.
Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic
2 Points
right-left-right
under the wiper blade
a wet red leaf
Mykel Board
2 Points
harvest moon:
the pumpkins
are even more orange
oino sakai
2 Points
the strength of red neon
in blustering snow
OPEN
Lin Geary
2 Points
drawing lesson-
she asks what color (is white in a dream?)
is a dream
Rita Odeh
2 Points
yellow flowers-
a meeting in the garden
face to face with the sun
Jadwiga Gala Miemus
2 Points
not enough to cover
red crabapple fruits -
first snowfall
Jyothirmai Gubili
2 Points
winter skaters
the blue glow
of a boom box
carol pearce-worthington
2 Points
cold grey morning
blizzard of emotions
love lost in winter
Todd Eddy
2 Points
rolling over
into a green dream
morning rain
Ann K. Schwader
2 Points
the tide recedes:
old red boat
sinks into the mud
Maureen Irvine
2 Points
yellow leaves --
the old tortoiseshell
glares back
Ann K. Schwader
2 Points
fresh strawberry
from the garden
a taste of red
Susan Sanchez-Barnett
2 Points
from the black dot
in the blue sky
the skylark's song
Grzegorz Sionkowski
2 Points
fading light-
a fruit vendor's son bites into
an unsold red persimmon
Angelee Deodhar
2 Points
tundra swans
gathering on the green
winter tourists
Barbara Snow
2 Points
bitter cold morning--
red silk poppies
in the chinese vase
Marylouise Knight
2 Points
grey-morning…trees sway.
birds take shelter in the boughs.
she died yesterday.
Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr.
2 Points
blue porcelain
fresh from the kiln
bright winter morning
Tarumi Hideo
2 Points
white~out -
the buzzard waits
for road kill
Sara Winteridge
2 Points
sudden gust
ripe purple plums sway
thud thud thud
Trish Fong
2 Points
small black cat
leaves large hole in my life
when gone
Oriane Stender
2 Points
Grey clouds rule
nevertheless I know
blue sky remain above
Ashi
2 Points
Slivers of rainbows
exploding into the air
from her third finger.
Bonnie Hudson
2 Points
cabbage white and I spring meadow
Christopher Patchel
2 Points
December wind
all colors go back
into the white
Ludmila Balabanova
2 Points
Black and Tan
more dead soldiers
along the road
Karen Cesar
2 Points
trickle of water
over moss, over stone
deep forest green
Rita Gray
2 Points
autumn dusk
the red mountain's hot springs
glints with gold steam
Althea Rowe Watson
2 Points
black ice--
the wiper still going
on the overturned SUV
Michael Dylan Welch
2 Points
blue flash -
the overcast sky
just glanced at me
Rob Scott
2 Points
well into winter
the eye starts to discover
different shades of white…
Cristian Mocanu
2 Points
quarrel's end
the red arc of the rainbow
so vivid
RaV
2 Points
incense ascending
through purple stained light
the color of prayer
Ed Schwellenbach
2 Points
sleeping child
one raspberry stain escaped
the sponge
Nancy Smith
2 Points
white blanket of snow
a soft wet covering
muddy footprints
Tom Connally
1 Points
A red dragonfly
rests above the front doorway,
a summer breeze blows.
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson
1 Points
twilight
the leaves of the saijiki
are gold
George Hawkins
1 Points
unfolding…
blue morning glories face
my pale face
Ed Markowski
1 Points
after the war
a flock of bluebirds
glitters on the grass
Penny Harter
1 Points
green convertible
white leather seats
memories glide past
Carol Borges
1 Points
pivoting on blue
the first dance of the
red breasted robin
Tish Davis
1 Points
the flight of swallows
a puff of black smoke
from fireworks
Duncan MacLaurin
1 Points
spring rain
streaming toward the valley
yellow poppies
Adelaide B. Shaw
1 Points
rain-rounded headstones:
stubby gray erasers
against slate sky
Peg Duthie
1 Points
Am I dreaming?
A Shinkansen comes and goes
on the azure skyline.
Daniela Bullas
1 Points
ocean breeze
flutters her robe--
a flash of pink thigh
Charles Rossiter
1 Points
winter trees
burnt umber and gray
under a pale moon
jill lange
1 Points
Darwin's two hundredth
a pink iguana
ours for the saving
Helen Buckingham
1 Points
mowing the lawn
a darker green
underneath
David Grayson
1 Points
all the red leaves
still I challenge
the precipice
Hans Jongman
1 Points
long night's drive
ahead in red neon--
Open 24-hours!
Terri L. French
1 Points
gum trees
dusty leaves disguise
a brown moth
Patricia Prime
1 Points
becoming autumn-like
a white star
on the horse's forehead
hajimu hirakita
1 Points
yellow on yellow
pine siskin on witch hazel
late winter color
Deirdre Godwin
1 Points
green dewdrops
on quivering leaves
a silky sun
Keith A. Simmonds
1 Points
under
"Tavern on the Green"
green
Mykel Board
1 Points
I've outlived
the black-framed note tells me
another doctor
Mykel Board
1 Points
a warm night
chopped with the black of shutters
the full moon
Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic
1 Points
past promise of spring
store front red wagon appears
in my best friend's yard
Harvey Jenkins
1 Points
Nepalese morning
her red sari glows
against mud walls
Harvey Jenkins
1 Points
adrift in the bay:
man in a red boat
fishing
Maureen Irvine
1 Points
yellow dust -
the tractor's engine
Overheats
George Dorsty
1 Points
the scent of purple wisteria
suddenly rich
now that people are gone
Tarumi Hideo
1 Points
country lane -
the mail lady's blue
rubber glove
Karen Cesar
1 Points
full strawberry moon
shines on plump, ripe, red berries…
gatherings of june
Pat Geyer
1 Points
first snow
we watch tonight
a black-and-white film
Ludmila Balabanova
1 Points
summer morning--
a white moth
in a spider's web
Rita Gray
1 Points
missing half
of the winter moon--
a black bird's sleep talking
Emiko Miyashita
1 Points
November rain…
I gather a load
of blacks and blues
Heather Jagman
1 Points
hospice garden
white bindweeds climb
the sky
Jacek
1 Points
morning baptism
a window to her soul
sky blue
Dan Schwerin
1 Points
the red cheeks
of the one I once loved
berries dropped on snow
Paul Cordeiro
1 Points
mourning dove
bursts from the green
heart of the boxwood
Shelley Krause
1 Points
Poems Receiving No Points
white on the mountain
after last night's storm
all rained away
Paul O. Williams
Fuchsia; amaranth;
Carnation; rose; lavender;
Blooms, or shades of pink?
Tanja Cilia
Red is for passion;
Courage, blood and sacrifice…
Anger, sin, and guilt.
Tanja Cilia
a small brown bird's nest
blue and white speckled eggs
miracle of life
Tom Connally
etching red hieroglyphs
into a sunset sea
lone sailboat
Pris Campbell
Perfume lingers,
red roses wither,
like lost love long gone.
Mrs. Jean Lewis
under the rainbow
splashes of color
traffic sounds
Ignatius Fay
beyond blue
a new country
of images
George Hawkins
blue and gold
remain from the wild bird's visit
daybreak
Pris Campbell
Trees pierce blue sky
in tones of red and orange.
Autumn's dress is bold.
Mrs. Jean Lewis
leaves red and yellow
skitter in the chill gust
long-sleeved shirt
Ignatius Fay
blushed skin--
flushed to red
taking us into ravines
Ed Higgins
Shades of green
islands rise from the sea--
does diversity matter?
David McMurray
my fluttering kite
a red tailed hawk stroking up
into a huge sky
Garry Eaton
Drumming stillness
Rain dripping from leaves and eaves
Rainbow puddles
James Sawer
on an oar
a red dragonfly
mountain gazing
Darrell Lindsey
yellow sunflowers
girl on a swing
father pushing too high
Carol Borges
salty-blue sky
dawn rising
you retrieved all morning
Ed Higgins
coca-cola can
green tea cup
sweating together
Penny Harter
100-year red oak
again in my deepest dream
100-year red oak
David McMurray
Unmade
Tangled white sheets…
Abandoned bed
James Sawer
late spring
another cough
pierces the red blossoms
Darrell Lindsey
noon's yellow sun
line-dried towels
rubbing across her shoulders
Ed Higgins
morning gray sky-
wild geese settle on
the nursing-home lawn
Penny Harter
ms finished-
the poplars have lost
most of their gold leaves
Winona Baker
gray sky
snowflakes falling in the
dancing child
Elena Naskova
a poet rests
in red blossoms
mellow spring
Darrell Lindsey
the fast-moving
grey wisp of cloud
a skein of geese
Duncan MacLaurin
After the repair
pink paint grows molds on the wall--
autumn breathlessness
R K Singh
White color of me cries do not turn back to black
Wojciech Cybulski
the afternoon quiet--
before a twisted oak
rows of red tulips
Adelaide B. Shaw
new year's day
the fireplace's red-hot flame
from last year's twigs
Audrey Downey
new year morning rain-
red bracts of the poinsettia
sparkling
Gillena Cox
My white loneliness keeps me away from purple war
Wojciech Cybulski
winter river
a pair of snow white swan
bobbing along
Audrey Downey
kiskadee's beak-
a twig with green leaves
swaying
Gillena Cox
Sea waves
roll from faraway
white peaks
R K Singh
Black mother says I do not have white milk anymore
Wojciech Cybulski
autumn deepens
so many birds
in a fine red sky
John Stone
art contest
a small hand selects crimson
from the crayon box
Carmel Lively Westerman
the calico color
of the cat's coat crinkles --
Bill's last book's earmarks
Dennis M. Holmes
the seasons sing
red, yellow and green
forever changing
Betty Kaplan
clematis flower
joining on pergola
the blue dusk
Tomislav Mareti?
snowmelt -
alpines bloom
on the soft green hill
Andrew Shimield
Winston-Salem --
the silver shimmer of summer
lifts in his hokku
Dennis M. Holmes
black orchids
the spiders silken strand
in a summer breeze
John Stone
Texas sky
wind turbines
out of the blue
Tom Painting
Fragrant clover field -
reflected in his eyes,
the blue sky.
Zhanna P. Rader
highway in the mist -
a red sport car flies
out of the sky
Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka
The blind old pilgrim:
I hear a white lark twitter
high near the sun.
Horst Ludwig
in the pond's calm
where others lie waiting
sinks a red leaf
"tori inu"
Violet time,
snow trickling on the graves,
on my way home.
Horst Ludwig
Illuminated
vermillion shrine gate --
Orion
Yukiko Yamada
exhausted autumn
the leaves turn dark yellow
father is gonna die
Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka
yellow sunset--
orange leaves
now more red
"tori inu"
a wild duck mother
crossing the super highway
with her golden brood
Horst Ludwig
my sandals crack
sheets of ice
the snow a soft, warm white
Peg Duthie
Noon on Lake Kawaguchi -
A path with stars of white light
shows the way to Mount Fuji.
Daniela Bullas
snowflakes
on her eyelashes -
sunset pink
Guatam Nadkarni
Green scent of seaweed
Sea creature bites spinning past
Sushi carousel
Patricia Lammers
teenage remains
a junk shop kimono
black, ochre . . .some yellow
Helen Buckingham
white-out
one eye
rises
Ernest J Berry
Small red lips
smile at granddad's joke
The sun shines.
Trevor Camp
silver moon -
drop by drop it turns
the ocean milky
Guatam Nadkarni
Turquoise bands of blue
Nestling in purple grey clouds
Smoky winter sky
Patricia Lammers
the gerbil's claws
Shocking Pink--
cactus in bloom
Helen Buckingham
temple bell
rainbows falling
from waterfall
Ernest J Berry
the little girl's
yellow raincoat
dotted with blossom
Andre Surridge
Every night,
deer tracks in the snow.
Blue street lights.
Trevor Camp
winter moon -
the silver phantom
rides the sky
Guatam Nadkarni
Silver skim coating
Mirrored likeness of the sky
Freezing winter pond
Patricia Lammers
telltale stance…
yellow stains
in the snow
Linda Pilarski
cherry petals
even pale pink of her dress
moves me to a whisper
Dorota Pyra
Yellow sticky note -
Memory of my friend
Becoming worse
Andrzej Dembo?czyk
in a paddock
of yellow clover
a picnic blanket
Patricia Prime
fall gold drupelets
the burning bush of Moses
wild raspberry
Stephen Rojcewicz
Yosemite bound-
beside the old stagecoach trail
a pink cherry blooms
susan delphine delaney
blue dragonfly
hovers the length of the oar
a frog kicks away
Hans Jongman
whittling wood
from a black pencil
my father's penknife
Patricia Prime
massive gilt framework
nuanced tones, stark black
Whistler in winter
Stephen Rojcewicz
two cranes blush
leaving the meadow
red sunset
Mr. Kim Chamberlain
testing twelve brands
of pink champagne-
their first wedding
David Grayson
puddles
a child's blue galoshes
turn turtle
Hans Jongman
amaryllis
deep crimson and orange
the season prolongs
Stephen Rojcewicz
this winter morning
the lunar mountains echo
the dusky blue sky
susan delphine delaney
the color of chaos
is a yellow--
daughter's room
Mr. Kim Chamberlain
aniseed café:
spider web
in the green fennel
John Irvine
in new year's sky
the white tail of kite whirling
children's sighs
Motoko Satoh
fluffing its feathers
finch sits by a Christmas light
red ones are warmest
Deirdre Godwin
reddish violin
in her little hands
a delicate tune
Tanya Dikova
single yellow leaf
only colored in the garden
now catches a beam of morning
Motoko Satoh
the tailor's daughter crawls. . .
pink cloth pieces
all around
K. Ramesh
far gone day
on a white bed-
a bird's shadow
Tanya Dikova
black wing
white moon
first frost
Mary Meriam
from the back
of the snowy mountains
a golden hearse
Minako Noma
red leaves' thrilling--
scent of smoke
has gone
Jerzy Ma?ysz
a scarlet rose
glowing with fire in the sun
midsummer heat
natalia kuznetsova
volcano erupts
red lava shoots in the air
brown island is formed
Joseph Spence
Blue moonlight -
Forked black shadows
on the snow
Lex Joy
red pears
green glass bowl
let her go
Mary Meriam
your brown eyes gone
transparent tears now drip
missing your red lips
Joseph Spence
at his gravestone
I leave white smokes of incense sticks
New Year's Eve
Minako Noma
blue sky, white clouds dance
reflecting the spring of life
nature turns green
Joseph Spence
A closed white gate
but he climbs over -
the black beetle.
Lex Joy
red rays of light
caress the evening sky:
island sunset
Keith A. Simmonds
Under sorrel skies
yew trees and a hermit's urt
with satellite
Wendy Videlock
Blue Monday-
the tea pot whistles
a wake-up tune
Curtis Dunlap
hunters' moon
the melancholy red wine
a wrist
Jeff Hanson
backyard play
the yellow jacket chases
a black kitten
Edward Dallas
fall winds
twisting leaves
reveal red tops
Noel Sloboda
With words to spare
a red-tail sails through
No Thoroughfare.
Wendy Videlock
purple sage
under december's new moon
gray
Jeff Hanson
mother's red roses
the garden club nemesis
green with envy
Edward Dallas
spilled birdseed
black on the snow
suddenly disappears
Noel Sloboda
Child, may you know
the holy, difficult slope
and pink begonias.
Wendy Videlock
summer heat
a green leaf floats to the earth
I go pick it up
Jeff Hanson
gray sky. . .
sky mind
of the winter gull
Billie Dee
yellow sky
descending
tornado season
Noel Sloboda
quicksilver snowflakes
meld into one
evening patio
RJ Clarken
see-through umbrella--
the shimmering raindrops
and this red leaf
Ellen Compton
rap music
behind two closed doors
red and black
Joseph Kirschner
a green tree-top
whitened
since yesterday
Dusko Matas
night sky portrait
dark canvas with white brush strokes
impressionistic
RJ Clarken
a wild field
of cosmoses
a rainbow
Narayanan Raghunathan
a white dot
from the blueness of sea
grew into the sail
Dusko Matas
centuries old stone buddha
on his grey shroud now
splotches of green and white
john tiong chunghoo
gray sidewalk
slush-blanketed path stones
retreating footsteps
RJ Clarken
a black plastic bag
tumbles down the empty street
Christmas Eve
Joseph Kirschner
dew-drop on
the white flower loses
a pink butterfly
Narayanan Raghunathan
on the tomb stone
always only
a yellow rose
Dusko Matas
after taking my ill fortune
the lotuses now
stiff, grey and falling
john tiong chunghoo
just look!
another oil puddle gleaming
blood red
Doris Kasson
first snowing
black zebra crossing lines
Disappear
Boris Nazansky
whiteout
and yet more whiteout
my mind's stillness
Bruce Ross
snow crust
a gray squirrel
nibbles blankness
Bill Kenney
through frozen trees
the brown and blue flutters
of jays
Jo Pacsoo
forest cycling all day breathing green pines
Jan O'Loughlin
playing it safe
in the nursery
…one wall pink
Doris Kasson
old washwoman's hair
carrying late autumn away
white wave crests
Boris Nazansky
the old lady smiles
a redbreast brightens
her winter garden
Gryta Wansdronk
the snowstorm
has covered almost everything
these gold-green weeds
Bruce Ross
white narcissus
beside a steaming tea pot
our rendezvous
John Daleiden
just spring
the bay lies calm
and silver
Jan O'Loughlin
yes he can
brown-eyed runt of the litter
runs fast
Doris Kasson
red sunset
mirrored in the ripply lake
breeze in my curtains
Boris Nazansky
no fingerprints
a trace of pink blossom
he left us, the thief
Gryta Wansdronk
morning whiteout
the slender leafless trees
so empty
Bruce Ross
a young priest
in rose vestments
his mother in white
Bill Kenney
red sunset
on a warm winter day -
icicle reflections
John Daleiden
in just one night
the red maple drops its leaves--
I still need summer
oino sakai
The yellow
Lotus rises
the stars crown
Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black
clasping his hands
the wind whistles
into the black starless night
Renee Loke
a red butterfly
on a yellow water lily -
what a summer day!
Virginia Popescu
white hedge
no snow
hoar-frost
Cornelia de Brabander
50th birthday
and half of my life gone--
blue skies ahead
oino sakai
fish on the river
spring
the white sound of water torn
Ie Suzume Shi
green reeds
turn brown
Summer sun smiles
Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black
between the grey window
the wind chime tings--
welcoming me home
Renee Loke
waxwings drunk on blue
juniper berries laugh
flounder in the snow
Ie Suzume Shi
a long depression --
painting her bedroom
apple green
Helen Baker
looking up
between the golden leaves
makes me remember my first autumn
Renee Loke
night with frozen stars -
golden full moon shining
on the vault of heaven
Virginia Popescu
flamingos -
flaunting their pink
or quiet contemplation?
Jyothirmai Gubili
against a blue sky
long tail trailing in the breeze
flies a child's red kite
Todd Eddy
Ink-blue river
seamed with clouds of daisy-white,
mermaids embark my dream.
Beate Conrad
snowcapped
beige and brown and reddish
chrysanthemums
Max Verhart
one white hair
the poet and his father
share the mirror
Lin Geary
the temple's shadows
deepening blue tempting
violets and grapes
Beate Conrad
oblivious work-
eyes of the bee covered
with yellow pollen
Jadwiga Gala Miemus
purple data cables
hang from the ceiling-
spring in the building
Marlène Buitelaar
carefully arranging
white roses in a vase --
a drop of blood
Max Verhart
red lehua blossom
on fresh lava -
Soliloquy
Jyothirmai Gubili
a flash of orange
minnows
summer's end
carol pearce-worthington
chilly mountain stream
reflecting blue sky of
april, when snow melts
Todd Eddy
The sun smiles:
All white the ice princess dressed
now in rainbow light.
Beate Conrad
winter morning-
the greenness of that meadow
from grandma's window
Rita Odeh
autumn rain
changes the moonlight
into silver drops
Jadwiga Gala Miemus
on the rear shelf
her silver cowboy hat
waiting for the weekend
Marlène Buitelaar
spring green
like no other
young
Penelope Sargent
a white plastic bag
caught in a bare winter tree
windsome buddies
Mr. Paul R Cassidy
painting class -
just white and blue
for a winter mood
Israel Lopez Balan
pink storm
whirling schoolgirls
sakura smiles
Jon Espen Vassbotn
white hair frames mother's face
brown eyes
smiling
Penelope Sargent
orange bowl
reflections of the moon
in the owl's eye
Mary Davila
my son watches the rain
a white glimpse of hope in his eye
snowchrystalshaped
Jon Espen Vassbotn
red hats, pink shorts
grandmother and granddaughter
stroll through summer
ruthanne price
clumsy guest
burgundy stain
on white cloth
Penelope Sargent
awakening
to the scent of a red rose
winter thaw
Mary Davila
a yellow post it note
on the fridge door gallery
~ memento mori ~
Jon Espen Vassbotn
every light but two red
ruthanne price
winter wind -
the traffic light
turns red…
Israel Lopez Balan
the last dregs
of her fortune
cup of green tea
Susan Sanchez-Barnett
the orange glow of the city…stretching into night
colin stewart jones
sunshine petals
against the widow's weeds
yellow dandelions
Ruth Arnison
your lips
on the inside of my wrist
two blue veins
Sandra Simpson
Bryce Canyon
tiny red manzanita
at its very edge
Karen Klein
Absorbent visions
lurk a red lit hallway
dark shaded heart
Saxony Olivia McArthur
New Year's Day
silver threads of tinsel
on a discarded fir tree
paul m.
fisherman
hooking a shark
out of the blue
Ruth Arnison
spring hillside
a green mist rises
through bare branches
Elaine Riddell
last year's
supermarket pumpkin -
this yellow flower!
Sandra Simpson
violet dress-
with every move you make
smell of heather
Katarzyna Predota
Pink cocktails, drunk
ripped racecar red denim jeans
green puke, night over
Saxony Olivia McArthur
metallic grey sky-
the dip and swell of pigeons
on a telephone cable
Angelee Deodhar
sharp raps on glass
crows separate from black
sunflower seeds
gourdman
seated behind him
his white hair blue
in the moonlight
Jerome Cushman
The warm orange hues,
Flow serenely to a close,
Create a vision.
Julianne Marie Gatt
just like that
summer shower
blue sky blue road
Robert Seretny
hospital window-
purple wisteria shadows cross
the counterpane
Angelee Deodhar
Snow shakes
off green bamboo that sways
with red cardinals
gourdman
snowdrifts
roll red in the
Sunrise
Jerome Cushman
Heaven in the puddle
A blue flower nearby -
What competition
Ioan Marinescu-Puiu
Although faded
It still lights up our nights
The lonely white rose
Ioan Marinescu-Puiu
tall oak in summer
holly pine and spruce nearby
so many colors of green
Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr.
the horizon -
meets the sky's blue
and the sea's blue
Maria Tirenescu
my hook in the sea
watching for signs of a bite
brown pelican
Tom Genovese
it's snowing hardly -
the wild beast foot-marks
at the white surface
Maria Tirenescu
after death
the surfer's eyebrows
waving green
Werner Reichhold
persimmons --
all the western faces
white with frost
Josh Wikoff
in the chapel
a shaft of spring light
greening up her hair
Barbara Snow
a breeze -
the red petals
under the shaken poppy
Maria Tirenescu
voyage
blue light in your eyes
goes star to star
Werner Reichhold
winter birth
crimson steam flickers
in the lamplight
Ron Moss
…to the left
…or to the right?
pink petal carpet
Barbara Snow
Gold finch rests on spruce
Through fog seagull flies…on rocks
Sound of ocean surf
Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr.
a white heron
pecking in the stream
cold morning
Takizawa Takayasu
pink shell
on the way to
unknown world
Kitahashi Mitsuko
Winter sky
the beauty of White Pieta
took my breath away
Yamauchi Sakae
first green
in spring garden
only weeds
Jeff Hoagland
half a dozen
swans are their own
whitecaps
Michael Nickels-Wisdom
blue again
my foot scratches
a sock indent
Jon Baldwin
white narcissuses arranged
welcome in
the New Year
Takizawa Takayasu
blue poppies
long for the ocean
for ages
Kitahashi Mitsuko
biting a green lemon
though
sweeter kiss
Yamauchi Sakae
ragged patch
of pale blue sky;
unseen lilacs
Michael Nickels-Wisdom
Red petals
falling off as soon
as picked up - the poppy.
Ljubomir Radovancevic
ruby-red sunset
the flocks of crows
the castle garden
Takizawa Takayasu
mother's physical therapy
getting orange sunshine
late summer
Kitahashi Mitsuko
the sound of bees
brilliant yellow
goldenrod flowers
Jeff Hoagland
as many
bluets in the ground
as bullets
Michael Nickels-Wisdom
violet sky
cold breath
as he forms words
Garry Gay
white is a robe the Saudi wears
hospitality flows out
like a river
Stella Guillory
long sickness
a blood red talon
on the snow
Ron Moss
spring fever
new piglets nestle
into pink
Marily Appl Walker
moon on the fencepost
around the brown wood
wire loops turn silver
Frances McCarthy
August sweet william
your ribbons all in tatters
white and red and rose
Stephen Collington
rain subsides
from the cloudy sky
"--- sudden blue
James M. Thompson
his most favored ginger scraper
earth tone shard
an abandoned rice bowl
Stella Guillory
tiny blue shoes
mourners drift past
the snowdrift
Ron Moss
sky blue triangle
morning fills
the curtain gap
Frances McCarthy
golden orb-weaver,
goldenrod, golden summer
sun in September
Stephen Collington
the yellow
of a banana slug . . .
along my walking stick
Garry Gay
a red urge
like a piano
a gift from mother
Stella Guillory
I place a little Buddha
with the pinks in my planter
first day of spring
Marily Appl Walker
and now October
passing, and with it passing
yellow red brown gold
Stephen Collington
strange flowers?
yellow and fuchsia
tennis balls
James M. Thompson
dusting off his book
again
crow black trees begin to caw
David Boyer
true blue
ten kilo walk makes me
sing a lot
mae hiroya
Black boats paddle
on choppy blue waters.
Wintering Coots.
Bonnie Hudson
white warp set
loom waits for color
life begins
Oriane Stender
after a leaf
to the yellow carpet
a chestnut
Dejan Pavlinovic
on the broken branch
leaves turn red--
he never had a chance
David Boyer
streaming yellow
weavers leave behind
the silence
John Barlow
a dog lies
on pathway full of
purple blooms
mae hiroya
one white snowflake
after another…
great laughter
Bruce Kennedy
indigo warp
rose weft ends before achieving violet
life cut short
Oriane Stender
red eye
amidst the blue-
sea sunset
Dejan Pavlinovic
blue after the storm--
the dumpster
overflowing with balloons
David Boyer
white morning
one of kids has just
cried out
mae hiroya
garden nandina
scarlet clustered berries
winter feast
Ginny Leidig
at sunset
an odd red cloud -
the shape of someone's soul
Ludmila Balabanova
vermillion blood
stains broken streets
the dead of winter
Cathy Drinkwater Better
at the red dot "You Are Here" map
a slight breeze blowing
this way
Tim Singleton
feathers
under the feeder…
shades of gray
Karen Cesar
white cherry-flower
is falling down in child's hand -
unexpected gift.
Posnaies Oana Aurora
color of flowers
bright pattern of butterflies
like spattering paint
Pat Geyer
rain-soaked schoolyard…
bouncing down the street
a red umbrella
Cathy Drinkwater Better
three inches long
three inches away
a black-capped chickadee
Tim Singleton
that late night moonlight
gleams upon a blacksmith's forge
and cools red embers
Posnaies Oana Aurora
young green tree leaves grow
up to wear an old fall coat
of many colors
Pat Geyer
as shadows lengthen--
rust and orange
chyrsanthemums
Cathy Drinkwater Better
new year's day
pale pink sunrise
ancient earth
April Serock
burnt orange skyline - a sunset missed
Ken Saunders
who left the cap off
the blue-tongued lizard
soaking in the sun
Christine Allinson
a red-crowned vulture
wings spread to the sun
Easter morn
Renee Owen
campfire smoke
the sky as grey…
cold silence
Ruth Powell
freedom of airs--
on a green field
rows of white crosses
Isabel Pose
give body heat
animal to mineral
blue rock in my bed
Ken Saunders
evening rain
a snail by the curb
caught in traffic light colors
Richard Burri
a rain-splattered newt
…red feet slowly circle
the autumn lake
Renee Owen
nosebleeds
on white wad
unfold - bright paper chains
Ken Saunders
april morning jog…
pacing my dew-wet shadow
a yellow butterfly
Richard Burri
the wounded deer
has dyed red
the dew of the dawn
Isabel Pose
white sky
the rumble of snowblowers
deepens
Jennifer Corpe
November rain
gray-hoofed horses rush
across cobblestones
Sherry Weaver Smith
counting winter stars with a gray finger
Dana Duclo
beach sunset
their silhouettes deepen
to indigo
Bette Norcross Wappner
year turned sunny
redwood shade squeaks 'bye, hello?
a black-capped chickadee…
art
first dawn
the blush
of some undrunk champagne
Jennifer Corpe
sunlight through water-
yellow fish descend
to coral bones
Sherry Weaver Smith
winter night-
how warm the green leaves
in my dream
Tom Clausen
a child cries
the yellow balloon soars
with a smiley face
Andrea Gradidge
countless scratches
on the windowpane--
the verdigris moon
Emiko Miyashita
zig zag
flashes of emerald
damselflies
Gael Bage
into dawn,
black night splinters-
magpies rasp
Sherry Weaver Smith
near and far
blue birds with the seeds
from white cosmos
Althea Rowe Watson
school haiku walk
gold dandelion dust
on little chins
Bette Norcross Wappner
their taupe hallway
a frieze in black felt marker
by their grandson
Andrea Gradidge
the amber arms
of his reading glasses--
another cricket joins
Emiko Miyashita
my father's grave-
the deep green
of fresh grass
Jacek
new year's dawn--
white light reforms
in a dewdrop's wake
Terry O'Connor
rising mist…
the ocean skin
leaches blue
Rob Scott
they run
at the icy patch…
white breath
Terry O'Connor
his last year
our words flowed freely -
deepening blue dusk
hortensia anderson
morning fog---
the muted caws
of a grey crow
John Soules
broken moon--
flood victim's white teeth
aftger getting the reliefs
Quamrul Hassan
winter solstice
the flash of the blue
among the spruces
Jacek
sleepless night of rain -
blue dawn soaks through
the window
hortensia anderson
full moon--
even her grey hair
shining
Quamrul Hassan
"What popsicle?"
asks my daughter's blue lips:
summer solstice
Heather Jagman
red cardinal
winters only reminder
of summers passion
Michelle Chandler
Young eyes widen,
gathering scenes reflected
by a red glass heart.
Michelle Kilgore
calls of distant geese
through the little woods -
low silver sky
Sharon Hammer Baker
a loaf shape
under the altar cloth
white Christmas
Dan Schwerin
grey smudge
horizon rain
chases me home
Joanne Baldwin
saffron robes
these autumn leaves
Michelle Chandler
cinnamon hearts
the children's laughing
red mouths
Meredith Stern Cavalieri
the indigo around her eye waxing hunger moon
Dan Schwerin
monastery sky
white ghost over flint
snowy owl
Joanne Baldwin
red, ,red, ,
the nameless flower-
lightning flashes!
manoj saranathan
red sun
the one in my belly
hotter
Michelle Chandler
the sun sets
behind our sail
red right return
Beth Powell
sibling rivalry
his eyes
a darker shade of green
Meredith Stern Cavalieri
tangerine sun -
the birds sing louder
this morning
Sharon Hammer Baker
crisscrossing
myriad greens and one blue-
a meadowlark
manoj saranathan
coughing blood,
Shiki stains
the Milky Way
Bill Pauly
blood pressure falls
a green line on monitor
bird skimming waves
S.E. Carlisle
yellow flames
and falling leaves
the poet's beard
paul conneally
snow covered tracks
black gondolas escaping
from the city
Ed Schwellenbach
winter sky --
pulling blue
out of dad's eyes
Irene Golas
heading home . . .
brown mango blossoms link
my past all the way
Kala Ramesh
lost in the desert
a valentine heart
blown into sunset
Bill Pauly
part-time job's waiting:
warming up the boarding house
Santa's red outfit…
Cristian Mocanu
each yellow flash
of the snow plow --
the rush of dusk
John Shiffer
desert sands
the never-ending
blue blue sky
Kala Ramesh
easy to lose
purple waves
wishing on stars
Bill Pauly
into your lunchbox
the last of the peking duck
scallions still green
S.E. Carlisle
sea of white troubled
by all rainbow's colours:
New Year's fireworks
Cristian Mocanu
white birch
looses color
to winter's ground
Judi Honiker
me
my loneliness
and this red wine on table
Tanu Deo Sharma
white frosted waves
pushing pulling
…star shine
Kristen Deming
surf song
gray gulls plait
the sunset
Nancy Smith
unpacking sweater box-
white cat hairs remind me
my Fur Ball is gone
Hazel A. Witherspoon
a snow cone of white
on the beagle's nose tip
the winter moon
Paul Cordeiro
kaleidoscope of color
bursts into spring
lavender and sage
Judi Honiker
July Fourth
the rockets red glare…
again the dead
Fr. RP
day of red roses
few hearts will blossom
few will wither
Tanu Deo Sharma
deep winter--
reluctantly turning off
the computer screen's blue
Kristen Deming
drug dealer
where his eyes should be
silver mirrors
Nancy Smith
at the flower show-
tiny pink mimosa leaf
bobs in the breeze
Hazel A. Witherspoon
supermarket shelf
purple crocuses
open too soon
Hilary Tann
sky blue
my favorite popsicle
falls to the ground
Judi Honiker
pockmarked garden
a white lily inches up
just for a day
Victor P. Gendrano
all greens gone
this emptiness of season
so burdensome
Tanu Deo Sharma
black and white cows--
she stirs chocolate powder
into my milk
DeVar Dahl
pausing. . .
the red of a red autumn
Sunset
Billie Dee
red knit hats
the boys play pond hockey
by moonlight
DeVar Dahl
my red peels
now dangling, loopy spirals
in a squirrel's mouth
Shelley Krause