(214 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.

April 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Violets	Free Format Theme: Alley
First place - 23 votes melted snow where a ewe has slept wild violets Ray Mackenzie (273 = 23) Second place - 22 votes afterward – the scent of violets in her lingerie Carole MacRury (248 = 22) Third place - 13 votes mail call ... the scent of violets from home Carol Raisfeld (134 = 13) Fourth place - 12 votes nightfall -- a few wild violets half-buried in snow hortensia anderson (214 = 12) Fifth place - 10 votes grandmother's album-- bits of crushed violet between memories Kathy Lippard Cobb (042 = 10) african violets the ladies at the y laugh in their cups Earl Keener (123 = 10) kite flying the sway of blue violets w.f. owen (220 = 10) Sixth place - 8 votes spring dusk - dog violets and the first few stars Jon Davey (113 = 8) after the long climb I share my water with the violets Hugh Waterhouse (024 = 8) Seventh place - 5 votes still in bloom glazed violets on a chocolate cake semi (013 = 5) planting violets squiggly earthworms greet the sun bill lerz (021 = 5) dawn light on the window sill - violets Darrell Byrd (013 = 5) spring celebration-- violets and dandelion wine Mary Lee McClure (013 = 5) from the dirt where the fence digs in violets Kate Creighton (102 = 5) counting practice on the way to school hedgerow violets ushi (013 = 5) warplanes a mouse takes shelter among the violets Tore Sverredal (102 = 5) full moon the fragrance of violets underfoot Claire Murray (021 = 5) hand-painted violets the new mailbox always full Joann (102 = 5) Eighth place - 4 votes tears on his picture in the year book a violet corsage Betty (101 = 4) a bracelet of violets dangles from her dirty arm garden visit SUE Torres (012 = 4)	First place - 28 points cobblestone alley his cane knows the way w.f. owen (464 = 28) Second place - 18 points sidewalk café - an alley cat licks spilled latte Darrell Byrd (074 = 21) Third place - 14 points daybreak -- windows across the alley turn rose gold hortensia anderson (216 = 14) Fourth place - 11 points in an alley behind the bakery plump pigeons peigi (043 = 11) in the alley long-stemmed roses among the refuse Carole MacRury (027 = 11) deserted alley only the quarrel of cats in love angelee deodhar (035 = 11) trash day - the alley lined with hyacinths b'oki (221 = 11) Fifth place - 10 points window to window a clothesline across the alley spring breeze Betty (115 = 10) Sixth place - 9 points first star above the alleyway - a bag lady shuffles home ron moss (033 = 9) spring morning the old alley fills with twitter Tore Sverredal (122 = 9) Seventh place - 8 points rusty iron – she swings back and forth on the alley gate Marylouise Knight (016 = 8) Eighth place - 7 points in the alley a pile of papers starts to dance Jaloe (112 = 7) trash day a coyote leads two pups down the alley Joann (112 = 7) Ninth place - 6 points his last strike out she leaves the bowling alley in a huff bill lerz (103 = 6) above - the sound of laundered sheets an alley cat below Deborah Russell (022 = 6) lost in the city- a narrow alley to a strip of sky Earl Keener (014 = 6) Tenth place - 5 points a shaft of sunlight pierces the dark alley cease fire Allen McGill (110 = 5) cats on the prowl in the alley trash can his spurned roses Deborah P Kolodji (021 = 5) homesick we look for streets with alleys hollyhocks doris Kasson (110 = 5) deserted alley the dog's barking from behind the wall gillena cox (013 = 5) Eleventh place - 4 points city lights-- a posse of dogs loose in the alley Kathy Lippard Cobb (012 = 4) ghetto alley business as usual after midnight OwenB (012 = 4)

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