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

April 2005 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Blossom	Free Format Theme: Pawprint (or other animal print)
First Place -- 22 Points all the blossoms … one grandchild imitates my sigh Jennie (2,3,10) = 22 Second Place -- 17 Points magnolia blossoms a line of black cars follow the hearse Carmel C. Lively (1,4,6) = 17 Third Place -- 16 Points cement truck -- apple blossoms speckle a worker's boot Laryalee Fraser (1,3,7) = 16 Fourth Place -- 15 Points renewing their vows- the gentle descent of cherry blossoms Marie Summers (2,3,3) = 15 Fifth Place -- 14 Points morning gust-- cupped apple blossoms spill rainwater bmm (1,3,5) = 14 Sixth Place -- 12 Points hide and seek behind the rusting tractor-- strawberry blossoms alexx (0,3,6) = 12 apricot blossoms … and we thought the tree had died Ella W (0,3,6) = 12 Seventh Place -- 11 Points family reunion-- cicada husks cling to the blossoms Andrew Riutta (0,2,7) = 11 Eighth Place -- 10 Points magnolia blossoms floating in a crystal bowl -- my grandmother's face Laura Orabone (0,3,4) = 10 cool wind pear blossoms falling on the apple stump George Hawkins (2,0,4) = 10 Ninth Place -- 9 Points midnight mist moist blossoms bend to touch the pond Carol Raisfeld (1,2,2) = 9 Tenth Place -- 8 Points a vulture circles - the agave blossom reaches its peak Allen McGill (1,0,5) = 8 desert sunrise ocotillo blossoms reach for light Mark Hollingsworth (0,2,4) = 8 lilac blossoms… the first carnival arrives in town Irene Golas (0,2,4) = 8 Eleventh Place -- 7 Points bird courtship jacaranda blossoms fall on my head Israel López Balan (0,1,5) = 7 death row-- behind the windowless wall peach blossoms open Nancy Smith (2,0,1) = 7 Twelfth Place -- 6 Points neighbour's plum-orchard covered with white blossoms - his head too D.V. Rozic (0,1,4) = 6 muffled buzz bee backs from blossom dusted gold Terry Ingram (1,0,3) = 6 orange blossoms . . one eye peeks from beneath the baby blanket Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,1,1) = 6 lilac blossoms the brimstone's wings fan the scent Flatline (1,1,1) = 6 Thirteenth Place -- 5 Points before the rain… in the camellia blossoms, a spider rests Kate (0,0,5) = 5 apple blossoms on an old knurled tree- grandpa smiles Dave Bacharach (0,2,1) = 5 blossoms twist in the breeze an old man contemplates death and taxes Gary R. Ford (0,1,3) = 5 again this year they haven't waited for the leaves- magnolia blossoms Bill Kenney (0,1,3) = 5 up to the street-end by my cycle again -- cherry blossoms Tom (0,2,1) = 5 broken fledgling amongst scattered apple blossom Hugh (1,1,0) = 5 Fourteenth Place -- 4 Points spring warmth among the sakura blossoms sparrows chirp john tiong chunghoo (0,1,2) = 4 magnolia blossoms the kindness of a stranger on a louisiana backroad ed markowski (0,1,2) = 4 wisping dunes- a fox pauses to water primrose blossoms Darrell Byrd (0,1,2) = 4 April wind-- her whisper stirs me under plum blossoms Earl Keener (1,0,1) = 4 Fifteenth Place -- 3 Points broken dream orange blossoms in the dust Patricia A. Laurent (0,0,3) = 3 in leafless trees gnarled limbs and thorns and plum blossoms Glen Keener (0,1,1) = 3 long time ago under the cherry blossoms our first hug emile molhuysen (0,1,1) = 3 shutting door- the almond blossoms smell more bitter Ginka Biliarska (0,0,3) = 3 carefully cradled between wounded palms; cactus blossom Jason Ferguson (0,0,3) = 3 dogwood blossoms clouds on the loose Wililam M. Gottlieb (0,0,3) = 3 dogwood blossoms- travelling home to make amends Clive Oseman (0,1,1) = 3 tourists gone -- a night breeze stirs the blossoms roberta beary (0,1,1) = 3 cherry blossoms are dancing in the wind sun behind clouds Cornelia (0,1,1) = 3 grand slam spring's first blossom off the bat Suzume Shi (1,0,0) = 3 hint of blue on a rainy day-- gladiolus blossoms Paul R (0,1,1) = 3 only the nose of the hiding rabbit moves-- wolfwillow blossoms DeVar (0,0,3) = 3	First Place -- 34 Points sandpiper one footprint ahead of the wave Mark Hollingsworth (5,7,5) = 34 Second Place -- 17 Points low tide a sandpiper's tracks in virgin sand Deborah P Kolodji (2,4,3) = 17 Third Place -- 15 Points early spring hoof prints on the heifer's shoulders Dave Bacharach (0,5,5) = 15 forest pathway the tractor's tyreprint full of tadpoles Flatline (2,2,5) = 15 Fourth Place -- 14 Points ignoring the orange cones… fresh pawprints Kate (1,3,5) = 14 morning fog-- raccoon prints on the skylight aom (tim) (0,2,10) = 14 Fifth Place -- 13 Points cat pawprinting my heart Linda Marucci (2,2,3) = 13 Sixth Place -- 12 Points pawprints in concrete - all that's left of our tomcat Tom (0,2,8) = 12 Seventh Place -- 11 Points a long journey pawprints follow the same way Israel López Balan (1,4,0) = 11 fingerpainting -- sudden giggles follow the cat's paw prints Laryalee Fraser (0,4,3) = 11 Eighth Place -- 10 Points muddy portage trail a woodcock probes each moose track for worms Edward (0,3,4) = 10 Ninth Place -- 9 Points time covers its tracks in apple blossoms William M. Gottlieb (1,3,0) = 9 sandy sea shore - a jaguar's footprints fill with water Zhanna P. Rader (2,1,1) = 9 Tenth Place -- 8 Points November night - Viewed through a dingy windshield, catprint on the moon. Stephen Koritta (1,1,3) = 8 a butterfly at a pond - an elephant's footprint puddle brahman~narayanan (0,2,4) = 8 stray cat - wet pawprints by the empty bowl yasuko z (1,2,1) = 8 Eleventh Place -- 7 Points early spring. . . in the spilled cough syrup, paw prints Marie Summers (1,0,4) = 7 wolf moon . . . fresh paw prints on the trail Darrell Byrd (1,0,4) = 7 Twelfth Place -- 6 Points fragrant breeze-- beaver footprints circle the cottonwood bmm (0,1,4) = 6 a bamboo flute its musical footprints still in me long after the concert Kala Ramesh (1,1,1) = 6 glass topped table sunlight reveals my kitten's pawprints teri (0,1,4) = 6 yellow tape across the new sidewalk crow foot prints ushi (0,0,6) = 6 Thirteenth Place -- 5 Points cicada song… unknown pawprints end into the night Marili Deandrea (0,2,1) = 5 homemade apple pie animal footprints at the compost pile Carmel C. Lively (0,2,1) = 5 french doors with expressionist pawprints … autumn rain Lorin Ford (0,2,1) = 5 Fourteenth Place -- 4 Points tracks pressed into wet 300 million-year-old shale these hills were tidal assu (0,2,0) = 4 a bearpaw buckle-- his fat hand hooked on it Paul O. Williams (1,0,1) = 4 muddy pasture the foal's unsteady hoofprints follow its mother's Sue (0,1,2) = 4 Christmas Day: squirrel prints on the roof lucindab (0,1,2) = 4 approaching storm - a dog's two pawprints on my pillow Myron Lysenko (0,2,0) = 4 Fifteenth Place -- 3 Points shaman's chest . . . a faded bear print surrenders to butterflies Andrew Riutta (0,1,1) = 3 dusk settles in the canyon bear prints walk the trail to our camp Gary R. Ford (0,0,3) = 3 feuding neighbours- the cat leaves pawprints along the fence Clive Oseman (0,0,3) = 3 dinosaur tracks in the rock by the river-- abandoned hawk nest DeVar (0,0,3) = 3 lone spring meadow - fresh hoofprints of a horse and footprints of a man Zeljka Vucinic-Jambresic (0,1,1) = 3 fresh snow the interlacing lines of rabbit prints George Hawkins (0,0,3) = 3 pawprints of a cat on a just written haiku cold april -- Cornelia (1,0,0) = 3 snowmelt- the hoof prints of mountain goats beside a foaming brook Nancy Smith (0,1,1) = 3 in from the rain-- the house guest leaves paw prints on the toilet seat Paul R (0,0,3) = 3

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