April 2006 Kukai

The results of the voting have been tabulated and are listed below. Congratulations to Bill Kenney, the winner of our Kigo section, and to Laryalee Fraser, the winner of our Free Format section!


In the listing below, after each poem the author is listed, and then a three digit code revealing how many 3-point, 2-point, and 1-point points were cast for this poem by the other participating poets.

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

April 2006 Results
Kigo Theme: Wildflowers
Free Format Theme:
Rock or Stone

First Place -- 22 pts
February wind
wanting to believe
the crocus

Bill Kenney
(2,5,6) = 22 pts


Second Place -- 17 pts
goat path
the wild violets nibbled
by shadows

Darrell Lindsey
(1,3,8) = 17 pts


Third Place -- 15 pts
daylight savings
poppies still open
after supper

Mark Hollingsworth
(1,3,6) = 15 pts

urban jungle. . .
wildflowers thrive
among the graffiti

Kathy Lippard Cobb
(1,3,6) = 15 pts

marsh marigolds--
a turtle going
somewhere

Ami
(1,2,8) = 15 pts

bordering
the road not taken
wildflowers

Tom Painting
(1,1,10) = 15 pts


Fourth Place -- 14 pts
two dragonflies
tango
on a wildflower

Simply Maire
(0,5,4) = 14 pts


Fifth Place -- 13 pts
lonely stroll
forget-me-nots
the color of her eyes

RaV
(0,1,11) = 13 pts

wild flax—
a minute of blue sky
on a cloudy day

DeVar
(1,2,6) = 13 pts


Sixth Place -- 12 pts
broken curfew
she brings home
a wild rose

Dave Bacharach
(1,0,9) = 12 pts

deep woods--
lady slippers just
quietly there

Mary Lee McClure
(1,0,9) = 12 pts

tugging my hand
she leads me to a wildflower
we've just passed

Beverley George
(0,1,10) = 12 pts


Seventh Place -- 11 pts
here and there
pink ladies gossip
in the tall grass

Melanie Alberts
(1,1,6) = 11 pts

campaign promises...
a wild rose wilts
on the candidate's lapel

ed markowski
(1,2,4) = 11 pts


Eighth Place -- 10 pts
for your fragrance,
I gladly bend low,
wild violet!

Tom
(1,2,3) = 10 pts

college expansion—
yellow lady slippers
yellow bulldozers

Elizabeth Fanto
(0,3,4) = 10 pts


Ninth Place -- 9 pts
lily-of-the-valley:
a scent so much bigger
than the tiny bells

Agnes Eva Savich
(1,1,4) = 9 pts

moon viewing
the wild iris
luminous

Margarita Engle
(1,2,2) = 9 pts

wild daisies -
the abandoned cabin
well protected

Audrey Downey
(1,3,0) = 9 pts

someone starts to whistle
and stops
sidewalk violets

David Boyer
(1,1,4) = 9 pts


Tenth Place -- 8 pts
the weight
of one footstep...
avalanche lilies

Laryalee Fraser
(1,1,3) = 8 pts

wild orchids --
his faltering hand
on her grave

Jacqueline Powers
(0,0,8) = 8 pts

wildflower painting . . .
I can almost feel
the wind

Marie Summers
(0,2,4) = 8 pts

scattered stones -
a couple of snowdrops
nodding to the moon

Ellen Compton
(0,2,4) = 8 pts


Eleventh Place -- 7 pts
courthouse--
she fidgets
with the fireweed bouquet

aom (tim)
(1,2,0) = 7 pts

red clover-
black bears
loll in the hum

Rap
(1,0,4) = 7 pts

dandelions—
calico kittens stalk
honeybees

Edward
0,2,3) = 7 pts

evening warmth. . .
in his hands
a cluster of wild lilies

Kala Ramesh
(0,1,5) = 7 pts


Twelfth Place -- 6 pts
village road
in the cloud of dust
fragrance of wildflowers

Zeljka Vucinic-Jambresic
(0,1,4) = 6 pts

funeral procession --
waving at the roadside
poppies

max verhart
(0,1,4) = 6 pts

wildflowers!
I follow her bark into
a field of butterflies

angelee deodhar
(0,1,4) = 6 pts

solemn burial
by the forget-me-nots
baby sparrow

-- ushi
(0,1,4) = 6 pts

dandelions—
the scent
of new asphalt

Andrew Riutta
(0,2,2) = 6 pts

bus departure -
a field of waving
wildflowers

Israel López Balan
(0,0,6) = 6 pts


Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts
wildflowers dance
whirling up the mountainside
into morning sun

po sey toon
(1,0,2) = 5 pts

is there a heaven?
from the hospice window
wild forget-me-knots

Nancy Smith
(0,2,1) = 5 pts

making a wish
on the buttercup --
yellow chin

Betty Kaplan
(0,0,5) = 5 pts

morning glories
synchronizing
all the clocks

Laura Orabone
(0,0,5) = 5 pts

wrong side of town-
cracked sidewalks overgrown
with dandelions

William A. Lane
(0,0,5) = 5 pts


Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts
wildflowers
crushed in a tiny fist --
his smile eclipses their brilliance

--- Aalix Roake
(0,1,2) = 4 pts

Hepatica closes
its petals for the night –
my baby, his eyes

Zhanna P. Rader
(0,1,2) = 4 pts

blind date
I pick
wildflowers

Amitava Dasgupta
(0,1,2) = 4 pts

mountain top wedding
the bride wears
a crown of daisies

Richmond Williams
(0,1,2) = 4 pts

by the road
bluebonnet clusters --
one white cross

James M. Thompson
(0,1,2) = 4 pts

poor but proud,
wildflowers adorn
her Easter bonnet

Tristan Coleridge
(0,0,4) = 4 pts

morning commute
red clover in bloom
slows me down

Jennifer Soule
(0,0,4) = 4 pts

thunderstorm--
all the goldenrod
flattened by hail

-- oino sakai
(0,0,4) = 4 pts


Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts
Snakeroot
nodding along the trail
yes, yes

Paul Hunter
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

creeping around
the garden gate
- wildflowers

doris kasson
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

bleeding heart
arrives by
overnight express

Suzume Shi
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

April,
Wild thyme
in the Zen garden

smzang
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

wild rose...
a petal comes loose,
lifts in the breeze

Vaughn Seward
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

wild violets
so quiet
when I bend over them

Petar Tchouhov
(0,0,3) = 3 pts


First Place -- 26 pts
midnight moon
the coldness
of a stone bench

Laryalee Fraser
(0,5,16) = 26 pts


Second Place -- 22 pts
home...
I forget the pebble
in my shoe

citygirl
(0,7,8) = 22 pts


Third Place -- 21 pts
not noticing
the tiny flowers on the rock
until the butterfly

Tom
(0,5,11) = 21 pts


Fourth Place -- 19 pts
skipping stones
I learn the meaning
of release

Tom Painting
(0,5,9) = 19 pts


Fifth Place -- 14 pts
at the foot
of the climbing-rock
- mom

doris kasson
(1,3,5) = 14 pts

teenage daughter
the smooth surface
of a worry stone

Dave Bacharach
(1,2,7) = 14 pts

the baby
mother never talks about...
moss-covered rock

--Irene Golas
(0,3,8) = 14 pts

bonsai forest
the suiseki stone mountain
four inches tall

Margarita Engle
(0,3,8) = 14 pts


Sixth Place -- 13 pts
father's funeral
sound of gravel
louder with every step

Gabriel Sawicki
(1,1,8) = 13 pts

prairie road
my pocket chinks
with agates

-- ushi
(0,4,5) = 13 pts

spring thaw
the rock garden
first to bloom

Paul R
(0,3,7) = 13 pts

narrow canyon...
a child drops a pebble
into the depths

Vaughn Seward
(0,2,9) = 13 pts


Seventh Place -- 11 pts
still water -
no flat stone
to be found

Audrey Downey
(0,2,7) = 11 pts


Eighth Place -- 9 pts
fog and stone . . .
I release your ashes
to the tide

Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,2,5) = 9 pts


Ninth Place -- 8 pts
unmoved--
those silent
lichened rocks

Mary Lee McClure
(0,1,6) = 8 pts

skipping stones:
I get a kiss
for each splash

-- lucindab
(0,1,6) = 8 pts

mayflowers
a child fills her basket
from the headstones

Ellen Compton
(2,0,2) = 8 pts

July heat
goats among the stones
graze the crickets' song

Boris Nazansky
(1,2,1) = 8 pts

impending rain
the crack and scent
of two flint stones

Agnes Eva Savich
(1,0,5) = 8 pts

a boulder
totally immersed
in memory

max verhart
(0,2,4) = 8 pts

spring beach...
a baby crab climbs
its first rock

Keiko Izawa
(0,0,8) = 8 pts


Tenth Place -- 7 pts
Standing fast
in the sunlight
stone Buddha

Vasile Moldovan
(0,0,7) = 7 pts

third world mother –
among her prayer beads
a tiger’s eye

Nancy Smith
(0,3,1) = 7 pts

sun-warmed stones . . .
two dragonflies mate
above the current

Marie Summers
(0,1,5) = 7 pts

a dragonfly
the trickle of water
at the gravel spring

John Daleiden
(1,1,2) = 7 pts


Eleventh Place -- 6 pts
Marble headstones
I finally found the one
with my dad's name

Linda Warner
(1,1,1) = 6 pts

season to season
river stones, older than
our time together

Carol Raisfeld
(0,2,2) = 6 pts

preschool recess
disputed ownership
of a smooth rock

Carmel Lively Westerman
(0,0,6) = 6 pts

geology museum--
students race
to purchase rock candy

aom (tim)
(0,0,6) = 6 pts

lakeside resort
grandpa pays a penny
for every agate

Edward
(0,1,4) = 6 pts

mossy rocks --
shadow of the dying maple
still green

--baldhead
(0,1,4) = 6 pts


Twelfth Place -- 5 pts
black tide smell
out amongst the rocks
an empty moon

paula fisher
(0,1,3) = 5 pts

bird watching
the flight path
of a pebble

ernest j berry, picton, nz
(0,1,3) = 5 pts

barefoot laughter
a fast jig
over river stones

Darrell Lindsey
(0,1,3) = 5 pts

Rising sun
warms this old rock
...again

Paul Hodder
(0,1,3) = 5 pts

black ant
mistakes a rock
for a mountain

Paul Hunter
(0,1,3) = 5 pts

gathering peace
by the koi pond
watching rocks grow

Rose Marie Stutts
(0,0,5) = 5 pts


Thirteenth Place -- 4 pts
steady sound
of a backhoe bit
blue rock blues

shanna
1,0,1) = 4 pts

an autumn trip
rocky mountain between us
and the setting Sun

D.V.Rozic
(0,2,0) = 4 pts

spring rain
river and rip-rap
one color

Bill Kenney
(0,1,2) = 4 pts

a chameleon
on the rocks beside us
when we awaken

Devika
(0,1,2) = 4 pts


Fourteenth Place -- 3 pts
after rain
in the stone’s heart
a piece of sky

Laura Orabone
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

heavy spring rain
all the river rocks
shining

Bruce Ross
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

old rock
old monk meditates
-spring dusk

Amitava Dasgupta
(0,0,3) 3 pts

collecting rocks -
the full moon
floats in the sky

CaMILA
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

one last voice
from the carved granite --
white lily

James M. Thompson
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

meandering
among the Inca stones
baby llama and mother

Janet Brof
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

rockslide
flecks of mica everywhere
the morning sun

Mark Hollingsworth
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

colored stones --
the gold fish swim
'round and 'round

Betty Kaplan
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

road cut --
a pine grows through
layered oceans

Ann K. Schwader
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

children hurl stones
men in armored tanks
lay flat their homes

Elaine Mokhtefi
(1,0,0) = 3 pts

spring phenomena
the cultivated field
still yields new rocks

Elizabeth Fanto
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

steep trail –
our grumbles stop when we see
a tree growing out of a rock

Zhanna P. Rader
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

flint chips of old ones
a bear breathes inside the rock
kokoppelli's flute...

Art
(0,0,3) = 3 pts

shift from hell...
wondering if this job is
the rock or hard place

Hazel
(0,1,1) = 3 pts

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