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 votes 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.

August 2004 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Dog Days	Free Format Theme: Cookies
First Place -- 28 Points dog days the old fence leans towards its shadow Sue Stanford (2,4,14) = 28 Second Place -- 19 Points dog days a copperhead slithers out of its skin Robert (0,6,7) = 19 Third Place -- 18 Points dog days-- a fly in the lemonade rests now and then DeVar (1,5,5) = 18 Fourth Place -- 17 Points dog day afternoon - he preaches salvation over mint juleps sara winteridge (1,5,4) = 17 Fifth Place -- 14 Points Dog day… a bank of clouds stalls on the horizon Ed Markowski (0,4,6) = 14 dog days once again the cicada's cry fills the cemetery Earl Keener (0,2,10) = 14 Sixth Place -- 13 Points dog day night --- I dream, covered by the moon Carol Raisfeld (0,4,5) = 13 dog day stillness - a horse blinks away his flies . . . Carole MacRury (0,2,9) = 13 Seventh Place -- 12 Points dog days -- in each shadow a stray Nancy Smith (0,5,2) = 12 dog days the vulture sits motionless Peter H. Pache (0,2,8) = 12 Eighth Place -- 10 Points dog days a tree frog leaps from its shadow martin (1,1,5) = 10 Ninth Place -- 9 Points head propped on the empty water dish dog days Allen McGill (0,0,9) = 9 dog days a mirage shimmers the highway Carmel C. Lively (0,2,5) = 9 dog days the suction cup lets go of the suncatcher Joann (0,1,7) = 9 Tenth Place -- 7 Points dog days -- a whiff of my neighbor's barbecue Laryalee Fraser (0,3,1) = 7 dog day-- I pull a red dress from the closet Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,1,5) = 7 dog day heat--- a wasp makes us alive one by one Grzegorz Sionkowski (0,2,3) = 7 Eleventh Place -- 6 Points dog days: my computer freezes up oino sakai (0,0,6) = 6 Tucson dog days a poplar growing through a rusted sun roof linda galloway (0,2,2) = 6 dog days an air-conditioner whines at the sunrise Mark Hollingsworth (0,2,2) = 6 dog day . . . blossom to blossom a hummingbird H. Gene Murtha (0,2,2) = 6 a hound snores under the porch . . . dog days of summer David Bewley (1,0,3) = 6 Twelfth Place -- 5 Points his tongue hangs out twice as long as usual-- these dog days Paul O. Williams (0,1,3) = 5 dog days I save a wasp from drowning in the salad dressing Tore Sverredal (1,0,2) = 5 dog days the cat laying under the AC till dusk kawazu (0,1,3) = 5 Thirteenth Place -- 4 Points dog day blue the calm in the heat john tiong chunghoo (0,1,2) = 4 the same sentence over and over -- dog day haze roberta beary (0,1,2) = 4 sunlight filled with cicada buzz dog day haze greg lammers (0,1,2) = 4 dog days-- a chorus of crickets each night Owen Burkhart (0,0,4) = 4 Fourteenth Place -- 3 Points dog days of summer rabbits remain in the shade Audrey Downey (0,1,1) = 3 dog days cat and I footprint the flagstones sheila windsor (0,0,3) = 3 iced tea glasses sweat rocking in the moonlight dog day evening Rose Marie Stutts (0,0,3) = 3 dog days the chow seeking the tree's shadow bre ;^) (0,0,3) = 3 dog day golf a pup stretches his belly on the damp green Darrell Byrd (0,0,3) = 3 lazy dog days Sirius rises with the sun as I turn over Deborah P Kolodji (1,0,0) = 3 dog days hang on winds from the south green thunderclouds J Blain (0,0,3) = 3	First Place -- 20 Points day moon a tray of cookies cools on the window sill Sue (0,4,12) = 20 Second Place -- 17 Points distant crow--- my last cookie falls from its beak Israel L. Balan (2,3,5) = 17 sermon over -- on a back pew cookie crumbs Laryalee Fraser (2,2,7) = 17 wanting to write a haiku about cookies, I eat the whole jar Zhanna P. Rader (1,3,8) = 17 Third Place -- 14 Points cookies our footsteps quicken sheila windsor (1,3,5) = 14 Fourth Place -- 12 Points January moon in the office window an almond cookie J Blain (0,4,4) = 12 Fifth Place -- 11 Points Oaschsmeal cookie… remembering grandmother's broken english Ed Markowski (1,1,6) = 11 cookie crumbs a finger finds the hole in my pocket Darrell Byrd (0,2,7) = 11 tattered diary-- cookie crumbs and memories beneath lock and key Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,2,4) = 11 remembering cookies and milk-- a mother cries Owen Burkhart (1,3,2) = 11 Sixth Place -- 10 Points toothless spitting pecans out of her shortbread cookie bre ;^) (1,2,3) = 10 stop light brushing cookie crumbs off my sunburn ushi (0,3,4) = 10 Seventh Place -- 9 Points summer comfort -- warm sugar cookies dipped in cold milk Carol Raisfeld (0,2,5) = 9 one cookie two children the puppy snatches it Janet Parker (1,2,2) = 9 bits of conversation from cell phones in the park-- cookie crumbs DeVar (1,2,2) = 9 half-eaten cookie a chocolate fingerprint on the lace curtain Deborah P Kolodji (1,0,6) = 9 after the picnic three magpies scrap over cookie crumbs Peter H. Pache (1,2,2) = 9 Eighth Place -- 8 Points leaving home mothers cookie secrets smudged with tears Kylie Hooklyn (1,1,3) = 8 little finger scooping cookie dough Mom's half smile greg lammers (0,1,6) = 8 holiday cookies- maintaining their shape Aparna Iyer (1,1,3) = 8 Ninth Place -- 7 Points in the crease between chin and jowl a cookie crumb Sue Stanford (1,1,2) = 7 Tenth Place -- 6 Points Patio tray, three raisin cookies. Are those ants? Trevor Camp (1,1,1) = 6 Eleventh Place -- 5 Points after tea - a fly is taking a bite from a last cookie Cornelia (0,2,1) = 5 the lost child found in the smell of cookies-- Christmas Eve Dan Schwerin (0,1,3) = 5 fortune cookie advice everything will be fine learn chinese angelee deodhar (1,0,2) = 5 porch screen-- cookie crumbs scattered on the moon martin (1,0,2) = 5 a cookie lies trampled down in the grass thunderclouds Tore Sverredal (0,1,3) = 5 Twelfth Place -- 4 Points break-up lunch for once no one splits the last cookie roberta beary (0,1,2) = 4 picking cookie crumbs from my shirt pocket lint-- that hungry Paul O. Williams (0,1,2) = 4 grocery store tantrum the teenage mother heads for the cookie aisle Edward (0,0,4) = 4 stubborn itch remnants of last night's cookies in bed Allen McGill (0,1,2) = 4 midterm exams he eats the last chocolate chip cookie Carmel C. Lively (0,0,4) = 4 late night movie - waking up with cookie crumbs Ao Tomato (0,0,4) = 4 Thirteenth Place -- 3 Points camper making friends with fortune cookies from home Nancy Smith (0,0,3) = 3

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