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.

December 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: First Snow	Free Format Theme: Heirloom
First Place -- 13 Points recess the first snow already gone Michael Baribeau (0,4,5) = 13 Second Place -- 12 Points first snow the frozen shadow of the steeple Carol Raisfeld (0,4,4) = 12 soup line-- a tattered child makes the first snow angel Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,2,5) = 12 Third Place -- 11 Points first snow already yellow-- neighbor's dog oino sakai (0,3,5) = 11 first snow a hopping sparrow prints arrows Grzegorz Sionkowski (1,0,8) = 11 first snow on the rusted pump sunset Larry Gross (2,1,3) = 11 Fourth Place -- 9 Points meowing at the back door-- first snow Robert Mestre (0,2,5) = 9 pink tongues of the pre-schoolers first snow Allen McGill (0,3,3) = 9 scent of woodsmoke last leaf falling with the first snow Kurumi (0,2,5) = 9 first snow on the baby's nose . . . crossed eyes ushi (0,2,5) = 9 Fifth Place -- 8 Points the leaves I've neglected-- first snow Toshiro Takeshita (0,1,6) = 8 first snow-- the suckling lapses into deep slumber an'ya (1,2,1) = 8 this path that we always walk first snow Tiong Chunghoo (1,1,3) = 8 first snow the cat door remains firmly closed celia crook (0,3,2) = 8 first snow everywhere so much quieter Richard Goring (0,1,6) = 8 Sixth Place -- 7 Points early morning paw prints in first snow from tree to tree Dusko Matas (0,2,3) = 7 first snow today I'll wash the dishes by hand Joann (1,1,2) = 7 Seventh Place -- 6 Points first snow his tiny face crinkles with the touch of it Earl Keener (0,0,6) = 6 sea gulls huddled on the parking lot . . . first snow Darrell Byrd (0,1,4) = 6 Eighth Place -- 5 Points first snow sound of a zipper the laughing boy emile molhuysen (0,2,1) = 5 first snow not quite believing the white Mary Lee McClure (0,1,3) = 5 first snow -- the bright red of a cardinal Janet Parker (0,1,3) = 5 Ninth Place -- 4 Points first snow every word jingles in december Owen Burkhart (0,1,2) = 4 first snow . . . the kids' upturned heads and open mouths Zhanna P. Rader (0,0,4) = 4	First Place -- 23 Points attic dust bronze baby shoes and a purple heart Carol Raisfeld (1,8,4) = 23 Second Place -- 16 Points late dad's rolex the time he promised to spend with me Tiong Chunghoo (1,2,9) = 16 Third Place -- 14 Points wedding day grandmother's gown walks again Kylie Hooklyn (0,3,8) = 14 Fourth Place -- 13 Points after sixty years grandpa's pocket watch still set on Berlin time c. lee robinson (2,2,3) = 13 Fifth Place -- 10 Points yellowed paper bound with darning thread gran's recipes ushi (0,2,6) = 10 my sister's house realizing who got grandmother's silver roberta beary (0,3,4) = 10 Sixth Place -- 8 Points above the mantle our family's legacy a clock with no hands Owen Burkhart (0,2,4) = 8 my mother's face looks back at me from the mirror Helen Ruggieri (2,0,2) = 8 Seventh Place -- 7 Points grave marker the family history carved in stone Allen McGill (0,2,3) = 7 hardened leather now - grandad's razor strop curled in a trunk Glen Keener (0,2,3) = 7 heirloom smile the curve of her mother's lips J Blain (1,2,0) = 7 year on year more of my mother in her mirror Hugh Waterhouse (1,1,2) = 7 Eighth Place -- 6 Points wishing we had a little more time-- dad's pocket watch Toshiro Takeshita (0,0,6) = 6 a squirrel's heirloom from one buried acorn this oak full of new nests Tim Singleton (1,1,1) = 6 pine and cinnamon centering the punch bowl on mother's old lace Kurumi (0,2,2) = 6 winter wedding grandmother's ring in a new setting Joann (0,1,4) = 6 in the bottom drawer flowers stitched on fine linen -- my grandmother's hand Marylouise Knight (0,0,6) = 6 on the flyleaf my name under hers - Gramma's Bible oino sakai (0,1,4) = 6 Ninth Place -- 5 Points Christmas week each watch comes with a story crowded pawn shop Edward (0,0,5) = 5 moon shadows stir on the bedroom wall-- lace doilies DeVar (0,2,1) = 5 grandma's quilt how faint the stars in the evening night Angèle Lux (0,1,3) = 5 Tenth Place -- 4 Points cleaning out our stuff everything that's hers is an heirloom soji (0,2,0) = 4 tiffany lamp -- remembering her from the patterns on the wall mike farley (0,1,2) = 4 knob-footed-- grandma's footstool still four-square Mary Lee McClure (0,2,0) = 4 the youngest's letter browning on the Yule log: Please Santa, be real . . . Nancy Smith (0,1,2) = 4 his graduation gift -- a gold pocketwatch engraved 1902 Janet Parker (0,0,4) = 4 my first grandchild wearing the christening robe worn by my grandmother Richard Goring (0,0,4) = 4 silver earrings from my great grandmother - still kept in their case Zhanna P. Rader (0,0,4) = 4 old turquoise catches winter light inherited sky Ann K. Schwader (1,0,1) = 4 mother's hat box-- my childhood captured in black and white squares Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,0,1) = 4 a magpie nest in the old silver fir granny's wedding ring Tore Sverredal (0,2,0) = 4 at her funeral mother's best china dishes on the table Lesley Dahl (0,1,2) = 4

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