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

February 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Hummingbird	Free Format Theme: Shadow
First place - 15 points red hibiscus a hummingbird in place above her ear Darrell Byrd (047 = 15) hummingbirds-- the smell of pine from the mountains DeVar Dahl (152 = 15) Second place - 12 points row of coral bells a hummingbird rings each one OwenB (125 = 12) carpenter's square - a hummingbird inspects the window Earl Keener (036 = 12) Third place - 11 points lalique hummingbird-- a thousand pieces of scattered sun Kathy Lippard Cobb (035 = 11) sudden movement in the honeysuckle . . . a hummingbird Joe Kirschner (132 = 11) Fourth place - 10 points making tea - the china hummingbird gets steamed Carol Raisfeld (042 = 10) Fifth place - 9 points iridescence~ the hummingbird pauses on a branch tip Allen McGill (017 = 9) cupped leaf a ruby-throated hummingbird takes a bath Angèle Lux (017 = 9) Sixth place - 8 points hovering hummingbird ... sleeping bloodhound flicks an ear Donald McLeod (113 = 8) spring debutantes approach the open bar: hummingbird feeder Heather Anderson (040 = 8) Seventh place - 7 points the stripper's red bra seduces two male hummingbirds laundry day Edward (201 = 7) Eighth place - 4 points hummingbird-- the shadows of trees move away from the sun Martin Gottlieb Cohen (004 = 4) pruning eucalypts-- tree surgeons face to face with wrathful hummingbirds Linda Papanicolaou (012 = 4) cup of tea and hummingbird cake morning break Patricia A. Laurent (020 = 4) in this white world dreaming of a hummingbird Edith Muta (020 = 4) Ninth place - 3 points north wind hummingbird rests on my finger Meryl Duprey (011 = 3) whistling dive - two white eggs in the hummingbird's nest doris Kasson (011 = 3) fresh leafs clicking on — hummingbirds’ massed Sunday brunch among peach blossoms art (011 = 3)	First Place - 16 points sunday morning in the steeple's shadow virgin snow Carol Raisfeld (323 = 16) Second Place - 15 points campfire shadows-- pine smoke flavors the pork and beans DeVar (144 = 15) Third Place - 14 points in my shadow I see more deeply into the water Nancy Smith (038 = 14) Fourth Place - 12 points fall afternoon -- a bird's shadow perches on the pumpkin Peter H. Pache (044 = 12) Fifth Place - 11 points beneath the lily pads shadows with eyes OwenB (043 = 11) Sixth Place - 9 points hands spreading laughter in the children's ward shadows on the wall doris Kasson (025 = 9) Seventh Place - 8 points the old reading lamp remembering mom from the shadow of her chair mike farley (024 = 8) Eight Place - 7 points sunset... a hummingbird flits through shadows Martin Gottlieb Cohen (104 = 7) shadows lengthen amid lingering heat Gershwin’s blues Joe Kirschner (104 = 7) Ninth Place - 6 points Jogging in moonlight along the river bank my shadow and I Tom (022 = 6) mounded snow~ deep blue shadows behind the barn Allen McGill (022 = 6) hoarfrost in the morning shadows fingers of sun Linda P. (022 = 6) Tenth Place - 5 points Olympic trials the aging long jumper lands on his shadow Donald McLeod (005 = 5) Fresh autumn morning. Two stilted shadows moving towards our car. Horst Ludwig (013 = 5) no moon tonight the starlight alone making shadows of trees Ruzica Mokos (102 = 5) silent treatment-- amethyst shadows drift across the snow Kathy Lippard Cobb (021 = 5) lengthening shadows a teen-ager gazes at his old swing set soji (013 = 5) July heat wave thirsty cows crowd into the silo's shadow Edward (021 = 5) Eleventh Place - 4 points in the children's room animal shadows running as a car passes emile molhuysen (101 = 4) evening twilight - my shadow walks ahead and disappears Jochen Hahn-Klimroth (012 = 4) In the sunrise the first faint shadows on the path Gerd Börner (012 = 4) Twelfth Place - 3 points Early dusk shadow fills every track in the deep snow Florence (011 = 3) parting embrace a moonlight shadow marks the sundial Darrell Byrd (003 = 3) bus stop-- an exhausted shadow skulks over the snow Earl Keener (003 = 3) on the sidewalk my shadow ahead of me – a bitter wind Marylouise Knight (011 = 3) weekend gingko my shadow and I resting next to a pond Hazel (011 = 3) French kiss in the English garden only one shadow Angèle Lux (003 = 3)

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