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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.

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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