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

February 2005 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Winter Dusk	Free Format Theme: Sickness
First Place -- 46 Points winter dusk - silently a snow owl changes trees Zhanna P. Rader (5,8,15) = 46 Second Place -- 15 Points winter dusk into each furrow a darker crow Ian Daw (1,1,10) = 15 Third Place -- 14 Points the widow's gate clangs into the latch-- winter dusk Beverley George (1,1,9) = 14 Fourth Place -- 12 Points winter dusk two passengers talking about flowers Israel López Balan (1,2,5) = 12 winter dusk-- tattered and bent grass sweeps the snow bmm (1,2,5) = 12 winter dusk -- fingering the worn edges of her wedding ring Laryalee Fraser (2,1,4) = 12 winter dusk -- snowflakes around every lamp Ita (0,2,8) = 12 Fifth Place -- 11 Points winter dusk the busker's guitar is out of tune Flatline (0,2,7) = 11 winter dusk the lingering call of a turtle dove Johnye Strickland (1,2,4) = 11 Sixth Place -- 10 Points winter dusk- snow drifts losing their whiteness Barbara B. Campitelli (2,1,2) = 10 Seventh Place -- 9 Points The stray cat in my house for the night. Winter dusk. Linda Warner (0,1,7) = 9 winter dusk a mouse scurries from the hearth Darrell Byrd (1,1,4) = 9 Eighth Place -- 8 Points winter dusk my frozen breath dissolves in moonlight Amy Ludlow (0,1,6) = 8 winter dusk -- a lost puppy follows me up to my house Tomislav Maretic (0,1,6) = 8 winter dusk-- the remains of your life in a cardboard box Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,2,4) = 8 Ninth Place -- 7 Points winter dusk anticipating your passion Clive Oseman (1,0,4) = 7 a broken ink pen among the laundered shirts-- winter dusk Marie Summers (0,2,3) = 7 penguin walk in a world of black and white winter dusk Carmel C. Lively (1,2,0) = 7 winter dusk silver birch trunks fading into mist Sue Stanford (0,0,7) = 7 winter dusk golden mirrors turn to windows J Blain (1,1,2) = 7 winter dusk-- the dog turns for home aom (tim) (0,1,5) = 7 winter dusk the willow in my backyard silent as ever Fred (0,1,5) = 7 Tenth Place -- 6 Points goldfinches squabble over the day's last seeds winter dusk David C. Kopaska-Merkel (0,2,2) = 6 winter dusk finding his shoes still under the bed paula fisher (1,1,1) = 6 winter dusk a solitary bird's chirp deepens my loneliness john tiong chunghoo (0,1,4) = 6 silhouette of a lone pine winter dusk Meredith (1,0,3) = 6 Eleventh Place -- 5 Points winter dusk - a foal shivers the lamplight ron moss (0,1,3) = 5 winter dusk streetlights on all day ushi (0,1,3) = 5 my writing hand in her lap winter dusk Paul Pfleuger, Jr. (0,1,3) = 5 i go to bed with unfinished homework-- winter dusk DeVar (0,1,3) = 5 winter dusk- he sparks a fire in her eyes Paul R (1,0,2) = 5 Twelfth Place -- 4 Points at the small lake two coots and I-- winter dusk Paul O. Williams (0,0,4) = 4 conference call -- sunlight turns to winter dusk roberta beary (0,1,2) = 4 winter dusk -- plum wine served in a teacup adorned with iris ~Zoned Cat (0,2,0) = 4 winter dusk-- stars open their eyes Tristan Coleridge (0,1,2) = 4 winter dusk a silhouette on the ice lands a sparkling fish Earl Keener (0,0,4) = 4 naked pear trees-- his hammock fades into winter dusk Nancy Smith (0,1,2) = 4 winter dusk whiteness beneath streetlamps blossoming Boris Nazansky (0,1,2) = 4 winter dusk at the bus stop strangers huddle bre ;^) (0,1,2) = 4 winter dusk-- dog-eared pages in the sears catalog jt (0,1,2) = 4 winter dusk - the old dog roused by coyote song Carole MacRury (0,1,2) = 4 winter dusk a snow goose hooks its neck around the moon Dejah Thoris Leger (0,0,4) = 4 winter dusk this old man worries about the coming night Gary R. Ford (0,1,2) = 4 Thirteenth Place -- 3 Points just over there - chimney smoke curls into winter dusk sheila (1,0,0) = 3 winter dusk snowflakes and stars dance with the moon Terry Ingram (0,1,1) = 3 winter dusk-- cold shadows grow colder yet Mary Lee McClure (0,1,1) = 3 winter dusk gray stubble sticks as the sink drains Mark Hollingsworth (0,0,3) = 3 winter dusk settles through the pine -- first stars Ann K. Schwader (0,0,3) = 3 winter dusk gently it covers the white hyacinth pamela molhuysen (0,1,1) = 3 winter dusk in this semi-darkness chattering birds Janet Parker (1,0,0) = 3 winter dusk old lady on the bench lost in her mind Patricia A. Laurent (0,0,3) = 3 the old cat shivers outside my kitchen window winter dusk raven (0,1,1) = 3	First Place -- 28 Points homesick-- only the moon looks familiar Earl Keener (1,8,9) = 28 Second Place -- 26 Points sick-room window slowly a butterfly opens its wings sheila windsor (1,5,13) = 26 Third Place -- 16 Points morning sickness -- he blames the red wine she didn't drink ushi (1,5,3) = 16 new fishing rod -- borrowing an old line he phones in sick Laryalee Fraser (0,6,4) = 16 Fourth Place -- 14 Points hospital window- a sick child watches raindrops splash in a puddle Tomislav Maretic (1,3,5) = 14 homesick-- a plastic bag caught in a bare tree DeVar (0,3,8) = 14 Fifth Place -- 13 Points cusp of moon - a frail hand into mine ron moss (2,3,1) = 13 sick day the way clouds form and fade fade and form Mark Hollingsworth (1,1,8) = 13 calling in sick- not a thing to wear Kate (1,2,6) = 13 Sixth Place -- 12 Points white drift of bedside tissues cold front Ann K. Schwader (0,3,6) = 12 hospice garden-- the feral kitten chases its shadow Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,3,6) = 12 Seventh Place -- 11 Points sick bed the pile of new comic books grows larger each day Edward (0,1,9) = 11 Eighth Place -- 10 Points sick and alone even the night sky with no stars Israel López Balan (1,1,5) = 10 morning sickness-- she adds ice cream and peas to the grocery list aom (tim) (1,1,5) = 10 the constant drip of a hotel faucet ...homesick Paul R (1,0,7) = 10 Ninth Place -- 9 Points home sick a red robin bathes in the snowmelt J Blain (1,0,6) = 9 Tenth Place -- 8 Points a fourth doctor enters her sick room... the snow begins in earnest Ed Markowski (0,3,2) = 8 very ill- my conversation with daffodils Jason Sanford Brown (0,3,2) = 8 sick with flu: a friend leaves lemon bread at the door Irene Golas (0,0,8) = 8 sick with a cold the dog still needs to be walked Janet Parker (0,2,4) = 8 Eleventh Place -- 7 Points frozen puddle the surgeon's smiley on the plaster Flatline (0,1,5) = 7 sick and tired of eating chicken soup-- another cold! lucindab (1,0,4) = 7 Twelfth Place -- 5 Points $ickne$$ drug companie$ cold ca$h Linda Warner (0,1,3) = 5 sick for home the distant highway sound blends with the rain bmm (0,0,5) = 5 bedridden . . . they tell her the iris are profuse this year Carole MacRury (0,2,1) = 5 day's end again she forgets me, herself Johnye Strickland (0,1,3) = 5 Thirteenth Place -- 4 Points winter quiet - she whispers with lozenges in both cheeks Audrey Downey (0,0,4) = 4 sick day the bold and the beautiful still young and restless Kylie Hooklyn (0,1,2) = 4 One sick crow staggers up the street - car lights dip. Trevor Camp (0,1,2) = 4 sick as a dog writing poems Paul Pfleuger, Jr. (0,1,2) = 4 Fourteenth Place -- 3 Points the acacia bursting with yellow blooms sick of winter cold Paul O. Williams (1,0,0) = 3 morning sickness night dreams linger in daylight Terry Ingram (0,1,1) = 3 we recite "in sickness and in health..." scent of flowers Agnes Eva Savich (0,0,3) = 3 my sick father a week before his death leftover birthday cake Origa (0,1,1) = 3 pearly dawn-- the baby imitates her doctor's yawn jt (0,0,3) = 3 morning sickness a rainbow appears after the rain Patricia A. Laurent (0,0,3) = 3 the sick child stares through glassy eyes the doctor listens raven (0,0,3) = 3 grandmother wipes the nose of her sick grandchild with a napkin Cornelia (0,1,1) = 3

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