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

February 2006 Results
Kigo Theme: Early Thaw	Free Format Theme: Sunlight
First Place -- 32 pts early thaw-- the earth tugging at my footsteps Bill Kenney (2,7,12) = 32 pts Second Place -- 28 pts early thaw-- walking the long way home to hear the brook angelee deodhar (2,6,10) = 28 pts Third Place -- 27 pts early thaw the hedge alive with twitter oga (1,7,10) = 27 pts Fourth Place -- 23 pts early thaw-- at the school bus stop a red mitten Betty Kaplan (1,8,4) = 23 pts Fifth Place -- 20 pts early thaw... for a moment mother remembers my name ed markowski (1,4,9) = 20 pts Sixth Place -- 18 pts early thaw-- the pot on the snowman's head gets bigger and bigger Tom (1,4,7) = 18 pts Seventh Place -- 16 pts early thaw-- a footprint on ice drifting away Odu Kim (1,2,9) = 16 pts Eighth Place -- 13 pts early thaw marsh mud glistens in the rowboat Martin (0,2,9) = 13 pts early thaw the children armed with icicle swords Earl Keener (0,2,9) = 13 pts Ninth Place -- 11 pts early thaw the smell of wet bark fills the air Grzegorz Sionkowski (1,1,6) = 11 pts Tenth Place -- 10 pts early thaw a white lie about the snowman's fate RaV (0,1,8) = 10 pts Eleventh Place -- 9 pts) early thaw they put off the divorce Dave Bacharach (1,0,6) = 9 pts Twelfth Place -- 8 pts early thaw ironing out the folds of her floral tablecloth Beverley George (2,0,2) = 8 pts early thaw-- faintly the waitress smiles at me max verhart (1,0,5) = 8 pts early thaw a street person looks for lost coins --Irene Golas (0,1,6) = 8 pts early thaw sounds of a rolling marble across the wood floor Denise Lizarraga (0,0,8) = 8 pts Thirteenth Place -- 7 pts early thaw fog covers the fields covered with snow Fr.RP (1,1,2) = 7 pts early thaw a stiff wing in the black snow Agnes Eva Savich (0,1,5) = 7 pts early thaw-- slowly filling up the baptistery Dustin Neal (0,2,3) = 7 pts early thaw a dead spider floats in the bucket Meredith (0,2,3) = 7 pts one crocus for my Valentine early thaw kokoumolou (0,2,3) = 7 pts rock garden a stone toad appears early thaw Edward (0,3,1) = 7 pts early thaw crocuses appear outside the flower shops Citygirl (0,1,5) = 7 pts early thaw standing in line for seed potatoes Paul R (0,1,5) = 7 pts Fourteenth Place -- 6 pts early thaw she opens the long sealed letter Keiko Izawa (1,1,1) = 6 pts ice skating outfit covered with mud and tears early thaw Barbara Curry (1,0,3) = 6 pts Eight sparrows at a full birdbath-- early thaw. Trevor Camp (1,0,3) = 6 pts early thaw her white bathrobe missing Petar Tchouhov (0,2,2) = 6 pts early thaw-- snowman's body parts piled on the lawn Richmond Williams (0,1,4) = 6 pts early thaw: my ice-fishing shanty has sunk -- lucindab (0,1,4) = 6 pts a droplet waits at the sprig tip early thaw greg lammers (0,1,4) = 6 pts Fifteenth Place -- 5 pts early thaw she brings up the least of my worries Tom Painting (1,0,2) = 5 pts early thaw-- beer cans afloat in the esky lorin (0,1,3) = 5 pts early thaw down at the forest stream new fairy shrimp Paul O. Williams (0,1,3) = 5 pts early thaw-- a new seed catalogue in the letterbox ---Skin (0,1,3) = 5 pts early thaw-- a robin's cracked note john tiong chunghoo (0,0,5) = 5 pts early thaw-- I pretend not to see his smile Marie (0,0,5) = 5 pts early thaw the swelling lake nears yesterdays footprints Kylie Hooklyn (0,0,5) = 5 pts early thaw the bruise on her arm fading to yellow Francine Banwarth (0,0,5) = 5 pts Sixteenth Place -- 4 pts with or without the groundhog's shadow early thaw --ushi (1,0,1) = 4 pts early thaw the roses she thought were from him Deborah P Kolodji (0,1,2) = 4 pts cracked snow shovel the almanac predicts an early thaw Laryalee Fraser (0,1,2) = 4 pts an early thaw the flooded creek washes out a small fleck of gold Carmel Lively Westerman (0,1,2) = 4 pts early thaw-- he flings the blue crab back into the bay ~K~ (0,1,2) = 4 pts early thaw drop by drop beats the rhythm Maria Kowal (0,1,2) = 4 pts Seventeenth Place -- 3 pts early thaw mending the prayer strip in two places Bruce Ross (0,1,1) = 3 pts early thaw-- raccoon tracks along the creek bank Darrell Byrd (0,1,1) = 3 pts the stranger casts a warm smile early thaw Linda Chambers (0,1,1) = 3 pts early thaw crocus blooming through snow and mud Rose Marie Stutts (0,1,1) = 3 pts early thaw from under the snow ashes of house --Derwisz (0,1,1) = 3 pts early thaw and the wood duck boxes still uncleaned Glen Keener (0,1,1) = 3 pts early thaw-- the Olympic skater takes falsestart Origa (0,1,1) = 3 pts early thaw-- this watery ring becoming a pond Ed Schwellenbach (0,1,1) = 3 pts early thaw-- in the tire tracks dirty puddles --Strange Little Being (0,0,3) = 3 pts under the eaves the water drop by drop-- early thaw Vasile Moldovan (0,0,3) = 3 pts early thaw - my child's scooter reveals itself Zhanna P. Rader (0,0,3) = 3 pts	First Place -- 17 pts sunlight . . . a wasp taps at the window Darrell Byrd (0,4,9) = 17 pts Second Place -- 16 pts breaking wave winter sunlight curls into itself martin (1,3,7) = 16 pts Third Place -- 15 pts fading sunlight-- he takes off his wedding ring Laryalee Fraser (0,4,7) = 15 pts Fourth Place -- 14 pts backs to the sunlight the migrant workers break for lunch Carmel Lively Westerman (1,3,5) - 14 pts Fifth Place -- 13 pts afternoon train sunlight slants into the eyes of a guide dog Keiko Izawa (0,4,5) = 13 pts clear night the moon's face full of sunlight RaV (0,3,7) = 13 pts Sixth Place -- 12 pts open window- in the bottom of my cup sunlight Betty Kaplan (1,3,3) = 12 pts dust dancing in winter sunlight oga (1,2,5) = 12 pts in an empty bowl two sets of chop sticks sunlight on plum trees Bill Hudson (1,1,7) = 12 pts Seventh Place -- 11 pts winter sunlight-- the first hint of color in my baby's eyes Dejah Leger (0,4,3) = 11 pts Eighth Place -- 10 pts a hole in the woodpile fills with sunlight Linda Chambers (1,2,3) = 10 pts the eggs comes to a slow boil dappled sunlight Tom Painting (1,2,3) = 10 pts shattered sunlight . . . I pick myself up in mirrored pieces Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,2,3) = 10 pts morning sunlight-- the sparkles of my ring in the front page news Audrey Downey (1,1,5) = 10 pts morning sunlight the dog's face in my coffee paula fisher (0,4,2) = 10 pts sunlight fades through the chapel doors final words James M. Thompson (0,3,4) = 10 pts departing guest . . . more room now for sunlight Ann K. Schwader (0,2,6) = 10 pts Ninth Place -- 9 pts first warm day pink sunlight through eyelids Mark Hollingsworth (0,3,3) = 9 pts that old dog only moves when sunlight moves across the room Glen Keener (0,3,3) = 9 pts shaft of sunlight in the potting shed-- the rustle of bulbs Beverley George (0,2,5) = 9 pts winter sunlight-- the dog lays on her back Mary Chapman (0,2,5) = 9 pts Tenth Place -- 8 pts dusk wind reeds dance with sunlight john tiong chunghoo (0,2,4) = 8 pts winter tree-- branches clothed in sunlight Bill Kenney (0,2,4) = 8 pts cold sunlight-- empty nesters on the treadmill Bruce H. Feingold (0,2,4) = 8 pts early sunlight a black dog sniffs the long shadows Israel López Balan (0,1,6) = 8 pts Eleventh Place -- 7 pts morning sunlight rainbows on a blank page shanna (1,1,2) = 7 pts winter sunlight, acres of snow geese in the fields ~K~ (0,1,5) = 7 pts Twelfth Place -- 6 pts sunlight a sky blue morning glory says it all ed markowski (0,2,2) = 6 pts filtered sunlight-- something stirs among the cypress knees Ellen Compton (0,2,2) = 6 pts frozen sunlight-- a crow swears at the dog from the oak branch Origa (0,2,2) = 6 pts sudden sunlight-- giving the prism another twirl Francine Banwarth (0,1,4) = 6 pts February sunlight turtles snooze deep in the mud Citygirl (0,1,4) = 6 pts Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts the blond rinse fading from her hair morning sunlight Deborah P. Kolodji (1,0,2) = 5 pts Echoes of sunlight-- stained glass kami (0,1,3) = 5 pts sunlight moves across the exposed root -- a day at home Marylouise Knight (0,1,3) = 5 pts March sunlight on the couch a ball a sleepy kittens Edward (0,1,3) = 5 pts winter sunlight-- the rooftop snow silent j blain (0,1,3) = 5 pts "press three for. . ." sunlight recedes across the desk Dave Bacharach (0,0,5) = 5 pts mountain pines their snow caps in sunlight --ushi (0,0,5) = 5 pts Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts frozen sunlight in the icicles - on the ditch frozen wind max verhart (0,2,0) = 4 pts sunlight sparkles ladybugs-- wintering on the windowsill Rose Marie Stutts (0,1,2) = 4 pts science lesson: a beam of sunlight through a prism --lucindab (0,1,2) = 4 pts a wide crack widened by sunlight frozen river Chandra Bales (0,1,2) = 4 pts in the sunlight-- a cat with a mandala on his forehead Ami (0,1,2) = 4 pts Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts flower garden full of sunlight and water-- the smell of dung Fr. R.P. (1,0,0) = 3 pts Sunlight slants through springtime trees; what would the dead give for a moment of this? Michael Doherty (1,0,0) = 3 pts catching the sunlight a rainbow lorikeet soars in the kite's talons cate juno (0,1,1) = 3 pts poor blossoms on the little tree-- winter sunlight Linda Marucci (0,1,1) = 3 pts warm sunlight the dog twitches canine dreams -sakyu- (0,1,1) = 3 pts sunlight seeps through the pines - this lace of shadows Zhanna P. Rader (0,1,1) = 3 pts sunlight through the maples leaves fleeting shadows --Irene Golas (0,0,3) = 3 pts argument shards of sunlight pierce the air Meredith (0,0,3) = 3 pts

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