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

January 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Winter Rain	Free Format Theme: House (or Home)
First Place - 27 points winter rain one flowered umbrella at the funeral Carol Raisfeld (1.6.12 = 27) Second Place - 16 points fog swirls through the boat yard - winter rain Darrell Byrd (056 = 16) Third Place - 11 points deserted wharf swept by winter rain-- the neon crab blinks Ellen Compton (302 = 11) Fourth Place - 9 points in winter rain just the thought of daffodils Mary Lee McClure (122 = 9) a winter rain -- the fallen snowman passes away Peter H. Pache (122 = 9) Fifth Place - 8 points Beethoven's Fifth–- the winter rain reaches a crescendo Kathy Lippard Cobb (113 = 8) Sixth Place - 7 points winter rain the hum of power lines across a northbound trail gary (023 = 7) winter rain a nose smudge on the window Marlene Egger (112 = 7) a pink slip among the christmas cards - winter rain doris kasson (104 = 7) winter rain gulls swim into the hockey goal Celia Crook (031 = 7) Seventh Place - 6 points winter rain dimples the snow a yellow crocus Allen McGill (022 = 6) winter rain sunday my teenagers put on fresh pajamas -roberta beary (103 = 6) winter rain - the fat snowman - thinner Angelee Deodhar (103 = 6) only sleet,hail,fog, and snow so far.just one cure for this winter, rain. Donald Brooks (111 = 6) The snow is melted. Water buds on rose petals. Gifts of winter rain. Rupert Rushin (111 = 6) Eighth Place - 5 points winter rain the cat watches snow slide from bare branches Kate Creighton (021 = 5) dating again-- winter rain freezes on the highway DeVar Dahl (013 = 5) winter rain tastes of tears as I walk alone- now Rose Marie Stutts (110 = 5) winter rain -- a snowman tips his hat Betty Kaplan (021 = 5) winter rain -- the ice in my bourbon slowly melts hortensia anderson (013 = 5) winter rain no one smiles on the ski bus Carmen Sterba (005 - 5) Ninth Place - 4 points a wet dog whimpers cold winter rain pours the door remains closed Carol Sircoulomb (020 = 4) winter rain through the windshield wipers brake lights Linda P. (012 = 4) too old for the menopause study - winter rain Joann (004 = 4) winter rain freezing branches covered with ice jingling in the wind Jochen Hahn-Klimroth (020 = 4) dawn... puddle reflects rolling clouds.Leaves drip water, a soft winter rain. Dillon Dyle (101 = 4) winter rain the smell of canvas and smoke inside our tent OwenB (012 = 4) Tenth Place - 3 points my old friend fades her eyes drift sideways - winter rain Marylouise Knight (003 = 3) death of hope no child conceived again . . . winter rain ron moss (011 = 3) too late to stop foundation cracks winter rain Patricia A. Laurent (003 = 3) winter rain the dragon headed downspout spews gutter tea Nancy Smith (011 = 3) the children asleep she folds into me ... winter rain H. Gene Murtha (003 = 3) winter rain the rehab center handrail coated with ice Earl Keener (100 = 3) winter rain the sparkle of diamonds in the ballroom gillena cox (011 = 3) misty winter rain the spider web catches more and more droplets Johannes Manjrekar (003 = 3)	First Place - 15 points moving day echoes in a house no longer my home Kate Creighton (133 = 15) Second Place - 11 points open house laughter spills out on the porch Carmen Sterba (035 = 11) Third Place - 10 points the widow's house window by window lights go out Carol Raisfeld (034 = 10) lakefront home winter deer settle on the lawn Allen McGill (034 = 10) Fourth Place - 9 points following one house to another -- the waxing moon Betty Kaplan (130 = 9) old family home the jumble of footprints this way and that sheila Windsor (025 = 9) winter tea house ~ her smile warmer than the sake Darrell Byrd (025 = 9) homemade bread-- a pound of butter softens by the stove DeVar Dahl (033 = 9) Fifth Place - 8 points row houses one after another until the yellow door OwenB (113 = 8) evening snow the dark shapes of people on their way home --Bruce Ross (024 = 8) housesitting the cat and i watch the canary karina klesko (024 = 8) Sixth Place - 7 points detention home a girl plays hopscotch behind the barbed wire fence Angèle Lux (015 = 7) home alone this habit of steeping two cups of tea Joann (015 = 7) Seventh Place - 6 points good habits re-post like a dependable fence. my home is my heart Donald Brooks (111 = 6) home alone uncorking the wine saved for company -roberta beary (022 = 6) postcard home the squashed sandfly tells a story Celia Crook (022 = 6) Young architect, another window added to the gingerbread house Florence (014 = 6) empty house -- the walls colored by memories Peter H. Pache (014 = 6) on the way home - wild honeysuckle curves along the back road hortensia anderson (103 = 6) Eighth Place - 5 points after our breakup . . . the path home blinking with fireflies Kathy Lippard Cobb (005 = 5) new house after a few days smells of home Deborah Watson (102 = 5) my closet ... the temporary home for her kittens again pam molhuysen (013 = 5) climbing past the scents of soy, cabbage, and gefilte fish - home at last doris kasson (021 = 5) back at home after the funeral the clock´s tick Dietmar Tauchner (005 = 5) Ninth Place - 4 points home alone the clock ticks louder gillena cox (020 = 4) heading home . . . i tell him the glimmer is the morning star Ellen Compton (012 = 4) moonlight snow my house a fairy dream Rose Marie (101 = 4) Chipmunk's abandoned squirrel house has new residents, It's now an ant farm Dillon Dyle (101 = 4) Overgrown lawn.Bare rooms.My house in darkness. Ma's dead...blank mirrors Rupert Rushin (101 = 4) Tenth Place - 3 points snow-flurried dawn - the house and the cypress in each other's arms Visnja (100 = 3) house for sale by elderly couple winter Patricia A. Laurent (003 = 3) wisp of chimney smoke— mountain home emerges from its cocoon of snow Linda P. (011 = 3)

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