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

January 2005 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Celestial Bodies	Free Format Theme: Coffee
First Place -- 36 Points glassy lake a sudden icy wind wrinkles the stars bmm (4,7,10) = 36 Second Place -- 19 Points nightfall a firefly blinks its way toward Mars Ed Markowski (0,4,11) = 19 Third Place -- 15 Points polaris-- a north wind levels the chimney smoke DeVar (1,2,8) = 15 Fourth Place -- 13 Points cloudless night… a plane flies into the Big Dipper Marie Summers (0,3,7) = 13 a cat prowls the midnight fence milky way Allen McGill (0,2,9) = 13 cold harbor . . . the blind girl's hand twirls a star Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,4,2) = 13 long journey-- a distant star becomes a porch light Earl Keener (1,3,4) = 13 midnight mass Orion rises low over the fields Agnes Eva Savich (0,5,3) = 13 Fifth Place -- 10 Points celestial map she finds a planet with her name Carmel C. Lively (1,1,5) = 10 Sixth Place -- 9 Points summer night-- Sagittarius fires a shooting star Tristan Coleridge (1,0,6) = 9 fast moving comet a cluster of aid workers eyes the dark sea Angèle Lux (1,1,4) = 9 Seventh Place -- 8 Points star glow - a pitched tent on the ridge ron moss (0,4,0) = 8 cloudless sky walking home down the Milky Way Flatline (0,3,2) = 8 Eighth Place -- 7 Points midnight pleasure viewing Orion with her naked eye Carol Raisfeld (0,2,3) = 7 star chart my son finds the little dipper Meredith (0,3,1) = 7 Ninth Place -- 6 Points a frog croak - galaxies inside and outside the lake brahman~narayanan (0,1,4) = 6 housebond and waiting for winter's end-- Canis Major susan bond (0,2,2) = 6 spaceship on Titan my sons crash-land after school Deborah P Kolodji (0,1,4) = 6 Tenth Place -- 5 Points the north star through dotted lace curtains-- her son's birthday Laryalee Fraser (0,1,3) = 5 In the dead of night a sleepless puppy barking towards The Great Dog Vasile Moldovan (0,1,3) = 5 new zealand - one curled frond encircles saturn Kathy Earsman (1,1,0) = 5 Christmas Eve-- through the shepherd's crook the Star of David Nancy Smith (1,0,2) = 5 that evening during a romantic walk a clear Venus Cornelia (1,0,2) = 5 wrapped in a blanket in the gently rocking boat-- Orion sparkles Raven (1,0,2) = 5 big talker he woos her with his tall tales under Taurus Linda Warner (0,0,5) = 5 Eleventh Place -- 4 Points marriage date the astrologer checks their stars john tiong chunghoo (0,1,2) = 4 more war dead… over the tv tower orion roberta beary (0,0,4) = 4 Almost dawn-- a bright meteor flashes into a summer sea Zhanna P. Rader (0,0,4) = 4 Twelfth Place -- 3 Points at each window looking for winter stars abandoned hut Israel Lopez Balan (0,1,1) = 3 airplane light blinking eyes of the Twins Mark Hollingsworth (0,0,3) = 3 celestial map with Orion missing jigsaw puzzle Origa (1,0,0) = 3 a view of Mars until it turned on its landing lights Owen Burkhart (0,1,1) = 3 winter night hunt Orion and wolf howls prowl the sky Edward (0,0,3) = 3 shorter nights Mars and Jupiter aligned teri (0,0,3) = 3 shooting star! make a wish too late lucindab (0,0,3) = 3	First Place -- 35 Points autumn wake-- the widow's tremor in her coffee Ron Moss (4,5,13) = 35 Second Place -- 26 Points talking divorce he pours his coffee then mine roberta beary (1,8,7) = 26 Third Place -- 14 Points morning rain. . . aftershocks in my coffee Marie Summers (0,3,8) = 14 scent of coffee… my cat opens one eye Marili Deandrea (2,0,8) = 14 Fourth Place -- 13 Points coffee stains on a paper napkin-- her goodbye note Darrell Byrd (0,4,5) = 13 Fifth Place -- 12 Points winter night storm-- the coffee grows colder chapter by chapter Edward (0,3,6) = 12 Sixth Place -- 11 Points grandpa's coffee rings with a yellow marker she makes smiley faces pamela molhuysen (0,3,5) = 11 Seventh Place -- 10 Points writer's block-- stale coffee and cigarettes Tristan Coleridge (1,2,3) = 10 old love letter-- how this coffee steam blurs my vision susan bond (1,1,5) = 10 Eighth Place -- 8 Points sunrise coffee-- horses graze the meadow dusted with frost bmm (0,3,2) = 8 cold morning walk steam from coffee cup fogs my glasses Terry Ingram (0,3,2) = 8 melancholy morning black coffee engulfs a pour of cream Agnes Eva Savich (0,2,4) = 8 Ninth Place -- 7 Points blind date each eyes the other over coffee ushi (1,0,4) = 7 night classes: the professor first in line at the coffee machine oino sakai (0,1,5) = 7 black coffee darker than the nights without you Vic Gendrano (1,0,4) = 7 Tenth Place -- 6 Points new year's eve waitress pours coffee in my tea cup Audrey Downey (0,1,4) = 6 the phone still silent… she scatters coffee grounds by the rose bush Laryalee Fraser (0,1,4) = 6 wood stove-- the enamel coffee pot heavier each day Owen Burkhart (1,0,3) = 6 family news the new bride refuses coffee Kylie Hooklyn (0,0,6) = 6 my manuscript back, a coffee ring on page two-- someone got that far Paul O. Williams (0,0,6) = 6 coffee aroma- morning birds drift in spring breeze brahman~narayanan (0,2,2) = 6 Eleventh Place -- 5 Points dark coffee bar the moth-eaten deer head misses a glass eye Angèle Lux (0,1,3) = 5 morning coffee the night lights up with each sip Grzegorz Sionkowski (0,0,5) = 5 skylight rain . . . a morning of coffee clouds and your silence Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,2,1) = 5 five day forecast-- the weatherman grips his coffee mug jt (0,1,3) = 5 new widower looking for a coffee cup, only his wife's is clean Zhanna P. Rader (0,0,5) = 5 Twelfth Place -- 4 Points empty office still in the air smell of coffee Israel Lopez Balan (0,1,2) = 4 after your news a second coffee …a third Irene Golas (0,0,4) = 4 coffee break-- ants mountain climbing among sugar cubes Nancy Smith (0,1,2) = 4 alien cultures worlds bizarre and wonderful god i miss coffee eric marin (1,0,1) = 4 sudden change-- the coffee we shared frozen to the cup Earl Keener (0,1,2) = 4 Thirteenth Place -- 3 Points sound of coffee poured-- tinging of the stirring spoon- swirling mist above Linda Warner (1,0,0) = 3 winter bus stop twilight floats in the coffee cup martin (0,1,1) = 3 early morning-- waking to the smell of coffee I make green tea Origa (0,0,3) = 3 back from vacation-- the grey-bearded coffee grounds left in the pot Glen Keener (0,0,3) = 3 Alone at morning grasp dark bitter company-- warmth in a cup. Sandra Lee Friedlander (1,0,0) = 3

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