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

January 2006 Results
Kigo Theme: Midwinter	A Sketch from Life
First Place -- 30 pts midwinter the wood pile half gone Linda Chambers (3,6,12) = 30 pts Second Place -- 24 pts midwinter-- the empty bird nest full of snow Audrey Downey (0,5,14) = 24 pts Third Place -- 18 pts midwinter-- undoing an old sweater to knit a new one max verhart (2,3,6) = 18 pts Fourth Place -- 15 pts midwinter-- a glove in the middle of the street john tiong chunghoo (0,3,9) = 15 pts Fifth Place -- 14 pts a shut-off notice flaps in the wind-- midwinter Andrew Riutta (1,3,5) = 14 pts midwinter-- long johns in the shape of me Irene Golas (0,2,11) = 14 pts Sixth Place -- 12 pts just up to the Buddha's third eye midwinter snow Bruce Ross (1,3,3) = 12 pts midwinter blues - the dog offers me its paw Zhanna P. Rader (1,2,5) = 12 pts Seventh Place -- 11 pts midwinter quilt beneath the ancient patches she sleeps alone. Zaida Lysle (1,2,4) = 11 pts Eighth Place -- 10 pts midwinter rain . . . we've hit fifty miles of silence Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,2,3) = 10 pts midwinter-- seed catalogs swell by the vaporizer Nancy Smith (0,3,4) = 10 pts Ninth Place -- 9 pts mid-winter . . . a white hair in my tea cup robert wilson (1,1,4) = 9 pts midwinter staying together for the children Bill Kenney (1,1,4) = 9 pts midwinter thaw the ice-house sinks into the lake Carmel Lively Westerman (1,1,4) = 9 pts Tenth Place -- 8 pts midwinter-- the hushed waterfall listens to the moon Earl Keener (1,1,3) = 8 pts midwinter wind-- for a moment, the pigeon chases a cigarette butt Tom (0,2,4) = 8 pts midwinter thaw. . . all of the snow people morphing Francine Banwarth (0,3,2) = 8 pts midwinter thaw-- a groggy fly creeps up the window DeVar (0,1,6) = 8 pts Eleventh Place -- 7 pts midwinter morning. . . everybody a stranger Yajushi (0,2,3) = 7 pts midwinter blues notes of a bassoon on the night wind lorin ford (0,2,3) = 7 pts Twelfth Place -- 6 pts midwinter the binding breaks on my novel Marie Summers (1,0,3) = 6 pts midwinter full moon on the frozen river another moon Jean Jackson (0,1,4) = 6 pts Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts the warm mossy stone in my heart midwinter helge t. (1,1,0) = 5 pts full wolf moon tracking deer amid the midwinter snow Denise L. (1,1,0) = 5 pts midwinter darkness presses in at the quiet window Agnes Eva Savich (0,1,3) = 5 pts midwinter rain-- poised to dash outdoors the cat changes his mind Paul O. Williams (0,1,3) = 5 pts midwinter-- one cloud bringing rain and snow -- oino sakai (0,1,3) = 5 pts midwinter night - church bells echo on the distant mountain Narayanan Raghunathan (0,1,3) = 5 pts midwinter dog and cat share the sun-warmed couch Joann (0,1,3) = 5 pts Fourteenth Place – 4 pts hunched on the tree one lone chickadee midwinter Teri (0,1,2) = 4 pts Midwinter builders Gathered for coffee Talking frozen puffs Linda Warner (1,0,1) = 4 pts midwinter dusk a fireman faces the flames ed markowski (0,2,0) = 4 pts midwinter the robin still here oga (0,1,2) = 4 pts midwinter fair I smell the fresh cooking of green tea Kristjaan Panneman (0,0,4) = 4 pts midwinter-- the southbound lane plowed Dave Bacharach (0,1,2) = 4 pts midwinter-- homesick geese eye the north star Tristan Coleridge (0,1,2) = 4 pts midwinter orange sunrise before the rain Deborah P Kolodji (0,1,2) = 4 pts Midwinter-- Each pair of gloves with A lost mate Linda Marucci (0,0,4) = 4 pts midwinter the bare spot on the football field w.f. owen (0,0,4) = 4 pts Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts midwinter blues-- window pane misty with the tea, where are the flies? D.V.Rozic (1,0,0) = 3 pts midwinter dawn ... the garage door goes up squeaking faintly Origa (0,1,1) = 3 pts midwinter-- the leaves still hanging from the trees James M. Thompson (0,0,3) = 3 pts midwinter fish-- undisturbed under the ice John Healey (0,0,3) = 3 pts Texas midwinter-- two hundred acres burn eighty-eight degrees Brenda Roberts (0,1,1) = 3 pts midwinter grey haired and the bald wait in the cancer clinic -- ushi (0,1,1) = 3 pts midwinter her nose-ring glints in the street light ron moss (0,1,1) = 3 pts midwinter frost my mother's needles sharper Petar Tchouhov (0,0,3) = 3 pts midwinter sun two moose move across the frozen lake Meredith (0,0,3) = 3 pts	First Place -- 22 pts cloudy night I make a wish anyway RaV (Flatline) (2,3,10) = 22 pts Second Place -- 18 pts doorbell she opens the window Grainne (2,1,10) = 18 pts Third Place -- 15 pts old calendar my birthday marked by my ex-wife Petar Tchouhov (1,2,8) == 15 pts Fourth Place -- 14 pts bank withdrawal -- an empty candy dish on the counter Dave Bacharach (2,3,2) = 14 pts city folks the farmer gives directions in the dirt w.f. owen (0,2,10) = 14 pts Fifth Place -- 12 pts day after day using the same route the beggar and I Bill Hudson (1,2,5) = 12 pts winter night the sound of the marsh in the rain martin (0,3,6) = 12 pts dark winter skies-- the bright "OPEN" sign of a liquor store Andrew Riutta (1,1,7) = 12 pts early sunset . . . the old cottonwood loud with birds Ann K. Schwader (0,3,6) = 12 pts Sixth Place -- 11 pts finally letting them go the faded roses from his coffin Francine Banwarth (2,3,2) = 11 pts just as it is but not as it was... today's Fuji Keiko Izawa (0,4,3) = 11 pts wiping dust off my harp-- accidental sounds Tom (0,0,11) = 11 pts Seventh Place -- 10 pts a hole in the snow swallows his bark Suzume Shi (0,2,6) = 10 pts frosty morning: the round shapes of pigeons on a wire Irene Golas (0,1,8) = 10 pts Eighth Place -- 9 pts crisp morning the first crunch of cinnamon toast Laryalee Fraser (0,2,5) = 9 pts New Year's walk a puppy wants to come home with me -- ushi (0,2,5) = 9 pts Ninth Place -- 8 pts books of poetry a black bowl filled with olives (Deborah P Kolodji (1,1,3) = 8 pts Tenth Place -- 7 pts housecleaning dust on the cabinets soaps on TV James M. Thompson ((0,1,5) = 7 pts winter rain-- an ice storm in chapter two Ami (0,0,7) = 7 pts Eleventh Place -- 6 pts toppled ant-farm the remaining few start over Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,1,4) = 6 pts 80th birthday-- everybody helping granny to put out the candles D.V.Rozic (0,0,6) = 6 pts Twelfth Place -- 5 pts tired and hungry-- the roundness of the moon Israel López Balan (0,1,3) = 5 pts newly married she rolls her eyes-- another cowboy movie Carmel Lively Westerman (0,1,3) = 5 pts paddy harvest little birds hurry to fallen grains john tiong chunghoo (0,1,3) = 5 pts after christmas ... a frost of white cat fur on the red tree skirt ChristineOC (0,1,3) = 5 pts biting air-- yesterday's fisherman at his ice hole again Zhanna P. Rader (0,1,3) = 5 pts perfect snow... slipping a bread bag into the boot with the hole Paul R (0,1,3) = 5 pts home from college-- scent of narcissus in her bathroom Bruce H. Feingold (0,0,5) = 5 pts Thirteenth Place -- 4 pts more snow coming in the old woman's kneecaps the dull aching. Zaida Lysle (1,0,1) = 4 pts mackerel sky raked wave patterns in the sand trap lorin ford (1,0,1) = 4 pts winter surf when the shorebird turns its shadow turns Bruce Ross (0,2,0) = 4 pts empty cathedral-- faint echoes of midwinter prayers John Healey (0,0,4) = 4 pts rainy twilight-- three butterflies rest on the white wall Narayanan Raghunathan (0,0,4) = 4 pts bath time the daddy rubber duck has a bubble beard Edward (0,0,4) = 4 pts Fourteenth Place -- 3 pts After the wedding the bride walking barefoot through the snow Vasile Moldovan (0,1,1) = 3 pts river breeze children sing from the bank Darrell Lindsey (0,1,1) = 3 pts She glances with Disdain At the hand hugging lovers Anton (0,1,1) = 3 pts winds of winter clearing away dead branches of life shanna (0,1,1) = 3 pts cautiously driving down white thatched frozen lane moonscape unfolding Barbara Curry (0,1,1) = 3 pts a winter sunbeam falls onto the inn's wall in the painting Dubravko Marijanovic (0,1,1) = 3 pts slant window light adding to the muscles of the Rodin piece Paul O. Williams (0,1,1) = 3 pts cold air-- puffing fog with every breath Audrey Downey (0,0,3) = 3 pts muffin crumbs-- pigeon shadow pecks on my foot Origa (0,0,3) = 3 pts prairie breeze-- the girl's ponytail as she rides a horse DeVar (0,0,3) = 3 pts

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