The results of the voting have been tabulated and are listed below. Congratulations to Laryalee Fraser , the winner of both our Kigo section and Free Format section!

Here are the results for the July 2006 Kukai, wherein our Kigo subject was "Watering the Lawn / Garden" and our Free Format subject was "Any Named Bird"

The haiku are listed in order of total points received from voters. The numbers reflect the number of voters who gave the haiku either three points, two points, or one point -- followed by the total points for all votes.

Those who were given less than three points and who requested anonymity in such a case are so noted.

The results of the voting have been tabulated and are listed below.

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

July 2006 Results
Kigo Theme: Watering the Lawn / Garden	Free Format Theme: Any Named Bird
First Place -- 19 pts mother-in-law... he adjusts the sprinkler for the fourth time Laryalee Fraser (3,3,4) = 19 pts Second Place -- 18 pts rooftop garden she collects the rain in saucepans Tom Painting (0,5,8) = 18pts drought restrictions a bowl of dishwater for her begonias -- ushi (0,5,8) = 18pts Third Place -- 17 pts high tea . . . a broken sprinkler waters the sun Kathy Lippard Cobb (2,1,9) = 17 pts Fourth Place -- 16 pts drought feral cats, licking the seeper hose Rose Marie Stutts (1,3,7) = 16 pts Fifth Place -- 14 pts watering the garden the scent of cilantro and a different place Mary Lee McClure (0,4,6) = 14 pts May deluge — the forgotten sprinkler joins in Audrey Downey (0,2,10) = 14 pts Sixth Place -- 13 pts landscaping laborers a migrant drinks from the water hose carmel lively westerman (1,2,6) = 13 pts Seventh Place -- 12 pts daddy's helper: watering impatiens and her own shoes Zhanna P. Rader (0,3,6) = 12 pts Eighth Place -- 11 pts fading day crickets echo lawn sprinklers RaV (1,3,2) = 11 pts Ninth Place -- 10 pts water restrictions ~ the coiled hose waits for dark Paul Hodder (1,1,5) = 10 pts summer of Alzheimer's grandmother's watering cans filled with dust Mark Smith (0,3,4) = 10 pts Tenth Place -- 9 pts barefoot — a maid waters the roses Ami (0,2,5) = 9 pts fading arc of the sprinkler summer dusk Ann K. Schwader (1,2,1) = 9 pts water shortage rustling garden whispers grow louder paula dee fisher (0,4,1) = 9 pts watering ban sneaking a bucket or two for the roses --Irene Golas (0,3,3) = 9 pts lawn sprinkler — children try to touch the rainbow Israel L๓pez Balan (0,1,7) = 9 pts watering the lawn — where to scatter her ashes Nardin Gottfried (1,2,2) = 9 pts desert monsoon under the downspout a garbage can Karen Cesar (1,2,2) = 9 pts Eleventh Place -- 8 pts her first sip from my garden hose ...step-child roberta beary (0,1,6) = 8 pts the yard sprinkler doesn't reach me here — except this slight coolness P. O. Williams (1,1,3) = 8 pts Twelfth Place -- 6 pts shrill laughter as the green hose dances snake-like on the grass Meredith (0,3,0) = 6 pts watering the lawn — a butterfly's erratic flight over a rainbow Ang่le Lux (1,0,3) = 6 pts after the rain over the secret garden a drift of fireflies angelee deodhar (0,1,4) = 6 pts water-wise I xeriscape but dream of lady's slipper lmp (1,1,1) = 6 pts lawn sprinkler a toad licks a wet blade of grass Edward (0,1,4) = 6 pts garden hose at rest a coiled snake in the rain Simply Maire (0,1,4) = 6 pts in and out of the sprinkler, children's laughter Darrell Lindsey (1,1,1) = 6 pts summer time he waters the lawn from his wheelchair Vic Gendrano (0,1,4) = 6 pts Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts high summer the groundsman scatters sunlight with his hose Hugh Waterhouse (0,1,3) = 5 pts remembering lost summer loves, he overwaters the lawn -- mike franco ( 0,1,3) = 5 pts watering the garden — a soaked cricket jumps off Tom (0,1,3) = 5 pts lawn sprinklers crystal clear chirp of a robin john tiong chunghoo (0,1,3) = 5 pts Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts water pulses through the garden hose sultry afternoon Bill Kenney (0,1,2) = 4 pts the back lawn watered...one boy wins the contest Vaughn Seward (0,1,2) = 4 pts straw hat shade ... a rabbit noses the garden spigot usumomiji (0,0,4) = 4 pts after the sprinkling spider shakes the drops from its web Origa (0,0,4) = 4 pts my two kids watering the garden and each other max verhart (0,1,2) = 4 pts grandmother watering the seedlings she hums. Zaida Lysle (0,2,0) = 4 pts jumping through the mist, children find the rain bow's end: pivoting sprinkler Linda Warner (0,2,0) = 4 pts Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts storm bent bamboo drips rain under the eaves watering the mint gourdmad (0,0,3) = 3 pts a burst of laughter... she turns on the water as I move the sprinkler Paul R (0,1,1) = 3 pts butterflies gather after evening watering to drink from puddles -raven (0,0,3) = 3 pts visit over . . . missing their laughter around the sprinkler Warren Gossett (0,0,3) = 3 pts wet dream you cool off in the sprinkler's mist wearing just a rainbow Karen Briggs (0,0,3) = 3 pts	First Place -- 21 pts campfire chili a loon's call stirs the darkness Laryalee Fraser (3,4,4) = 21 pts Second Place -- 17 pts custody battle two magpies squabble over a french fry Warren Gossett (0,4,9) = 17 pts Third Place -- 16 pts between bait bucket and fisherman the egret's long neck doris kasson (2,4,2) = 16 pts Fourth Place -- 15 pts sudden downpour huddled on the step with a sparrow Paul Hunter (1,2,8) = 15 pts Fifth Place -- 13 pts silent pier a gull's shadow flowing Darrell Lindsey (1,2,6) = 13 pts long before dawn a cardinal calls the day sweet sweet sweet Mary Lee McClure (1,1,8) = 13 pts Sixth Place -- 12 pts morning stillness — a young kingfisher dives into sunlight Origa (1,2,5) = 12 pts Seventh Place -- 11 pts pelicans drift in the receding tide — distant thunder Bruce H. Feingold (1,2,4) = 11 pts a white heron glides low over the swamp — cypress shadows Zhanna P. Rader (0,2,7) = 11 pts Eighth Place -- 10 pts Fort Niagara a wren sizes up a knothole Tom Painting (1,3,1) = 10 pts Grandma's room ~ geese migrate across the window Paul Hodder (1,2,3) = 10 pts spring calving — more and more vultures join the circle Edward (0,2,6) = 10 pts Ninth Place -- 9 pts sea and lavender skies pelicans coasting I dream of peace elaine mokhtefi (3,0,0) = 9 pts early morning square the stillness of the doves Hiroshima Day Keiko Izawa (1,1,4) = 9 pts moving day — favorite pigeon on the kitchen ledge one last time ~Devika (0,3,3) = 9 pts beak in the mud butt in the air — an elegant swan -- Butterfly (0,2,5) = 9 pts looking over the side the last fledgling in the nest -me (0,2,5) = 9 pts lunch break seagulls on the roof of the seafood restaurant Marica Kolcheva (0,2,5) = 9 pts tough question the same old fib about the stork RaV (0,1,7) = 9 pts Tenth Place -- 8 pts drowsy day even the hummingbird asleep on a branch Karen Cesar (1,1,3) = 8 pts park bench — pigeons keep an old man company Tristan Coleridge (0,2,4) = 8 pts Eleventh Place -- 7 pts amputated tree — the crow atop what was once his branch Kathy Lippard Cobb (1,1,2) = 7 pts a heron cleans its wings... autumn shoreline Edward Weiss (1,0,4) = 7 pts Sunday morning a pigeon on the mailbox Petar Tchouhov (0,1,5) = 7 pts a caterpillar hangs from its middle... robin's beak Vaughn Seward (0,1,5) = 7 pts Twelfth Place -- 6 pts pompous pigeons coo dropping whitewash on the gargoyles Simply Maire (1,1,1) = 6 pts hospital window a seagull riding an updraft Bill Kenney (1,0,3) = 6 pts hammock siesta the woodpecker hammers an afternoon Earl Keener (0,3,0) = 6 pts summer heat... a wren sings in the brambles Hugh Waterhouse (0,1,4) = 6 pts Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts dawn breaking... a stray rooster on top of the haystack K. Ramesh (1,0,2) = 5 pts amid the rocks of the jetty, an absence of herons ~K~ (0,2,1) = 5 pts mourning dove . . . the monotony of gone Ann K. Schwader (0,2,1) = 5 pts frozen reservoir a crow blown by Allan Burns (0,1,3) = 5 pts lengthening shadows the circles of two buzzards intersect polona (0,1,3) = 5 pts cormorants on islanded rocks high tide Deborah P Kolodji (0,1,3) = 5 pts morning moon a single robin on the wire Marie Summers (0,1,3) = 5 pts thunder — the one remaining crow chuckles Ami (0,1,3) = 5 pts Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts age compensates the lark sings less frequently but now I listen. Zaida Lysle (1,0,1) = 4 pts high above the sacred city her eyes follow the hummingbird Janet Brof (0,2,0) = 4 pts light and shadow — cattle egrets fly before a thunderstorm Nancy Smith (0,1,2) = 4 pts untended garden... not hearing the robin until it rains --Irene Golas (0,1,2) = 4 pts thunderstorm: finches take shelter in the feeder -- oino sakai (0,1,2) = 4 pts fragrant dusk the dragonfly becomes a hummingbird Paul R (0,1,2) = 4 pts seagulls in the parking lot predicting a storm smzang (0,1,2) = 4 pts Three crows strut in the early mist. You're not there. Trevor Camp (0,1,2) = 4 pts all day long sparrow couples visiting my birdhouse susan delphine delaney (0,0,4) = 4 pts Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts flower fair — looking up to the flight of paper cranes Ellen Compton (0,1,1) = 3 pts spring sun — two male blackbirds fight for my garden max verhart (0,0,3) = 3 pts the lone goose honks for her mate hunters rejoice Mr PC (0,0,3) = 3 pts pub lunch by the Avon swans beg for bread -- ushi (0,0,3) = 3 pts

Thanks for another good month of haiku and comments, it keeps the kukai vibrant. We will be posting the next Call for Submissions on or about the first Monday of August. We look forward to hearing from you!

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