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In the listing below, after each poem the author is listed, and then a three digit code revealing how many 3-point, 2-point, and 1-point votes were cast for this poem by the other participating poets. (214 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.

June 2003 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Honeysuckle	Free Format Theme: Artist's Tool
First Place -- 18 points honeysuckle he drinks where her lips touched the glass DeVar Dahl (3-2-5 = 18) Second Place -- 16 points honeysuckle a cloud of gnats drifts over the pond martin 1-3-7 = 16 Third Place -- 15 points climbing over the fence my younger sister and honeysuckle Deborah Russell (1-2-8 = 15) Fourth Place -- 12 points mountain path-- fireflies and honeysuckle spill from the moon earl keener (1-3-3 = 12) Fifth Place -- 11 points honeysuckle hugs my mailbox... a letter from you Zhanna P. Rader (0-3-5 = 11) Sixth Place -- 9 points sweet hour of prayer the scent of honeysuckle at evening vespers Edward (1-1-4 = 9) gentle flutter- honeysuckle with the morning paper tina Stanton (0-3-3 = 9) Seventh Place -- 8 points predawn darkness -- walking into the windchime to smell the honeysuckle Peter H. Pache (0-2-4 = 8) construction site toilet the scent of honeysuckle on my way out Kathy Lippard Cobb (0-1-6 = 8) late afternoon : honeysuckle dancing with bumblebees oino sakai (0-3-2 = 8) cutting back the vine on my garden gloves the scent of honeysuckle Zaida Lysle (1-1-3 = 8) all through the dark sweetness of honeysuckle and a mockingbird's song Mary Lee McClure (0-3-2 = 8) recalling love -- night scent of honeysuckle through the window Nancy Smith (0-3-2 = 8) wild honeysuckle the steps to the old stupa are very steep Johannes Manjrekar (1-2-1 = 8) Eighth Place -- 7 points garden walk roses and honeysuckle sweetness fills the air Carol Sircoulomb (0-3-1 = 7) firecrackers! mexican honeysuckle by the back gate Erin Harte (2-0-1 = 7) feeling summer on our tongues honeysuckle nectar Suzanne (0-2-3 = 7) Ninth Place -- 6 points long kiss breathing in honeysuckle air roberta beary (0-1-4 = 6) honeysuckle growing over his fence to my side. . . Carole MacRury (0-0-6 = 6) fragrant afternoon a bee struggles deep within the honeysuckle Darrell Byrd (1-1-1 = 6) Tenth Place -- 5 points honeysuckle . . . even the idea sounds delicious mike farley (0-0-5 = 5) honeysuckle lean-to the path behind dappled with rain and petals JB (1-0-2 = 5) hippie love child a honeysuckle wreath in her hair Carmel C. Lively (0-1-3 = 5) first kiss . . . the scent of honeysuckle warm and sweet Carol Raisfeld (0-2-1 = 5) Eleventh Place -- 4 points waiting for the ice cream truck honeysuckle scent w.f. owen (0-1-2 = 4) lovers' lane the scent of honeysuckle from each side sheila Windsor (0-1-2 = 4) heat lightning - an iridescent honeyeater in the honeysuckle angelee deodhar (0-0-4 = 4) uninvited honeysuckle brought many colors to the dry wall Tomislav Maretic (0-2-0 = 4) Twelfth Place -- 3 points late night posy of honeysuckle captured midges ushi (0-1-1 = 3) summer breeze a hummer in the honeysuckle Rosa Velt (0-1-1 = 3) gentle breeze honeysuckle weaves between clematis blooms celia crook (0-1-1 = 3) a drop of honeysuckle nectar -- moonlight kiss Andrew Callister (0-1-1 = 3)	First Place -- 18 points her last canvas -- the artist captures a fading sunset Rosa Velt (0-4-10 = 18) Second Place -- 15 points sketchpad -- sunlight inches towards the fly martin (1-2-8 = 15) dried clay on his hands the potter rolls a cigarette w.f. owen (1-4-4 = 15) Third Place -- 14 points pencil shavings-- the student's tongue curls and uncurls DeVar Dahl (1-4-3 = 14) Fourth Place -- 11 points a redwood tree... I walk backward holding the camera K. Ramesh (0-2-7 = 11) Fifth Place -- 10 points a splotch of red on an empty canvas her lips peigi (0-3-4 = 10) Sixth Place -- 9 points a day without rain watercolor daisies drip down the canvas Kathy Lippard Cobb (0-2-5 = 9) a few quill strokes and the lark in my birch tree preserved in ink Zaida Lysle (1-2-2 = 9) Seventh Place -- 8 points inkstone balanced on a pile of paper : haiga practice oino sakai (1-1-3 = 8) blank canvas sags in the corner his wife's stroke Ann K. Schwader (0-2-4 = 8) a moth brushes my hand at sunset gary b (1-1-3 = 8) Eighth Place -- 7 points monsoon sky in the tea the essence of the palette angelee deodhar (1-0-4 = 7) fruit on the canvas still life Patricia A. Laurent (0-3-1 = 7) the ibis take off I search for my pencil in the brown grass Johannes Manjrekar (0-2-3 = 7) on the sidewalk a picasso in chalk Carmel C. Lively (0-3-1 = 7) Ninth Place -- 6 points yellow suns fingerpainted by a five year old nellie beck (0-2-2 = 6) bright bristles of the bottlebrush a fine-tipped pen Allen McGill (1-0-3 = 6) museum gift shop sketchpads half price roberta beary (0-1-4 = 6) Tenth Place -- 5 points the model turns a page in her novel a pencil drops ushi (1-1-0 = 5) Monet's water lilies - splatters of green and white paint on the child's smock Carole MacRury (1-0-2 = 5) Eleventh Place -- 4 points dusk -- hammer to hot iron the anvil rings Peter H. Pache (1-0-1 = 4) out of cold marble the heartbreaking glory of the Pieta' Mary Lee McClure (0-1-2 = 4) white canvas - his smile appears everywhere from nowhere Deborah Russell (0-2-0 = 4) kindergarten - another dab of glue for mom's card Carol Raisfeld (0-1-2 = 4) fresh pallet a fisherman whets his blade Darrell Byrd (1-0-1 = 4) mountain mist from palette to canvas lifted OwenB (0-1-2 = 4) Twelfth Place -- 3 points the finishing touch taking pastel pink, he adds her blush sheila Windsor (1-0-0 = 3) He has drawn the horse that draws the horse-drawn carriage, chin dark with charcoal. Kareeda (0-1-1 = 3) Romantic love in the winter’s black-and-white film. Rositsa Yakimova (0-0-3 = 3) still love her hair given to me years ago # 3 pure sable emile molhuysen (0-0-3 = 3)

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