May 2006 Kukai

This was a stand-out month for the kukai and for a few reasons. First we would like to extend our appreciation and thanks to the many who complimented the kigo and free format entries for their high quality. We can't credit the topic choices, it was your work!

Secondly, a few poets offered comments and we formatted those with the results. We'd like to encourage this. More discussion please! If you offer enough comments to make it unwieldy to include with results, we'd be delighted to put up a supplement page for the workshops.

Lastly, we had another high voter turnout. !!THANK YOU!!

Here are the results for the MAY 006 Kukai, wherein our Kigo subject was "LONG DAY" and our Free Format subject was "BUCKET OR PAIL".

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.

We pulled one kigo entry at the author's request.

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

Congratulations to Scott Metz, the winner of our Kigo section, and to Kathy Lippard Cobb, the winner of our Free Format section!

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

May 2006 Results
Kigo Theme: Long Day	Free Format Theme: Bucket or Pail
First Place -- 26 pts long day— she washes tomorrow's rice in the dark Scott Metz (2,6,8) = 26 pts Second Place -- 19 pts long day the dog's chain wrapped around the tree Earl Keener (0,4,11) = 19 pts Third Place -- 16 pts long day— grandma takes a second nap Zhanna P. Rader (1,3,7) = 16 pts Fourth Place -- 15 pts long day— the snake curled in a rooster's shadow dustin neal (1,3,6) = 15 pts a long day the spider's web begins to sag doris kasson (0,2,11) = 15 pts Fifth Place -- 14 pts his last shingle covers a spot of moonlight... the long day ed markowski (1,3,5) = 14 pts Comment: wish I had more points to give to this one. It is totally excellent! Perfect ah-ha moment Sixth Place -- 12 pts the long day in the widow's eyes longer still Darrell Lindsey (0,2,8) = 12 pts Seventh Place -- 11 pts long day the lover's share a pull of saltwater taffy Tom Painting (1,3,2) = 11 pts Eighth Place -- 10 pts long day— the night cricket on all channels Lorin (1,3,1) = 10 pts another long day only the coolness of a snail track angelee deodhar (0,3,4) = 10 pts Ninth Place -- 9 pts long day the edge of the road blurred by rain Laryalee Fraser (1,1,4) = 9 pts long day . . . my neighbor's off-key song crystal clear Kala Ramesh (1,0,6) = 9 pts a long day— still I dream of more light Linda Marucci (0,3,3) = 9 pts long day... dragging the lawn chair to the last bit of sun Paul R (0,2,5) = 9 pts Tenth Place -- 8 pts long day counting pearls on her string Denise Lizarraga (1,2,1) = 8 pts after a long day coming out of the subway the scent of lilacs Kate Creighton (1,2,1) = 8 pts long day cabbage butterflies in pairs susan delphine delaney (1,0,5) = 8 pts after the long day crumpled wedding dress lies on the floor Maria Kowal (0,2,4) = 8 pts long day the milk bottle sweats Allan Burns (0,2,4) = 8 pts long day summer flowers all over her dress max verhart (0,1,6) = 8 pts Eleventh Place -- 7 pts long day grape tendrils reach and curl Mark Hollingsworth (1,2,0) = 7 pts long day the road goes on and on Grzegorz Sionkowski (1,1,2) = 7 pts long day shadows fade into twilight Bill Kenney (0,2,3) = 7 pts long day the first lawnmower at dawn -- ushi (0,2,3) = 7 pts long day swallows inspect their old nest lucindab (0,2,3) = 7 pts long day ... shadows stretch to touch the dusk shanna (0,2,3) = 7 pts broken mower a long day gets shorter Dave Bacharach (0,2,3) = 7 pts the long day two gardeners chatting over the fence Ruth Franke (0,1,5) = 7 pts long day— a melted popsicle on the sidewalk Israel López Balan (0,1,5) = 7 pts Twelfth Place -- 6 pts longest day— the faded blinds of the old people's home Paul Hodder (0,2,2) = 6 pts one hatched egg a long day begins smzang (0,1,4) = 6 pts long day— the sun goes to bed after I do Vaughn Seward (0,0,6) = 6 pts Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts long day— happy to see my old friends, the earthworms --Irene Golas (0,2,1) = 5 pts long day the first kick of the evening drink RaV (0,2,1) = 5 pts stick by stick the house sparrows knit the minutes of the long day Suzume Shi (0,2,1) = 5 pts long day . . . the sun dips into the sea Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,1,3) = 5 pts a long day — from eaves to the ground spider's thread ---Derwisz (0,1,3) = 5 pts long day — the snail finally reaches an iris bloom Warren Gossett (0,1,3) = 5 pts the long day our house finch sings an encore Barbara Campitelli (0,1,3) = 5 pts long day— the night air smells of skunk Paul Hunter (0,1,3) = 5 pts long day her lilac skirt falls over hot stone j blain (0,1,3) = 5 pts long day poplar seeds drift past the office window polona o. (0,0,5) = 5 pts Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts long day . . . frustration wrinkles across his forehead Marie Summers (1,0,1) = 4 pts a long day... in the rubbish heap her ginger braid ---baldhead (1,0,1) = 4 pts a long rainy day— petals of our cherry blossom in the grass D.V.Rozic (0,1,2) = 4 pts a long day two small morels sizzle in butter Edward (0,1,2) = 4 pts long rainy day — a snail reaches the tip of the iris leaf Origa (0,1,2) = 4 pts Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts spring wedding a cold, gray drizzle makes for a long day soji (1,0,0) = 3 pts above the road a raven plays the thermal end to a long day Chandra Bales (1,0,0) = 3 pts waiting... my friend will die ...the longest day Rose Marie Stutts, EdD (0,1,1) = 3 pts long day the ball a bit bigger than the sun Petar Tchouhov (0,1,1) = 3 pts long day the Narwhal swims belly up martin (0,0,3) = 3 pts long day flashes of sunlight on a cyclist's shorts Mary Stevens (0,0,3) = 3 pts long day — a bee lingers near the apple blossoms Bruce Feingold (0,0,3) = 3 pts Comments: "Just thought I'd say that this was the best bunch of kigo haiku I've seen from the list in a long time. Hard to vote!" "It was really difficult this month, lots of wonderful haikus (and at times, a decidedly western take on the kigo "long day"). It took some time to pare my choices down ..." "Thanks guys, a very interesting mixture of ideas..." "Thanks. This kigo produced a lot of good poems." "tough choices as always" "All of these are great ..."	First Place -- 29 pts sand pail . . . the toddler scoops the sea with a teaspoon Kathy Lippard Cobb (3,4,12) = 29 pts Second Place -- 25 pts day's end a bunch of daisies in his bait pail Tom Painting (0,7,11) = 25 pts Third Place -- 23 pts temple gate — a blind beggar’s pail fills with blossoms Kala Ramesh (1,6,8) = 23 pts Fourth Place -- 21 pts old pea field — the rusted bucket full of grandpa's shadow dustin neal (0,7,7) = 21 pts Fifth Place -- 18 pts sheet lightning the upside down bucket starts drumming RaV (1,4,7) = 18 pts "Very best of the bucket turned musical instrument ku, show don't tell" Sixth Place -- 17 pts an empty pail I too am lonely smzang (0,4,9) = 17 pts old bucket new mosquitoes William M. Gottlieb (0,4,9) = 17 pts "Wonderful... gets the point across! Awesome!" Seventh Place -- 16 pts carwash — a butterfly circles the yellow pail Israel López Balan (0,3,10) = 16 pts "Good example of show, don't tell. Butterfly looking for water." Eighth Place -- 13 pts Hong Kong market — the scraping of crab claws in the pail Beverley George (1,3,4) = 13 pts adobe bucket mosquitoes rise out of the sun martin (1,1,8) = 13 pts Ninth Place -- 12 pts new moon the old pail empty Petar Tchouhov (1,1,7) = 12 pts Tenth Place -- 10 pts after the vet's squeaky toys silent in the red pail roberta beary (2,0,4) = 10 pts "...sad, but well written" hard rain tadpoles in the pail grow legs Melanie Alberts (1,0,7) = 10 pts night rain the waning moon slips into the bucket polona o. (0,3,4) = 10 pts window cleaning the bucket lands before I do -- lucindab (0,1,8) = 10 pts "cute and funny" Eleventh Place -- 9 pts corner florist — last lily in his pail sold for a kiss ~Devika (0,1,7) = 9 pts murky day — the garden bucket upside down Origa (0,2,5) = 9 pts Twelfth Place -- 8 pts home from vacation the ocean's smell clings to the toy pail Agnes Eva Savich (0,3,2) = 8 pts two earthworms in the compost bucket — moving day --Irene Golas (0,2,4) = 8 pts "Delightful! Reader gets put into the composter's position of seeing the earthworm's as having a forced moving day." late afternoon — a hungry cat circles my fishing pail Tristan Coleridge (0,2,4) = 8 pts Thirteenth Place -- 6 pts end of day pink sand pail floating in the tide pool Denise Lizarraga (1,0,3) = 6 pts enchanting the moon tonight quietly rests in my pail john tiong chunghoo (0,3,0) = 6 pts dinner in a bucket . . . preferring breasts over legs and thighs Marie Summers (0,2,2) = 6 pts stopping to rest — clouds settle in the water pail Paul Hodder (0,2,2) = 6 pts old wishing well — an echo as the wooden pail strikes deep water Nancy Smith (0,2,2) = 6 pts Fourteenth Place -- 5 pts cat tails following the milk bucket trail of anticipation shanna (0,2,1) = 5 pts grandpa's farm the first pail of milk filled before sunrise soji (0,1,3) = 5 pts fresh paint a bucket of daisies by the hearth -Deborah P Kolodji (0,1,3) = 5 pts patchy grass under the rain gutter a dusty bucket doris kasson (0,0,5) = 5 pts family picnic — a pailful of melons cools in the stream angelee deodhar (0,0,5) = 5 pts Fifteenth Place -- 4 pts bathing with a bucket and a cup — leader of the coup citygirl (1,0.1) = 4 pts "Absolutely fantastic. Definitely a "show don't tell", and concise! How the mighty have fallen! I can't say enough good things about this one." first light a loaf of snow in the garden trug susan delphine delaney (0,1,2) = 4 pts the bucket hits against the well wall — scattered stars Tom (0,1,2) = 4 pts dented pail still causing ripples in the well max verhart (0,0,4) = 4 pts Sixteenth Place -- 3 pts little sand pail shako pretend trumpet... marching I watch her not the band Rose Marie Stutts, EdD (1,0,0,) = 3 pts fishing boats climb waves deck hands bend over tin buckets clouds wear black robes Carole A. Borges (1,0,0) = 3 pts the gardener holds a pail of tadpoles April clouds Bruce Ross (0,1,1) = 3 pts beside his shoes a bucket of green frogs seeking shade Chandra Bales (0,1,1) = 3 pts vernal equinox the rust-eaten bucket half full of water -- Derwisz ((0,1,1) = 3 pts phone call — my grandson finds the paint bucket Laryalee Fraser (0,1,1) = 3 pts roadside fruit stand — buckets of peaches stop passing motorists Zhanna P. Rader (0,1,1) = 3 pts home from the picnic with empty pails and blueberry smiles Paul R (0,1,1) = 3 pts "Says it all. Best of the berry picking haiku." a frog inhabits the waterspout bucket — spring rain Warren Gossett (0,1,1) = 3 pts summer night the Moon hiding the stars in a bucket of water Zeljka Vucinic-Jambresic (0,0,3) = 3 pts three day rain the ash bucket overflowing Rap (0,0,3) = 3 pts grandpa’s house — standing on a pail to reach a water glass aom (tim) (0,0,3) = 3 pts Comments: "...a lot of smiles in the free format section.... I think we'll have chicken and beer for dinner tonight!" "...this excellent batch of poems!" "Another good subject."

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