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

November 2002 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Deer	Free Format Theme: Hat (or type of hat)
First Place - 20 points on spread legs the deer is drinking it's reflection Emile Molhuysen (246 = 20) Second Place - 16 points midsummer sunrise deer tracks criss-cross the daylily beds Ellen Compton (315 = 16) Third Place -- 13 points deer tracks - imagining my garden beneath the snow Carol Raisfeld (045 = 13) Fourth Place -- 11 points harvesting the remaining spinach: deer Joe Kirschner (043 = 11) Fifth Place -- 10 points harvest moon-- deer eat all the tops off the carrot row DeVar (050 = 10) Sixth Place -- 9 points blue sky the black eyes of a deer martin (033 = 9) waiting for you- the echo of deer hooves along the creek bed Earl Keener (122 = 9) Seventh Place -- 8 points autumn sun rides through on the backs of school children -- Nara Koen deer Debra Woolard Bender (202 = 8) winter garden the statue of a deer stands watch kathi rudawsky (024 = 8) light snow frozen in my headlights a startled deer Gene Williamson (113 = 8) Eighth Place -- 7 points dry spell - in the hunter's backyard deer tracks aruna (031 = 7) crusty snow a whitetail deer eats dead leaves Angèle Lux (023 = 7) Ninth Place -- 6 points deer tracks through the old-growth forest echoes of birdsong Billie Wilson (006 = 6) a lone raft on an autumn lake deer pause to listen allen mcgill (006 = 6) snow tracks from mailbox to creek I follow the deer Cindy Tebo (112 = 6) a gray morning deer pass through garden by garden Joann (111 = 6) afternoon ginko deer and I rest in the clearing Hazel (111 = 6) Tenth Place -- 5 points deer trail ~ fallen pinon seeds in the snow Darrell Byrd (013 = 5) moonlit night trailing a deer in the snow Patricia A. Laurent (005 = 5) Eleventh Place -- 4 points the deer takes a small step forward-- shutter click Kathy Lippard Cobb (004 = 4) indian summer deep in the forest a deer's bedding Janet Parker (012 = 4) stalker's aim a leaf falls behind~ the deer gillena cox (012 = 4) dusk the elbow grease it takes to get deer off headlights gary steinberg (012 =4) Twelfth Place -- 3 points spring snow ~ a deer antler etched by mice Peter (011 = 3) morning chill a deer lies dead at the roadside Celia Crook (011 = 3) In the morning deer tracks through dusted snow-- we heard nothing L Papanicolaou (011 = 3)	First Place -- 19 points departing train-- flies swarm around the tipped sombrero Kathy Lippard Cobb (245 = 19) Second Place -- 15 points village heat-- a donkey's ear twitches out of its hat martin (144 = 15) Third Place -- 12 points canyon rim raindrops fall from the brim of my hat Darrell Byrd (125 = 12) Fourth Place -- 11 points graveside - she hugs his fireman's hat and the crying baby Carol Raisfeld (132 = 11) Fifth Place -- 10 points under his hard hat his bald head Charles Trumbull (115 = 10) first snow day-- the garden buddha wears a toque DeVar (212 = 10) Sixth Place -- 9 points lying trampled after the loss - a home team cap aruna (025 = 9) a long winter-- remnants of a mouse nest in my old cap Billie Wilson (114 = 9) another season... the rusted trout fly on his hat Earl Keener (122 = 9) Seventh Place -- 8 points "Claire de Lune" the subway busker's cap begins to fill Ellen Compton (210 = 8) Eighth Place -- 7 points siesta time under the sombrero loud snores peigi (023 = 7) men in black hats stare at the sea east wind Joe Kirschner (112 = 7) holes in my scarf like holes in my memory approaching ninety Edith Muta (112 =7) Ninth Place -- 6 points few hairs poked out - the old man wears his cap backwards Emile Molhuysen (200 = 6) Tenth Place -- 5 points November morning a blast of cold wind snatches his hat Janet Parker (021 = 5) wicked wind the old man's favorite hat flipping out to sea Gene Williamson (013 = 5) graduation gift grandpa's old felt fishing hat now his tackle box Edward (110 = 5) Eleventh Place -- 4 points Moscow winter mens earflapped fur hats doffed to babushkas allen mcgill (101 = 4) Twelfth Place -- 3 points mother's red hat years of wanting years of having roberta beary (011 = 3) cloud floats overtop the mountain--looking for my winter hat Meryl Duprey (100 = 3) Veteran's Day ~ helmet atop rifle unknown solder Peter (011 = 3) picking cherries - a hat full and many more in the grass gillena cox (011 = 3) cowboy hat bucked from the rider one bald head James M. Thompson (011 = 3) moving day a blue hat on the porch with leaves stuck to it Cindy Tebo (003 = 3)

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