November 2005 Kukai

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

November 2005 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Autumn Wind	Free Format Theme: Friendship
First Place -- 19 pts autumn wind-- the teapot begins to whistle Darrell Byrd (1,4,8) = 19 pts Second Place -- 16 pts autumn wind in the neighbor's yard my maple leaves Jean Jackson (0,2,12) = 16 pts Third Place -- 14 pts autumn wind-- the cemetery fringed with thistles Andrew Riutta (1,3,5) = 14 pts Fourth Place -- 13 pts I blow you a kiss-- the autumn wind steals it away Zhanna P. Rader (0,3,7) = 13 pts Fifth Place -- 12 pts autumn wind-- again the postman passes by max verhart (0,3,6) = 12 pts Sixth Place -- 11 pts autumn wind-- fading voices of dying leaves Peter Pache (2,2,1) = 11 pts autumn wind ... I read Jane Eyre after dinner Ella Wagemakers (1,4,0) = 11 pts - Seventh Place -- 10 pts - autumn wind... mallards settle on a sunlit pond ed markowski (1,2,3) = 10 pts Eighth Place -- 9 pts autumn wind a stray dog unearths a button Petar Tchouhov (2,1,1) = 9 pts autumn wind-- the faint calls of migrating geese Audrey Downey (1,1,4) = 9 pts marigold spice on the autumn wind Day of the Dead Autumn Moon (1,3,0) = 9 pts autumn wind a man moves from the park to a city doorway Beverley George (0,3,3) = 9 pts a withered leaf touching my hair autumn wind Israel López Balan (0,2,5) autumn winds . . . two maple leaves race down the street marie summers (0,2,5) = 9 pts autumn wind the old man listening for his train of thought Bill Kenney (0,2,5) = 9 pts Ninth Place -- 8 pts autumn wind. . . the newborn burps in my ear Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,2,4) = 8 pts between the front door and the u-haul autumn wind Mark Hollingsworth (0,2,4) = 8 pts a feather flies from an old lady's hat-- autumn wind Ami (0,2,4) = 8 pts Tenth Place -- 7 pts wondering if I'll ever listen-- autumn wind William Gottlieb (1,1,2) = 7 pts growing old a scent of loneliness fills the autumn wind Linda Chambers (0,2,3) = 7 pts nothing left but the autumn wind old cottonwood Ann K. Schwader (0,2,3) = 7 pts all through recess a plastic bag in the tree-- autumn wind DeVar (0,2,3) = 7 pts stars at dusk . . . autumn wind climbs the dunes Carol Raisfeld (0,1,5) = 7 pts Eleventh Place -- 6 pts autumn wind a wide line of mourners starts to move garasa (0,2,2) = 6 pts autumn wind too many slices of pumpkin pie --ushi (0,1,4) = 6 pts city sidewalk-- my ex's perfume on the autumn wind gary steinberg (0,1,4) = 6 pts Twelfth Place -- 5 pts autumn wind: I need new flowers for Mom's grave --oino sakai (0,2,1) = 5 pts autumn wind in only one direction her mood swings Angčle Lux (0,2,1) = 5 pts autumn wind spending the night with the weathercock RaV (Flatline) (0,1,3) = 5 pts autumn wind-- too soon the trees swept bare Mary Lee McClure (0,1,3) = 5 pts autumn wind I pull another gray hair from my jacket sleeve --Susan Antolin (0,1,3) = 5 pts hunting season an autumn wind ruffles the doe's fur Carmel Lively Westerman (0,0,5) = 5 pts autumn wind-- fading echo of wild geese Tristan Coleridge (0,0,5) = 5 pts Thirteenth Place -- 4 pts behind the plow the furrows white with gulls; autumn winds Irene Golas (1,0,1) = 4 pts autumn winds curves of the dune inside a cobalt bottle Denise Lizarraga (0,2,0) = 4 pts Autumn wind coming down the hill . . . her glass bangles kala ramesh (0,2,0) = 4 pts night sky the sound of the autumn wind from tree to tree martin (0,1,2) = 4 pts colored leaves on the trees, on the ground autumn wind Carol A. Anderson (0,1,2) = 4 pts dust swirls in the autumn wind. . . a sobbing neighbor Carmen Sterba (0,1,2) = 4 pts autumn winds branches now filled with sparkling stars Barbara Campitelli (1,0,1) = 4 pts Autumn wind tangles her hair the empty nest j. blain (0,1,2) = 4 pts autumn wind the storm door slams harder behind me --john hudak (0,1,2) = 4 pts Fourteenth Place -- 3 pts autumn wind my grandson wishes on a falling star Earl Keener (0,1,1) = 3 pts autumn wind a pile of lily bulbs ready to plant agnes eva savich (0,1,1) = 3 pts a long journey-- autumn wind following a yellow leaf Zeljka Vucinic Jambresic (0,1,1) = 3 pts soup kitchen-- flurries in the autumn wind aom (tim) (0,0,3) = 3 pts autumn wind-- a whitetail buck stirs the aspen grove Paul Rainville (0,0,3) = 3 pts	First Place -- 32 pts friendship quilt-- soft voices circle above the squares Laryalee Fraser (5,3,11) = 32 pts Second Place -- 30 pts yellowed letters-- a rubber band still keeps the friendship together max verhart (3,7,7) = 30 pts Third Place -- 19 pts swollen stream-- my friend talks about the cancer gary steinberg (0,4,11) = 19 pts Fourth Place -- 15 pts roses in bloom old friendship renewed at the funeral lorin ford (1,4,4) = 15 pts Fifth Place -- 13 pts ICU: the last breath of our friendship --oino sakai (1,3,4) = 13 pts Sixth Place -- 11 pts fifty years on-- looking for friends on name tags Bill Kenney (1,1,6) = 11 pts autumn chill wondering who else visits my friend's grave Bruce Ross (0,3,5) = 11 pts laughing the same laugh . . . but such deep creases kala ramesh (0,3,5) = 11 pts Seventh Place -- 10 pts first day of school friendship bought with a piece of cake Kylie Hooklyn (0,3,4) = 10 pts Eighth Place -- 9 pts Almost all day the two old monks in silent prayer. Horst Ludwig (1,1,4) = 9 pts childless friends we heap praise upon their four dogs Agnes Eva Savich (0,0,9) = 9 pts Ninth Place -- 8 pts singles bar my ex-wife and I discuss friendship Dave (0,2,4) = 8 pts best friends-- two marshmallows fuse in the hot chocolate DeVar (0,2,4) = 8 pts Tenth Place -- 7 pts best friends our shadows breach the threshold of her bedroom ed markowski (2,0,1) = 7 pts autumn friend The house fly returns to the soup bowl martin (1,1,3) = 7 pts years of tarnish . . . both pieces of a friendship necklace marie summers (0,2,3) = 7 pts Eleventh Place -- 6 pts autumn friendship: multicolored leaves suspended in sunlight Linda Marucci (1,1,1) = 6 pts friendship-- twenty years, two fools William Gottlieb (0,2,2) = 6 pts crowded train-- in some perfumes some lost friendships Israel López Balan (0,2,2) = 6 pts falling leaves-- another old friendship ends in a graveyard Audrey Downey (0,2,2) = 6 pts old friendship sipping beer saving on words RaV (Flatline) (0,2,2) = 6 pts friendship golden leaves swirl in the eddy j. blain (0,2,2) = 6 pts twice around the world our friendship and suitcases still intact Autumn Moon (0,1,4) = 6 pts - Twelfth Place -- 5 pts - autumn pond reflections of friendship in her eyes Darrell Byrd (1,1,0)= 5 pts blue forget-me-nots a decorated jar of friendship tea Deborah P Kolodji (1,0,2) = 5 pts a moth flutters in the brown spirea: farewell to a friend Irene Golas (1,0,2) = 5 pts warm and sweet as our friendship his jasmine tea john tiong chunghoo (0,2,1) = 5 pts your definition of friendship: I am just an ear Elizabeth Fanto (0,1,3) = 5 pts haiku @ yahoo a few words and many friendships moi (Moira Richards) (0,1,3) = 5 pts renewed friendship-- the dog chooses a path we've both admired Paul R. (0,0,5) = 5 pts Thirteenth Place -- 4 pts At the park A friendship transpires With a goose Linda Warner (0,2,0) = 4 pts layers of sunset easy silence of our friendship Mark Hollingsworth (0,1,2) = 4 pts Fourteenth Place -- 3 pts through thick and thin-- full moon on the narrow road Earl Keener (1,0,0) = 3 pts through the window wrinkled face smiles her friend has arrived Brenda Roberts (0,1,1) = 3 pts Indian Summer: friendship becomes more-- cat in heat kami (Judy Kamilhor) (0,1,1) = 3 pts "friendship" waving back in tears oga (0,1,1) = 3 pts my haiku group for each of us a wonderful friendship Carol A. Anderson (0,1,1) = 3 pts in the boy's hand a little gecko-- two friends Tomislav Maretic (0,1,1) = 3 pts

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