haikuworld: The Shiki Monthly Kukai (January 2009 Results)

The Shiki Monthly Kukai

January 2009 Special "Toku" Kukai

Dear Haiku Friends,

The Shiki Special Kukai, the Toku, in memory of William J. Higginson was the seventh to be held and sponsored by the Ehime Culture Foundation and Hiromi Inoue and Kim Komurasaki of the Shiki Team at Matsuyama from the Shiki Haikusphere site.

Gary Warner, owner of Haikuworld.org; Robert Bauer, and Jennie Townsend of Haikuworld's Shiki Monthly Kukai acted as secretaries for the 794 entries from 292 poets.

This was a first for the Haikuworld kukai team. We had no idea just how many entries or poets we'd hear from but it turned out to be a wonderful adventure as they poured in and often with a memory to share. As usual, Bill brought out the best in us…

On February 15, 2009, the Shiki Team at Matsuyama presented the grand prize to Dorota Pyra, a preschool teacher from Gdansk, Poland, the poet who took first place in the special kukai held in memory of William J. Higginson.

January 2009 Results
Kigo Theme: Color A Special "Toku" in Honor of William Higginson
First Place -- 67 Points whiteness the water falls into its sound Dorota Pyra 67 Points Second Place -- 51 Points valentine's day - a glimpse of the shop girl's red bra strap Paul Hodder 51 Points Third Place -- 47 Points green coin in the fountain a forgotten wish Susan Sanchez-Barnett 47 Points Fourth Place -- 46 Points For a moment a monk carries the orange moon on his back. Alexis Rotella 46 Points Fifth Place -- 41 Points out of the blue into the blue a whale's breath Josh Wikoff 41 Points after confession white petals on the path Scott Mason 41 Points Sixth Place -- 40 Points winter river a heron takes the whiteness into the dark Matt Morden 40 Points Seventh Place -- 33 Points sleet storm her needles clicking out a red mitten Catherine J.S. Lee 33 Points children's ward window the blue sky clouded with nose prints Melissa Spurr 33 Points Eighth Place -- 30 Points red tailed hawk its autumn shadow touches mine Billie Dee 30 Points her crayons… the red one smaller than the others K. Ramesh 30 Points Ninth Place -- 29 Points snowmelt the curled red fingers of a lost glove Carole MacRury 29 Points Tenth Place -- 27 Points kyuu yuu to momoiro tsubaki takara na ri charlie smith 27 Points Eleventh Place -- 26 Points silver moon sometimes I'm happy for no reason Melissa Spurr 26 Points donating my son's cello- red leaves in the wind Cherie Hunter Day 26 Points nothing but a memory white lily James M. Thompson 26 Points Twelfth Place -- 25 Points between the sky and the open-mouthed boy, a red balloon Ito 25 Points orange peel in a single curl the new year Deb Koen 25 Points Thirteenth Place -- 24 Points first light-- a duck flaps out of all the gold H. Gene Murtha 24 Points white graveyard- Mr and Mrs Snowman melt into each other Winona Baker 24 Points road to the beach wave after wave of blue hydrangeas Elaine Riddell 24 Points Fourteenth Place -- 23 Points the White Empire- chrysanthemum garden under the snowfall Vasile Moldavan 23 Points pitch black I stub my toe on the planet Deb Koen 23 Points stitching a line across the setting sun . . . black loons Carole MacRury 23 Points after fireworks we find it again the yellow star Lorin Ford 23 Points border fence a white-winged dove between rusty barbs Melissa Spurr 23 Points midwinter night - my white breath drifts into the Milky Way Paul Hodder 23 Points Fifteenth Place -- 22 Points a cicada in amber . . . yellow silence Li Ree 22 Points in the center of the buttercup-- more yellow Terri L. French 22 Points the thin whiteness of a coyote's call . . . deep winter Carole MacRury 22 Points Sixteenth Place -- 21 Points morning fog the brief white lines of breaking waves Christopher Herold 21 Points Seventeenth Place -- 20 Points a broom sweeps up its yellow straws evening sunlight Earl Keener 20 Points shadows . . . an orange koi swims the curves Don Baird 20 Points deep red the first cry of the newborn Elena Naskova 20 Points autumn river his red notebook left in the canoe Francine Barnwarth 20 Points Eighteenth Place -- 19 Points heat shimmer the fragrance of purple sage Tom Painting 19 Points last potato to peel a pale shade of indigo below one eye Harvey Jenkins 19 Points Nineteenth Place -- 18 Points train journey. . . mother's white hair on the page K. Ramesh 18 Points on the spring lawn--- small blue flowers I didn't plant John Soules 18 Points yellow moon the onion full of tears Francine Barnwarth 18 Points first snow… pouring deep-red into the inkstone Pamela A. Babusci 18 Points laundromat-- her red socks dancing in the suds Ruth Powell 18 Points Twentieth Place -- 17 Points black and white- memories of the seasons before we met Kv. Páll Ingi Kvaran 17 Points wolf willow the white breath of a doe Linda Pilarski 17 Points a soldier coming home - the green fields below Li Ree 17 Points a day by the window black branches bud with rain Natalia L. Rudychev 17 Points Twenty-First Place -- 16 Points empty summer day- at 4 P.M. I break the green beans Janelle Barrera 16 Points abandoned hut a red carp streamer bleached in the sun Carmel Lively Westerman 16 Points packing up a big black dog licks my hand Roberta Beary 16 Points spring sunlight an emerald sheen on the starling's head Andre Surridge 16 Points Twenty-Second Place -- 15 Points moon-viewing concert the girl in a yellow kimono takes a bow Hilary Tann 15 Points the fortress moat a girl in pink skates backwards Marlčne Buitelaar 15 Points junked cars - the old gray cat rubs his chin along a bumper Sharon Hammer Baker 15 Points winter storm- the yellow crayon worn down to a stub Devika 15 Points Twenty-Third Place -- 14 Points rising tide . . . the white backs of birds at sea Patrick M. Pilarski 14 Points will the hibiscus on the other side of town bloom the same wild red Elsa Colligan 14 Points golden green the light livens our tea Merrill Ann Gonzales 14 Points silver threads of rain. . . Stitching sky to grass Rose Marie Stutts, EdD 14 Points spring equinox a frisbee out of the blue Scott Mason 14 Points yellow moon- add cheese to shopping list John Irvine 14 Points white lies the changing shape of icicles Jennifer Corpe 14 Points Twenty-Fourth Place -- 13 Points blackened prairie. . . a blind man describes the color of rain H. Gene Murtha 13 Points a bridesmaid again her blue eyes green Carmel Lively Westerman 13 Points no longer green all the weeds pulled up by their throats Christopher Herold 13 Points winter light a child's white breath lingers on the playground Martin Gottleib Cohen 13 Points lady bug on a bare white wall moving day jim kacian 13 Points blue sky one lone cloud hides my shadow Jeff Hoagland 13 Points Twenty-Fifth Place -- 12 Points mid day heat -- the little red balls on the sombrero's trim Terry Ann Carter 12 Points a blue moth from the chicory flowers… morning star Lorin Ford 12 Points lunar eclipse the white of my thumb in the viewfinder Paul Cordeiro 12 Points alfalfa bales shelter us from the wind-- white faced cows DeVar Dahl 12 Points moon-lit lake- silver droplets dripping off her silhouette Curtis Dunlap 12 Points autumn pond amidst the red and yellow leaves an old face Richard Burri 12 Points surfing beyond the breakers a black orca fin Trish Fong 12 Points Twenty-Sixth Place -- 11 Points for his ashes… blue moonlight on the river Pamela A. Babusci 11 Points our baby's first kick . . . mist rises from the river in the pink dawn Catherine J.S. Lee 11 Points next to your grave a black rectangle of dirt a new neighbor S.E. Carlisle 11 Points to a blind friend I describe the purple asters as less Janelle Barrera 11 Points deep white drifts -- this snow that fell while I slept Helen Baker 11 Points sunrise the red maple ablaze Gael Bage 11 Points how red! our cheeks are at meeting Merrill Ann Gonzales 11 Points lush green lawn together an old couple push their mower Winona Baker 11 Points purple ink: Bill's signature poem occupies a folding fan's rib Dennis M. Holmes 11 Points summer night an ambulance pulses red Bill Kenney 11 Points Twenty-Seventh Place -- 10 Points freshly plowed field-- purple wildflowers outside the fence Adelaide B. Shaw 10 Points snowy Sunday a pink cupola inside a limpet shell paul m. 10 Points high surf white foam darkens the sand Jane Reichold 10 Points she offers me a cup of green tea - relax she whispers Mike Montreuil 10 Points school girls released into summer- green apples Beth Powell 10 Points red dragonfly the gait of the drunk following behind Ed Markowski 10 Points blue sky- another year the old house without paint Tom Clausen 10 Points sleepless… bulbs burst into white peonies ito 10 Points he has blue blood too… that red blooded butterfly crazy on the flight Adina ENACHESCU 10 Points Strawberries - the blind child is tasting the red color Eduard Tara 10 Points peach glow… the embers of a year George Hawkins 10 Points bare trees I sip green tea from her favorite cup Peggy Willis Lyles 10 Points red dress winter wind animates an abandoned doll Lech Szeglowski 10 Points one brown leg swinging out of the hammock an old love song Sandra Simpson 10 Points in front of Kandinsky I can hear red Li Ree 10 Points october rain a puddle of yellow under the maple Ed Schwellenbach 10 Points pitch black night they wonder where the next bomb will drop Victor P. Gendrano 10 Points Twenty-Eight Place -- 9 Points no farmer to point with a white turnip -- but bill higginson miriam chaikin 9 Points blue sail reflecting across the water blue sail Andrew Shimield 9 Points New Year's morning - white footprints to to the church in the virgin snow. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic 9 Points grave green leaves - trying to be here a little longer Lech Szeglowski 9 Points at night the floating whiteness of Nippon Daisies Karen Klein 9 Points blue moon :: the xray of a tumor Timothy Russell 9 Points a red rose in the snow december bride Terry O'Connor 9 Points a primrose field the wind plucks off one yellow… butterfly Tomislav Mareti? 9 Points power blackout - lightning switches on white irises Lorin Ford 9 Points orange sunrise over a frosted world a robin sings Jo Pacsoo 9 Points frog song stops the fall of yellow leaves from his book Brenda Roberts 9 Points full moon spilt all over red wine Natalia L. Rudychev 9 Points Twenty-Ninth Place -- 8 Points olympian - she tests the gold medal between her teeth Andre Surridge 8 Points mixing red and yellow paint my son discovers fire David Grayson 8 Points we whisper in the room with white coffins - a light snow falling Terry Ann Carter 8 Points just as the frost blooms on my window cyclamen lipstick red Ie Suzume Shi 8 Points Blue skyline -- a red ball falls in the sea the moon rises Magdalena Dale 8 Points red hibiscus . . . what comes from the heart Francine Barnwarth 8 Points the buds purple, a couple of snow flakes taking their time John Shiffer 8 Points peonies their petals color the wind white Ellen Compton 8 Points In no time the white flower loses all the petals Magdalena Dale 8 Points new coolness a touch of yellow in the aspen Tom Painting 8 Points the orange glow of a tossed cigarette Hallowe'en jim kacian 8 Points pink dawn slowly the grass turns green again Max Verhart 8 Points blue ridges becoming darkness the tail of a deer John Barlow 8 Points forgetting myself I speak out of turn- the purple orchid Christopher Herold 8 Points yellow straw the feathery scent of hatching eggs Ferris Gilli 8 Points Thirtieth Place -- 7 Points Grandma's house- even the red geranium has aged beyond recognition Constantin Stroe 7 Points condolence letter-- snowlight on a sheet of white paper Kristen Deming 7 Points nor'easter - high on the bluff I make a red fist George Dorsty 7 Points red moon a glowworm crawls along my finger Garry Gay 7 Points black sky another star on the heavens Brenda Roberts 7 Points on your book red camellia falls from vase charlie smith 7 Points sakura eve blue eyes search the trees for Issa's ghost John Stone 7 Points cushioned in the robin's nest three blue eggs Betty Kaplan 7 Points brown leaf more thin and dry than last year so too your skin Peg Duthie 7 Points red-haired girl out outglowing fireflies Roberta Beary 7 Points alley walk . . . yellow sunflowers lining the slums Patrick M. Pilarski 7 Points the red hills-- sunlight becoming pinot noir Ellen Compton 7 Points morning heat a swallowtail drifts into the blue Ann K. Schwader 7 Points stained glass window in the old church…green grapes still ripening Tom Genovese 7 Points the white glow of a red giant autumn wind Althea Rowe Watson 7 Points a white bone picked clean by the crow fresh snow Andrea Gradidge 7 Points red maple after the last bird leaves hortensia anderson 7 Points cold snap -- shock of white in my hairbrush Shelley Krause 7 Points a foal's first steps deep in red clover morning sun Ferris Gilli 7 Points war news- rubble the same gray in any country Cherie Hunter Day 7 Points evening rain the pink glow of crabapple blossoms Irene Golas 7 Points white sun a snail in the bloom of a daffodil ito 7 Points Thirty-First Place -- 6 Points four white ducks single file in winter rain Jerry Gill 6 Points pushing up from under the snow a white snowdrop Betty Kaplan 6 Points A temple bell rings - flurry of pink cherry petals fade away, too. Daniela Bullas 6 Points nearing dusk - white goose feathers drift across road dust Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka 6 Points Snap of a red pepper: winter moon on Shiki's shoulder - Kurt R. Westley 6 Points red leaves I hold the ladder while he climbs Peggy Willis Lyles 6 Points a black butterfly hovers over the stage . . . Taiko drumming Joseph Kirschner 6 Points falling star a voice fades into the blackness before me Ed Markowski 6 Points Silent snowflakes swirl in the purple twilight sky, warm candlelit room. Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson 6 Points sounds of the new year- orange, green, gold fireworks Gillena Cox 6 Points winter night-- on an old wooden altar melts a yellow candle "tori inu" 6 Points gypsies dancing in my yard-- orange day lilies jill lange 6 Points so much left to say… black grapes burst on the way home carol pearce-worthington 6 Points a brown leaf frozen on my windshield hospice parking lot Karen Klein 6 Points I repeat just for its melody- ultramarine RaV 6 Points headstone - her bouqet reflected on black marble Hilary Tann 6 Points the room dark, then suddenly a cat's yellow eyes Paul O. Williams 6 Points in black and white the soldiers anguish deepens Bill Hudson 6 Points Pink peonies - missing not a petal, the tiny ants. Zhanna P. Rader 6 Points kotoku in the lagoon: its black legs longer than my camera lens John Irvine 6 Points red oak-- white with snow black with crows Grzegorz Sionkowski 6 Points A skylark - how deep can be the blue Eduard Tara 6 Points white clouds come and go-- yet what color is the wind? Bruce Kennedy 6 Points after the fire-- a spool of green fern unfurls in the sun Renee Owen 6 Points Foreclosure sale-- a few white tulips along the fence Heather Jagman 6 Points Poems Receiving less than 6 Points red faced she pushed her cart market time terrytip 5 Points singularity phenomenon unmatched black hole Tom Connally 5 Points dog-eared book red camellia rests on top charlie smith 5 Points the sun dissolves into a golden sea with the day Ignatius Fay 5 Points 2008 ends in a blizzard of white Merrill Ann Gonzales 5 Points the other gulls gather around this one gull red droplets on white Pris Campbell 5 Points Vermillion sunset black wings curve low to descend, ripples on the water. Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson 5 Points Peaceful red koi glide in temple white reflection, watched by summer sun. Mrs. Jean Lewis 5 Points apricot sky long shadows on the snow Linda Pilarski 5 Points whitecaps and seagulls fading into morning mist grey skies above natalia kuznetsova 5 Points inside my black diary: all my days and dreams helge t. 5 Points buffalo plains an artist's white canvas H. Gene Murtha 5 Points wooden crosses brown leaves mounded into graves Helen Baker 5 Points another argument the rose petal's burgundy edge Paul Hodder 5 Points cancer ward- he colours all the butterflies with red Rita Odeh 5 Points first kiss- her cheeks become red Katarzyna Predota 5 Points Curled tightly alone Thrown wrenching upward, skin red Dripping awake, birth Saxony Olivia McArthur 5 Points cherry blossoms surrounded by pink the bride wears white Elaine Riddell 5 Points homecoming- he wipes fleck of red lipstick from the neck Katarzyna Predota 5 Points overcast sky red geraniums even redder Marylouise Knight 5 Points Winter moonlight - her long hair turns silver for the first time Eduard Tara 5 Points blue flashes past like a thrill a kingfisher Tarumi Hideo 5 Points a black scratch over snowy fields - the telegraph Sara Winteridge 5 Points sunrise ~ threads of gold paint in the water jar Trish Fong 5 Points midwinter grey dusk coming home on the early bus Frances McCarthy 5 Points the broken crystals white, soft glitters in the night - my frozen tears Posnaies Oana Aurora 5 Points morning moon white cream rising in the white milk Michele Root-Bernstein 5 Points summer fair-- a child's pink face in cotton candy Rita Gray 5 Points white flowers cradled in her small stained hands - bloodroot Don Holt 5 Points blue bottle on the windowsill spring tonic Ruth Powell 5 Points rain dripping from the red-and-white awning . . . I catch your yawn Michael Dylan Welch 5 Points scarlet fingers bloody wrists when will we have enough Blackberries Joanne Baldwin 5 Points a rusty lure ripples the still water a yellow bill Fr. RP 5 Points Sunday afternoon simmering red sauce fills house garlic bread toasting Hazel A. Witherspoon 5 Points The river flows Moonlight across stones Into blackness… James Sawer 5 Points Valentine's Day a red starfish in the tidal pool Earl Keener 5 Points the night thick with the day's heat- amber moon Curtis Dunlap 5 Points maroon calla lilies holding moonlight-- I release a prayer Pamela A. Babusci 5 Points the mangrove creek brimming with blue sky- leap of a fish John Barlow 5 Points the blue hour-- inhaling a sweet smell of bruised peach Michele Root-Bernstein 5 Points flower moon she slowly stirs lavender bath salts Bette Norcross Wappner 5 Points blinding snow-- the white light inside a passing bus Michael Dylan Welch 5 Points bombing respite she frees her red-stained doll from the rubble Victor P. Gendrano 5 Points blue iris erratic dragonfly flight stone Buddha laughing Carol Borges 5 Points African drum her red high heels rolling downhill Elena Naskova 5 Points cold dawn light a black cap chick asleep on the feeder perch Garry Eaton 5 Points red geraniums within the cells' white- vesper bell Serban Denk 5 Points a paper white unfolds eclipse of the moon Natalia L. Rudychev 5 Points over mudflats the winter light pinpoints a boat's blue hull Matthew Paul 5 Points white gauze mesh shrouds the young lettuce rising moon Ferris Gilli 5 Points blackbird off into the spiral of his song Jon Baldwin 5 Points the wind has entered in the void temple-- red petals fall Isabel Pose 5 Points breaking trail- some little red berries have stained the snow Tom Clausen 5 Points Even in winter the deep red of a pomegranate seed. Ellen Romano 5 Points the blue of the sky… and a white butterfly crazy on the flight Adina ENACHESCU 4 Points spots of blood on the grass still green- red leaves Constantin Stroe 4 Points graffiti - a palette of blues mixed on cement Don Baird 4 Points new years morning waking up from a dream of white butterflies Jerry Gill 4 Points my garden teaches me the meaning of cerise, vermillion … Andrew Shimield 4 Points Green apples on the orchard floor. Deer feeding. Trevor Camp 4 Points childhood landscape in the colorful patchwork patch by patch Dorota Pyra 4 Points white tissues becoming a grey mound myeloma Mr. Kim Chamberlain 4 Points january rain discarded Christmas tree still green Terri L. French 4 Points goldfish prints on her Kimono sleeves dissolves into the circle dance Motoko Satoh 4 Points a red winter cap on a latchkey kid playing with his own shadow hajimu hirakita 4 Points Thought it was a frog until it did not jump up… A wrinkled green leaf. Lex Joy 4 Points white water lilies by Monet, or in the pond, alive… Elsa Colligan 4 Points ruby sun on the twilight sky a spring breeze Narayanan Raghunathan 4 Points spring breeze in a grand finale falling pink sakuras john tiong chunghoo 4 Points frozen pond blackbirds turning leaves the child inside her Gryta Wansdronk 4 Points grandpa's farm - only a leaning shed and yellow lilies Catherine J.S. Lee 4 Points autumn sunset - pink, red, violet clouds staining the blue sky Virginia Popescu 4 Points Rainbows color Red to violet dance from clouds Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black 4 Points drove of black umbrellas - still standing by your name Lech Szeglowski 4 Points Sunday morning - her red eyes reveal the night before Mike Montreuil 4 Points silver fish jump-- in the shallows a dancing heron Maureen Irvine 4 Points All day rain the ruin, the rust of autumn. Alexis Rotella 4 Points bright morning-- the meadow turns yellow with dandelions Grzegorz Sionkowski 4 Points asking where to go my blue eyes passing hers out to sea Werner Reichhold 4 Points slowed-down air -- thick green silence drifts in from the plains Marylouise Knight 4 Points among stars the sun of haiku reveals white echoes Jane Reichold 4 Points From the night the light of some white flower. Ljubomir Radovancevic 4 Points frozen pond by degrees gives up the scarlet koi Sara Winteridge 4 Points Next to each other a review of white crosses. Army cemetery. Ljubomir Radovancevic 4 Points World in grey waiting for the days to come Ashi 4 Points night sky-- I look up to the whites of my father's eyes Tim Singleton 4 Points wrapped in tattered gray blanket feeding squirrels in the park he laughs Ginny Leidig 4 Points under the wings of a Peacock butterfly grey shadow Origa 4 Points strong gusty winds strip yellowed leaves from branches a straggler clings Ginny Leidig 4 Points desert autumn a pumpkin in heavy orange crayon Dana Duclo 4 Points magnolia push within the frosted green leaf a new haiku grows Mike Keville 4 Points the day plunges into indigo crickets trill Rob Scott 4 Points summer dusk; the orange of the newborn robin's mouth. manoj saranathan 4 Points cracked earth a brick wall reddens the raindrop Kala Ramesh 4 Points first blossom the green ribbon round grandma's hat paul conneally 4 Points a moment's pause… the pink blue green of her soap bubble John Shiffer 4 Points Sleeping late, the sky and my gray cat are the same color. Ellen Romano 4 Points another gray day, my new red pen writes brightly Charles Rossiter 4 Points siesta the yellow palo verde hums with bees Earl Keener 4 Points mowing the grass greener jim kacian 4 Points red light a few petals blow in and out Jan O'Loughlin 4 Points bristling pine - fox tracks in the red snow George Dorsty 4 Points she secures her day with blue ink autumn winds Mary Davila 4 Points a red paper clip appears on my desk - noon-time nap Mike Montreuil 4 Points first flurries I white-out my name Marily Appl Walker 4 Points strong wind pieces of blue sky on the driveway Origa 4 Points summer sunset we decide to paint the town red Michele Root-Bernstein 4 Points first snow - my old dog's eyes speckled with white Maddalena Elisa Rossi 4 Points Cerulean skies Dotted with white cotton-wool - A Maltese springtime. Tanja Cilia 3 Points gray beards wiggle in old renga style I count syllables Brenda Roberts 3 Points the land darkens, clouds still full of pink light-- today's last birds Paul O. Williams 3 Points white roses finally fade winter chill terrytip 3 Points birthday stroll… a bright red berry in the raven's beak Scott Mason 3 Points autumn art . . . a stirring of red in the gust Don Baird 3 Points Red cherry pits on the stone wall-- young thieves David McMurray 3 Points first winter moon stray black cat meowing…meowing Jerry Gill 3 Points first morning-- all along the shoreline all the white caps bow Tish Davis 3 Points around, back and forth the hummingbird investigates an unknown redness Bill Hudson 3 Points Red with shame the sky at sunrise her new kiss R K Singh 3 Points At the last flat of a grey skyscraper red geranium Vasile Moldavan 3 Points the pink speckles in foxglove corollas… midsummer snooze Matthew Paul 3 Points bleached snow an eternity of white Patrick M. Pilarski 3 Points pink rose mallows the tiny baby snores… Janelle Barrera 3 Points pink rosebuds on her casket "for grandma" Terry Ann Carter 3 Points the seashore in summer an old woman playing with some blue marbles hajimu hirakita 3 Points early morning light a time too soon for colour when all cats are grey Deirdre Godwin 3 Points as my Granma did I crap to the sunrise from the yellow rice fields Minako Noma 3 Points cherry tomatoes teardrops of a lonely old fool Mary Meriam 3 Points withered birch hidden amidst green pine mistaken for ghosts maikindazen 3 Points a butterfly on a pink rose meditating Keith A. Simmonds 3 Points summer's end… deadheading my mother's red roses Elsa Colligan 3 Points icy moon-- the stillness of winter on White Mountain John Daleiden 3 Points fresh nasturtiums in the smooth green bowl our waiter clicks his heels Lin Geary 3 Points black on white winter starlings drink snow ruthanne price 3 Points misty day - the old yellow radio still works… Israel Lopez Balan 3 Points Shades of winter cacti at my window with red flowers Magdalena Dale 3 Points red winterberries even the crow looks content paul m. 3 Points red ink stains the page a transfusion of words Ruth Arnison 3 Points washing my ex-blue jeans -- end of summer Valeria Simonova-Cecon 3 Points Among the beard's hair Not a single black shadow - The winter has come Ioan Marinescu-Puiu 3 Points This all white world -- signatures of birds crisscross morning snow Alexis Rotella 3 Points slanted sun light reflects gold off the limestone wall Jerome Cushman 3 Points blackness in the womb of a sweat lodge red rocks glow gourdman 3 Points in the shadow of the lighthouse crimson entrails Jon Baldwin 3 Points white water above the wave wind Jane Reichold 3 Points plop! white pebble turning blue Dejan Pavlinovic 3 Points summer sunset the color of her skin after the long nap Kv. Páll Ingi Kvaran 3 Points fresh snow… in each deep footprint blackness Origa 3 Points winter gloom two vibrant goldfinch lift my mood Gael Bage 3 Points child's nose pressed against the window -- thundering white Cornelia Traian Atanasiu 3 Points bridal night-- her cheeks turn red hearing his footsteps Quamrul Hassan 3 Points autumn leaves green to yellow to red--- stoplights John Soules 3 Points dress code lifted the nun chooses sky blue and sensible shoes Beth Powell 3 Points flirting sunbather blinded by the lifeguard's zinc white nose Meredith Stern Cavalieri 3 Points the train pulls out - a pink "welcome-home"-balloon left behind, too Maddalena Elisa Rossi 3 Points only my prints on cold green dew and her grave Chandra Bales 3 Points early sunset the snowy field turns red RaV 3 Points clear sky the coffin's white lid even with the snow Fr. RP 3 Points winter noon a crow pecks at the black ice Martin Gottleib Cohen 2 Points darkened field the ice glows red on the sycamore Martin Gottleib Cohen 2 Points a sunlit window bowl the goldfish gasping on the kitchen floor Garry Eaton 2 Points along the wall bougainvilleas all dressed in fuschia Bill Hudson 2 Points peace on earth blue paper cranes all over her children's tables Audrey Downey 2 Points Blood-red horizon - among the returning ships one is missing Zhanna P. Rader 2 Points Girl in the gloaming-- little by little her white paper cranes become grey Vasile Moldavan 2 Points in the winter sun now green, now blue - the mallard's head Tomislav Maretic 2 Points spring puddle my red rainboots bigger now Roberta Beary 2 Points afternoon tea-- her favorite white cup with hand-painted violets jill lange 2 Points spring buds, the bright red of her sweater Charles Rossiter 2 Points reconciled - her little white heart on my latte Ernest J Berry 2 Points newly bare branches watching the indigo sky fill with pink contrails susan delphine delaney 2 Points white table in a white cup-- black coffee Tanya Dikova 2 Points red hibiscus satellite images of a hurricane Peggy Willis Lyles 2 Points grey winter dawn suddenly- a hundred sparrows! maikindazen 2 Points letting go now it's just a dot-- the red balloon Linda Marucci 2 Points a red maple leaf quivering on the first snow autumn retiring natalia kuznetsova 2 Points full cold moon startled by his shadow the white hare maikindazen 2 Points from the wardrobe flying towards me a blue lavender fragrance. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic 2 Points right-left-right under the wiper blade a wet red leaf Mykel Board 2 Points harvest moon: the pumpkins are even more orange oino sakai 2 Points the strength of red neon in blustering snow OPEN Lin Geary 2 Points drawing lesson- she asks what color (is white in a dream?) is a dream Rita Odeh 2 Points yellow flowers- a meeting in the garden face to face with the sun Jadwiga Gala Miemus 2 Points not enough to cover red crabapple fruits - first snowfall Jyothirmai Gubili 2 Points winter skaters the blue glow of a boom box carol pearce-worthington 2 Points cold grey morning blizzard of emotions love lost in winter Todd Eddy 2 Points rolling over into a green dream morning rain Ann K. Schwader 2 Points the tide recedes: old red boat sinks into the mud Maureen Irvine 2 Points yellow leaves -- the old tortoiseshell glares back Ann K. Schwader 2 Points fresh strawberry from the garden a taste of red Susan Sanchez-Barnett 2 Points from the black dot in the blue sky the skylark's song Grzegorz Sionkowski 2 Points fading light- a fruit vendor's son bites into an unsold red persimmon Angelee Deodhar 2 Points tundra swans gathering on the green winter tourists Barbara Snow 2 Points bitter cold morning-- red silk poppies in the chinese vase Marylouise Knight 2 Points grey-morning…trees sway. birds take shelter in the boughs. she died yesterday. Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr. 2 Points blue porcelain fresh from the kiln bright winter morning Tarumi Hideo 2 Points white~out - the buzzard waits for road kill Sara Winteridge 2 Points sudden gust ripe purple plums sway thud thud thud Trish Fong 2 Points small black cat leaves large hole in my life when gone Oriane Stender 2 Points Grey clouds rule nevertheless I know blue sky remain above Ashi 2 Points Slivers of rainbows exploding into the air from her third finger. Bonnie Hudson 2 Points cabbage white and I spring meadow Christopher Patchel 2 Points December wind all colors go back into the white Ludmila Balabanova 2 Points Black and Tan more dead soldiers along the road Karen Cesar 2 Points trickle of water over moss, over stone deep forest green Rita Gray 2 Points autumn dusk the red mountain's hot springs glints with gold steam Althea Rowe Watson 2 Points black ice-- the wiper still going on the overturned SUV Michael Dylan Welch 2 Points blue flash - the overcast sky just glanced at me Rob Scott 2 Points well into winter the eye starts to discover different shades of white… Cristian Mocanu 2 Points quarrel's end the red arc of the rainbow so vivid RaV 2 Points incense ascending through purple stained light the color of prayer Ed Schwellenbach 2 Points sleeping child one raspberry stain escaped the sponge Nancy Smith 2 Points white blanket of snow a soft wet covering muddy footprints Tom Connally 1 Points A red dragonfly rests above the front doorway, a summer breeze blows. Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson 1 Points twilight the leaves of the saijiki are gold George Hawkins 1 Points unfolding… blue morning glories face my pale face Ed Markowski 1 Points after the war a flock of bluebirds glitters on the grass Penny Harter 1 Points green convertible white leather seats memories glide past Carol Borges 1 Points pivoting on blue the first dance of the red breasted robin Tish Davis 1 Points the flight of swallows a puff of black smoke from fireworks Duncan MacLaurin 1 Points spring rain streaming toward the valley yellow poppies Adelaide B. Shaw 1 Points rain-rounded headstones: stubby gray erasers against slate sky Peg Duthie 1 Points Am I dreaming? A Shinkansen comes and goes on the azure skyline. Daniela Bullas 1 Points ocean breeze flutters her robe-- a flash of pink thigh Charles Rossiter 1 Points winter trees burnt umber and gray under a pale moon jill lange 1 Points Darwin's two hundredth a pink iguana ours for the saving Helen Buckingham 1 Points mowing the lawn a darker green underneath David Grayson 1 Points all the red leaves still I challenge the precipice Hans Jongman 1 Points long night's drive ahead in red neon-- Open 24-hours! Terri L. French 1 Points gum trees dusty leaves disguise a brown moth Patricia Prime 1 Points becoming autumn-like a white star on the horse's forehead hajimu hirakita 1 Points yellow on yellow pine siskin on witch hazel late winter color Deirdre Godwin 1 Points green dewdrops on quivering leaves a silky sun Keith A. Simmonds 1 Points under "Tavern on the Green" green Mykel Board 1 Points I've outlived the black-framed note tells me another doctor Mykel Board 1 Points a warm night chopped with the black of shutters the full moon Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic 1 Points past promise of spring store front red wagon appears in my best friend's yard Harvey Jenkins 1 Points Nepalese morning her red sari glows against mud walls Harvey Jenkins 1 Points adrift in the bay: man in a red boat fishing Maureen Irvine 1 Points yellow dust - the tractor's engine Overheats George Dorsty 1 Points the scent of purple wisteria suddenly rich now that people are gone Tarumi Hideo 1 Points country lane - the mail lady's blue rubber glove Karen Cesar 1 Points full strawberry moon shines on plump, ripe, red berries… gatherings of june Pat Geyer 1 Points first snow we watch tonight a black-and-white film Ludmila Balabanova 1 Points summer morning-- a white moth in a spider's web Rita Gray 1 Points missing half of the winter moon-- a black bird's sleep talking Emiko Miyashita 1 Points November rain… I gather a load of blacks and blues Heather Jagman 1 Points hospice garden white bindweeds climb the sky Jacek 1 Points morning baptism a window to her soul sky blue Dan Schwerin 1 Points the red cheeks of the one I once loved berries dropped on snow Paul Cordeiro 1 Points mourning dove bursts from the green heart of the boxwood Shelley Krause 1 Points Poems Receiving No Points white on the mountain after last night's storm all rained away Paul O. Williams Fuchsia; amaranth; Carnation; rose; lavender; Blooms, or shades of pink? Tanja Cilia Red is for passion; Courage, blood and sacrifice… Anger, sin, and guilt. Tanja Cilia a small brown bird's nest blue and white speckled eggs miracle of life Tom Connally etching red hieroglyphs into a sunset sea lone sailboat Pris Campbell Perfume lingers, red roses wither, like lost love long gone. Mrs. Jean Lewis under the rainbow splashes of color traffic sounds Ignatius Fay beyond blue a new country of images George Hawkins blue and gold remain from the wild bird's visit daybreak Pris Campbell Trees pierce blue sky in tones of red and orange. Autumn's dress is bold. Mrs. Jean Lewis leaves red and yellow skitter in the chill gust long-sleeved shirt Ignatius Fay blushed skin-- flushed to red taking us into ravines Ed Higgins Shades of green islands rise from the sea-- does diversity matter? David McMurray my fluttering kite a red tailed hawk stroking up into a huge sky Garry Eaton Drumming stillness Rain dripping from leaves and eaves Rainbow puddles James Sawer on an oar a red dragonfly mountain gazing Darrell Lindsey yellow sunflowers girl on a swing father pushing too high Carol Borges salty-blue sky dawn rising you retrieved all morning Ed Higgins coca-cola can green tea cup sweating together Penny Harter 100-year red oak again in my deepest dream 100-year red oak David McMurray Unmade Tangled white sheets… Abandoned bed James Sawer late spring another cough pierces the red blossoms Darrell Lindsey noon's yellow sun line-dried towels rubbing across her shoulders Ed Higgins morning gray sky- wild geese settle on the nursing-home lawn Penny Harter ms finished- the poplars have lost most of their gold leaves Winona Baker gray sky snowflakes falling in the dancing child Elena Naskova a poet rests in red blossoms mellow spring Darrell Lindsey the fast-moving grey wisp of cloud a skein of geese Duncan MacLaurin After the repair pink paint grows molds on the wall-- autumn breathlessness R K Singh White color of me cries do not turn back to black Wojciech Cybulski the afternoon quiet-- before a twisted oak rows of red tulips Adelaide B. Shaw new year's day the fireplace's red-hot flame from last year's twigs Audrey Downey new year morning rain- red bracts of the poinsettia sparkling Gillena Cox My white loneliness keeps me away from purple war Wojciech Cybulski winter river a pair of snow white swan bobbing along Audrey Downey kiskadee's beak- a twig with green leaves swaying Gillena Cox Sea waves roll from faraway white peaks R K Singh Black mother says I do not have white milk anymore Wojciech Cybulski autumn deepens so many birds in a fine red sky John Stone art contest a small hand selects crimson from the crayon box Carmel Lively Westerman the calico color of the cat's coat crinkles -- Bill's last book's earmarks Dennis M. Holmes the seasons sing red, yellow and green forever changing Betty Kaplan clematis flower joining on pergola the blue dusk Tomislav Mareti? snowmelt - alpines bloom on the soft green hill Andrew Shimield Winston-Salem -- the silver shimmer of summer lifts in his hokku Dennis M. Holmes black orchids the spiders silken strand in a summer breeze John Stone Texas sky wind turbines out of the blue Tom Painting Fragrant clover field - reflected in his eyes, the blue sky. Zhanna P. Rader highway in the mist - a red sport car flies out of the sky Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka The blind old pilgrim: I hear a white lark twitter high near the sun. Horst Ludwig in the pond's calm where others lie waiting sinks a red leaf "tori inu" Violet time, snow trickling on the graves, on my way home. Horst Ludwig Illuminated vermillion shrine gate -- Orion Yukiko Yamada exhausted autumn the leaves turn dark yellow father is gonna die Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka yellow sunset-- orange leaves now more red "tori inu" a wild duck mother crossing the super highway with her golden brood Horst Ludwig my sandals crack sheets of ice the snow a soft, warm white Peg Duthie Noon on Lake Kawaguchi - A path with stars of white light shows the way to Mount Fuji. Daniela Bullas snowflakes on her eyelashes - sunset pink Guatam Nadkarni Green scent of seaweed Sea creature bites spinning past Sushi carousel Patricia Lammers teenage remains a junk shop kimono black, ochre . . .some yellow Helen Buckingham white-out one eye rises Ernest J Berry Small red lips smile at granddad's joke The sun shines. Trevor Camp silver moon - drop by drop it turns the ocean milky Guatam Nadkarni Turquoise bands of blue Nestling in purple grey clouds Smoky winter sky Patricia Lammers the gerbil's claws Shocking Pink-- cactus in bloom Helen Buckingham temple bell rainbows falling from waterfall Ernest J Berry the little girl's yellow raincoat dotted with blossom Andre Surridge Every night, deer tracks in the snow. Blue street lights. Trevor Camp winter moon - the silver phantom rides the sky Guatam Nadkarni Silver skim coating Mirrored likeness of the sky Freezing winter pond Patricia Lammers telltale stance… yellow stains in the snow Linda Pilarski cherry petals even pale pink of her dress moves me to a whisper Dorota Pyra Yellow sticky note - Memory of my friend Becoming worse Andrzej Dembo?czyk in a paddock of yellow clover a picnic blanket Patricia Prime fall gold drupelets the burning bush of Moses wild raspberry Stephen Rojcewicz Yosemite bound- beside the old stagecoach trail a pink cherry blooms susan delphine delaney blue dragonfly hovers the length of the oar a frog kicks away Hans Jongman whittling wood from a black pencil my father's penknife Patricia Prime massive gilt framework nuanced tones, stark black Whistler in winter Stephen Rojcewicz two cranes blush leaving the meadow red sunset Mr. Kim Chamberlain testing twelve brands of pink champagne- their first wedding David Grayson puddles a child's blue galoshes turn turtle Hans Jongman amaryllis deep crimson and orange the season prolongs Stephen Rojcewicz this winter morning the lunar mountains echo the dusky blue sky susan delphine delaney the color of chaos is a yellow-- daughter's room Mr. Kim Chamberlain aniseed café: spider web in the green fennel John Irvine in new year's sky the white tail of kite whirling children's sighs Motoko Satoh fluffing its feathers finch sits by a Christmas light red ones are warmest Deirdre Godwin reddish violin in her little hands a delicate tune Tanya Dikova single yellow leaf only colored in the garden now catches a beam of morning Motoko Satoh the tailor's daughter crawls. . . pink cloth pieces all around K. Ramesh far gone day on a white bed- a bird's shadow Tanya Dikova black wing white moon first frost Mary Meriam from the back of the snowy mountains a golden hearse Minako Noma red leaves' thrilling-- scent of smoke has gone Jerzy Ma?ysz a scarlet rose glowing with fire in the sun midsummer heat natalia kuznetsova volcano erupts red lava shoots in the air brown island is formed Joseph Spence Blue moonlight - Forked black shadows on the snow Lex Joy red pears green glass bowl let her go Mary Meriam your brown eyes gone transparent tears now drip missing your red lips Joseph Spence at his gravestone I leave white smokes of incense sticks New Year's Eve Minako Noma blue sky, white clouds dance reflecting the spring of life nature turns green Joseph Spence A closed white gate but he climbs over - the black beetle. Lex Joy red rays of light caress the evening sky: island sunset Keith A. Simmonds Under sorrel skies yew trees and a hermit's urt with satellite Wendy Videlock Blue Monday- the tea pot whistles a wake-up tune Curtis Dunlap hunters' moon the melancholy red wine a wrist Jeff Hanson backyard play the yellow jacket chases a black kitten Edward Dallas fall winds twisting leaves reveal red tops Noel Sloboda With words to spare a red-tail sails through No Thoroughfare. Wendy Videlock purple sage under december's new moon gray Jeff Hanson mother's red roses the garden club nemesis green with envy Edward Dallas spilled birdseed black on the snow suddenly disappears Noel Sloboda Child, may you know the holy, difficult slope and pink begonias. Wendy Videlock summer heat a green leaf floats to the earth I go pick it up Jeff Hanson gray sky. . . sky mind of the winter gull Billie Dee yellow sky descending tornado season Noel Sloboda quicksilver snowflakes meld into one evening patio RJ Clarken see-through umbrella-- the shimmering raindrops and this red leaf Ellen Compton rap music behind two closed doors red and black Joseph Kirschner a green tree-top whitened since yesterday Dusko Matas night sky portrait dark canvas with white brush strokes impressionistic RJ Clarken a wild field of cosmoses a rainbow Narayanan Raghunathan a white dot from the blueness of sea grew into the sail Dusko Matas centuries old stone buddha on his grey shroud now splotches of green and white john tiong chunghoo gray sidewalk slush-blanketed path stones retreating footsteps RJ Clarken a black plastic bag tumbles down the empty street Christmas Eve Joseph Kirschner dew-drop on the white flower loses a pink butterfly Narayanan Raghunathan on the tomb stone always only a yellow rose Dusko Matas after taking my ill fortune the lotuses now stiff, grey and falling john tiong chunghoo just look! another oil puddle gleaming blood red Doris Kasson first snowing black zebra crossing lines Disappear Boris Nazansky whiteout and yet more whiteout my mind's stillness Bruce Ross snow crust a gray squirrel nibbles blankness Bill Kenney through frozen trees the brown and blue flutters of jays Jo Pacsoo forest cycling all day breathing green pines Jan O'Loughlin playing it safe in the nursery …one wall pink Doris Kasson old washwoman's hair carrying late autumn away white wave crests Boris Nazansky the old lady smiles a redbreast brightens her winter garden Gryta Wansdronk the snowstorm has covered almost everything these gold-green weeds Bruce Ross white narcissus beside a steaming tea pot our rendezvous John Daleiden just spring the bay lies calm and silver Jan O'Loughlin yes he can brown-eyed runt of the litter runs fast Doris Kasson red sunset mirrored in the ripply lake breeze in my curtains Boris Nazansky no fingerprints a trace of pink blossom he left us, the thief Gryta Wansdronk morning whiteout the slender leafless trees so empty Bruce Ross a young priest in rose vestments his mother in white Bill Kenney red sunset on a warm winter day - icicle reflections John Daleiden in just one night the red maple drops its leaves-- I still need summer oino sakai The yellow Lotus rises the stars crown Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black clasping his hands the wind whistles into the black starless night Renee Loke a red butterfly on a yellow water lily - what a summer day! Virginia Popescu white hedge no snow hoar-frost Cornelia de Brabander 50th birthday and half of my life gone-- blue skies ahead oino sakai fish on the river spring the white sound of water torn Ie Suzume Shi green reeds turn brown Summer sun smiles Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black between the grey window the wind chime tings-- welcoming me home Renee Loke waxwings drunk on blue juniper berries laugh flounder in the snow Ie Suzume Shi a long depression -- painting her bedroom apple green Helen Baker looking up between the golden leaves makes me remember my first autumn Renee Loke night with frozen stars - golden full moon shining on the vault of heaven Virginia Popescu flamingos - flaunting their pink or quiet contemplation? Jyothirmai Gubili against a blue sky long tail trailing in the breeze flies a child's red kite Todd Eddy Ink-blue river seamed with clouds of daisy-white, mermaids embark my dream. Beate Conrad snowcapped beige and brown and reddish chrysanthemums Max Verhart one white hair the poet and his father share the mirror Lin Geary the temple's shadows deepening blue tempting violets and grapes Beate Conrad oblivious work- eyes of the bee covered with yellow pollen Jadwiga Gala Miemus purple data cables hang from the ceiling- spring in the building Marlčne Buitelaar carefully arranging white roses in a vase -- a drop of blood Max Verhart red lehua blossom on fresh lava - Soliloquy Jyothirmai Gubili a flash of orange minnows summer's end carol pearce-worthington chilly mountain stream reflecting blue sky of april, when snow melts Todd Eddy The sun smiles: All white the ice princess dressed now in rainbow light. Beate Conrad winter morning- the greenness of that meadow from grandma's window Rita Odeh autumn rain changes the moonlight into silver drops Jadwiga Gala Miemus on the rear shelf her silver cowboy hat waiting for the weekend Marlčne Buitelaar spring green like no other young Penelope Sargent a white plastic bag caught in a bare winter tree windsome buddies Mr. Paul R Cassidy painting class - just white and blue for a winter mood Israel Lopez Balan pink storm whirling schoolgirls sakura smiles Jon Espen Vassbotn white hair frames mother's face brown eyes smiling Penelope Sargent orange bowl reflections of the moon in the owl's eye Mary Davila my son watches the rain a white glimpse of hope in his eye snowchrystalshaped Jon Espen Vassbotn red hats, pink shorts grandmother and granddaughter stroll through summer ruthanne price clumsy guest burgundy stain on white cloth Penelope Sargent awakening to the scent of a red rose winter thaw Mary Davila a yellow post it note on the fridge door gallery ~ memento mori ~ Jon Espen Vassbotn every light but two red ruthanne price winter wind - the traffic light turns red… Israel Lopez Balan the last dregs of her fortune cup of green tea Susan Sanchez-Barnett the orange glow of the city…stretching into night colin stewart jones sunshine petals against the widow's weeds yellow dandelions Ruth Arnison your lips on the inside of my wrist two blue veins Sandra Simpson Bryce Canyon tiny red manzanita at its very edge Karen Klein Absorbent visions lurk a red lit hallway dark shaded heart Saxony Olivia McArthur New Year's Day silver threads of tinsel on a discarded fir tree paul m. fisherman hooking a shark out of the blue Ruth Arnison spring hillside a green mist rises through bare branches Elaine Riddell last year's supermarket pumpkin - this yellow flower! Sandra Simpson violet dress- with every move you make smell of heather Katarzyna Predota Pink cocktails, drunk ripped racecar red denim jeans green puke, night over Saxony Olivia McArthur metallic grey sky- the dip and swell of pigeons on a telephone cable Angelee Deodhar sharp raps on glass crows separate from black sunflower seeds gourdman seated behind him his white hair blue in the moonlight Jerome Cushman The warm orange hues, Flow serenely to a close, Create a vision. Julianne Marie Gatt just like that summer shower blue sky blue road Robert Seretny hospital window- purple wisteria shadows cross the counterpane Angelee Deodhar Snow shakes off green bamboo that sways with red cardinals gourdman snowdrifts roll red in the Sunrise Jerome Cushman Heaven in the puddle A blue flower nearby - What competition Ioan Marinescu-Puiu Although faded It still lights up our nights The lonely white rose Ioan Marinescu-Puiu tall oak in summer holly pine and spruce nearby so many colors of green Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr. the horizon - meets the sky's blue and the sea's blue Maria Tirenescu my hook in the sea watching for signs of a bite brown pelican Tom Genovese it's snowing hardly - the wild beast foot-marks at the white surface Maria Tirenescu after death the surfer's eyebrows waving green Werner Reichhold persimmons -- all the western faces white with frost Josh Wikoff in the chapel a shaft of spring light greening up her hair Barbara Snow a breeze - the red petals under the shaken poppy Maria Tirenescu voyage blue light in your eyes goes star to star Werner Reichhold winter birth crimson steam flickers in the lamplight Ron Moss …to the left …or to the right? pink petal carpet Barbara Snow Gold finch rests on spruce Through fog seagull flies…on rocks Sound of ocean surf Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr. a white heron pecking in the stream cold morning Takizawa Takayasu pink shell on the way to unknown world Kitahashi Mitsuko Winter sky the beauty of White Pieta took my breath away Yamauchi Sakae first green in spring garden only weeds Jeff Hoagland half a dozen swans are their own whitecaps Michael Nickels-Wisdom blue again my foot scratches a sock indent Jon Baldwin white narcissuses arranged welcome in the New Year Takizawa Takayasu blue poppies long for the ocean for ages Kitahashi Mitsuko biting a green lemon though sweeter kiss Yamauchi Sakae ragged patch of pale blue sky; unseen lilacs Michael Nickels-Wisdom Red petals falling off as soon as picked up - the poppy. Ljubomir Radovancevic ruby-red sunset the flocks of crows the castle garden Takizawa Takayasu mother's physical therapy getting orange sunshine late summer Kitahashi Mitsuko the sound of bees brilliant yellow goldenrod flowers Jeff Hoagland as many bluets in the ground as bullets Michael Nickels-Wisdom violet sky cold breath as he forms words Garry Gay white is a robe the Saudi wears hospitality flows out like a river Stella Guillory long sickness a blood red talon on the snow Ron Moss spring fever new piglets nestle into pink Marily Appl Walker moon on the fencepost around the brown wood wire loops turn silver Frances McCarthy August sweet william your ribbons all in tatters white and red and rose Stephen Collington rain subsides from the cloudy sky "--- sudden blue James M. Thompson his most favored ginger scraper earth tone shard an abandoned rice bowl Stella Guillory tiny blue shoes mourners drift past the snowdrift Ron Moss sky blue triangle morning fills the curtain gap Frances McCarthy golden orb-weaver, goldenrod, golden summer sun in September Stephen Collington the yellow of a banana slug . . . along my walking stick Garry Gay a red urge like a piano a gift from mother Stella Guillory I place a little Buddha with the pinks in my planter first day of spring Marily Appl Walker and now October passing, and with it passing yellow red brown gold Stephen Collington strange flowers? yellow and fuchsia tennis balls James M. Thompson dusting off his book again crow black trees begin to caw David Boyer true blue ten kilo walk makes me sing a lot mae hiroya Black boats paddle on choppy blue waters. Wintering Coots. Bonnie Hudson white warp set loom waits for color life begins Oriane Stender after a leaf to the yellow carpet a chestnut Dejan Pavlinovic on the broken branch leaves turn red-- he never had a chance David Boyer streaming yellow weavers leave behind the silence John Barlow a dog lies on pathway full of purple blooms mae hiroya one white snowflake after another… great laughter Bruce Kennedy indigo warp rose weft ends before achieving violet life cut short Oriane Stender red eye amidst the blue- sea sunset Dejan Pavlinovic blue after the storm-- the dumpster overflowing with balloons David Boyer white morning one of kids has just cried out mae hiroya garden nandina scarlet clustered berries winter feast Ginny Leidig at sunset an odd red cloud - the shape of someone's soul Ludmila Balabanova vermillion blood stains broken streets the dead of winter Cathy Drinkwater Better at the red dot "You Are Here" map a slight breeze blowing this way Tim Singleton feathers under the feeder… shades of gray Karen Cesar white cherry-flower is falling down in child's hand - unexpected gift. Posnaies Oana Aurora color of flowers bright pattern of butterflies like spattering paint Pat Geyer rain-soaked schoolyard… bouncing down the street a red umbrella Cathy Drinkwater Better three inches long three inches away a black-capped chickadee Tim Singleton that late night moonlight gleams upon a blacksmith's forge and cools red embers Posnaies Oana Aurora young green tree leaves grow up to wear an old fall coat of many colors Pat Geyer as shadows lengthen-- rust and orange chyrsanthemums Cathy Drinkwater Better new year's day pale pink sunrise ancient earth April Serock burnt orange skyline - a sunset missed Ken Saunders who left the cap off the blue-tongued lizard soaking in the sun Christine Allinson a red-crowned vulture wings spread to the sun Easter morn Renee Owen campfire smoke the sky as grey… cold silence Ruth Powell freedom of airs-- on a green field rows of white crosses Isabel Pose give body heat animal to mineral blue rock in my bed Ken Saunders evening rain a snail by the curb caught in traffic light colors Richard Burri a rain-splattered newt …red feet slowly circle the autumn lake Renee Owen nosebleeds on white wad unfold - bright paper chains Ken Saunders april morning jog… pacing my dew-wet shadow a yellow butterfly Richard Burri the wounded deer has dyed red the dew of the dawn Isabel Pose white sky the rumble of snowblowers deepens Jennifer Corpe November rain gray-hoofed horses rush across cobblestones Sherry Weaver Smith counting winter stars with a gray finger Dana Duclo beach sunset their silhouettes deepen to indigo Bette Norcross Wappner year turned sunny redwood shade squeaks 'bye, hello? a black-capped chickadee… art first dawn the blush of some undrunk champagne Jennifer Corpe sunlight through water- yellow fish descend to coral bones Sherry Weaver Smith winter night- how warm the green leaves in my dream Tom Clausen a child cries the yellow balloon soars with a smiley face Andrea Gradidge countless scratches on the windowpane-- the verdigris moon Emiko Miyashita zig zag flashes of emerald damselflies Gael Bage into dawn, black night splinters- magpies rasp Sherry Weaver Smith near and far blue birds with the seeds from white cosmos Althea Rowe Watson school haiku walk gold dandelion dust on little chins Bette Norcross Wappner their taupe hallway a frieze in black felt marker by their grandson Andrea Gradidge the amber arms of his reading glasses-- another cricket joins Emiko Miyashita my father's grave- the deep green of fresh grass Jacek new year's dawn-- white light reforms in a dewdrop's wake Terry O'Connor rising mist… the ocean skin leaches blue Rob Scott they run at the icy patch… white breath Terry O'Connor his last year our words flowed freely - deepening blue dusk hortensia anderson morning fog--- the muted caws of a grey crow John Soules broken moon-- flood victim's white teeth aftger getting the reliefs Quamrul Hassan winter solstice the flash of the blue among the spruces Jacek sleepless night of rain - blue dawn soaks through the window hortensia anderson full moon-- even her grey hair shining Quamrul Hassan "What popsicle?" asks my daughter's blue lips: summer solstice Heather Jagman red cardinal winters only reminder of summers passion Michelle Chandler Young eyes widen, gathering scenes reflected by a red glass heart. Michelle Kilgore calls of distant geese through the little woods - low silver sky Sharon Hammer Baker a loaf shape under the altar cloth white Christmas Dan Schwerin grey smudge horizon rain chases me home Joanne Baldwin saffron robes these autumn leaves Michelle Chandler cinnamon hearts the children's laughing red mouths Meredith Stern Cavalieri the indigo around her eye waxing hunger moon Dan Schwerin monastery sky white ghost over flint snowy owl Joanne Baldwin red, ,red, , the nameless flower- lightning flashes! manoj saranathan red sun the one in my belly hotter Michelle Chandler the sun sets behind our sail red right return Beth Powell sibling rivalry his eyes a darker shade of green Meredith Stern Cavalieri tangerine sun - the birds sing louder this morning Sharon Hammer Baker crisscrossing myriad greens and one blue- a meadowlark manoj saranathan coughing blood, Shiki stains the Milky Way Bill Pauly blood pressure falls a green line on monitor bird skimming waves S.E. Carlisle yellow flames and falling leaves the poet's beard paul conneally snow covered tracks black gondolas escaping from the city Ed Schwellenbach winter sky -- pulling blue out of dad's eyes Irene Golas heading home . . . brown mango blossoms link my past all the way Kala Ramesh lost in the desert a valentine heart blown into sunset Bill Pauly part-time job's waiting: warming up the boarding house Santa's red outfit… Cristian Mocanu each yellow flash of the snow plow -- the rush of dusk John Shiffer desert sands the never-ending blue blue sky Kala Ramesh easy to lose purple waves wishing on stars Bill Pauly into your lunchbox the last of the peking duck scallions still green S.E. Carlisle sea of white troubled by all rainbow's colours: New Year's fireworks Cristian Mocanu white birch looses color to winter's ground Judi Honiker me my loneliness and this red wine on table Tanu Deo Sharma white frosted waves pushing pulling …star shine Kristen Deming surf song gray gulls plait the sunset Nancy Smith unpacking sweater box- white cat hairs remind me my Fur Ball is gone Hazel A. Witherspoon a snow cone of white on the beagle's nose tip the winter moon Paul Cordeiro kaleidoscope of color bursts into spring lavender and sage Judi Honiker July Fourth the rockets red glare… again the dead Fr. RP day of red roses few hearts will blossom few will wither Tanu Deo Sharma deep winter-- reluctantly turning off the computer screen's blue Kristen Deming drug dealer where his eyes should be silver mirrors Nancy Smith at the flower show- tiny pink mimosa leaf bobs in the breeze Hazel A. Witherspoon supermarket shelf purple crocuses open too soon Hilary Tann sky blue my favorite popsicle falls to the ground Judi Honiker pockmarked garden a white lily inches up just for a day Victor P. Gendrano all greens gone this emptiness of season so burdensome Tanu Deo Sharma black and white cows-- she stirs chocolate powder into my milk DeVar Dahl pausing. . . the red of a red autumn Sunset Billie Dee red knit hats the boys play pond hockey by moonlight DeVar Dahl my red peels now dangling, loopy spirals in a squirrel's mouth Shelley Krause

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