The Shiki Monthly Kukai

September 2007 Kukai

Here are the results for the September 2007 Kukai, wherein our Kigo subject was "MORNING GLORIES" and our Free Format word was "RAINBOW".

Congratulations to Laurene, winner of our Kigo section; and to Laura Orabone AND Carole MacRury, winners of our Free Format section!

Those who were given less than three points and who requested anonymity in such a case are so noted.

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

September 2007 Results
Kigo Theme: Morning Glories	Free Format Theme: Rainbow
First Place -- 28 points new neighbors — blue morning glories in the weed pile Laurene (1,5,15) = 28 pts An effective, simple way to show how people differ. First impressions. And, if I think of the morning glories as the neighbors, what's the weed pile? Second Place -- 26 points summer's end the morning glories enter the mailbox RaV (1,6,11) = 26 pts Third Place -- 24 points morning glories in the chain link fence an inmate's finger Josh Wikoff (0,5,14) = 24 pts Unusual image and it conveys the isolation nicely. Fourth Place -- 17 points leaning together beside her grave morning glories Neil Muscott (2,2,7) = 17 pts monastery ruins an old trellis supports morning glories tom painting (1,4,6) = 17 pts The things that last . . . I liked this poem’s richness of texture. On one level, the phrases “monastery ruins” and “old trellis” evoke a sense of rustic beauty. On another level, the contrast of a monastery’s weighty stonework against the light frame of a trellis makes the image of trellis and morning glories seem all the more delicate. On a deeper level, the old trellis supporting morning glories can be seen as a metaphor for how a monastery supports spiritual growth. On yet another level, the poem speaks of how something old and abandoned, such as an ancient ruins, can still support life and still have aesthetic value for those sensitive and poetic enough to see it. Reymond B. Fifth Place -- 14 points hunting cabin — morning glories cover the outhouse -- LGD (0,4,6) = 14 pts A bow to Basho's contrast of high and low. Sixth Place -- 12 points morning glories closed tightly against the night Beth Powell (0,5,2) = 12 pts wind tunnel . . . a hummingbird fans the morning glory Kala Ramesh (0,3,6) = 12 pts wild morning glory binds a thistle to a thistle Mark Hollingsworth (0,2,8) = 12 pts Seventh Place -- 11 points morning glories continue to climb toward the full moon Harvey Jenkins (1,0,8) = 11 pts again I survive dying in a dream . . . morning glories Collin Barber (0,3,5) = 11 pts Eighth Place -- 10 points the last guest — morning glories fading to almost white Cherie Hunter Day (1,2,3) = 10 pts Ninth Place -- 9 points the old wall — hiding its holes morning glory Maria (0,2,5) = 9 pts I know how the old wall feels, and I envy the quality of its cover. The dash at the end of line 1 could be dispensed with. garden wedding — morning glories trumpet the bride's arrival Tristan Coleridge (0,2,5) = 9 pts children laughing near the school entrance morning glories gillena (0,0,9) = 9 pts Tenth Place -- 8 points morning glories — what can I say of them that Issa hasn't Mary Lee McClure (1,0,5) = 8 pts stillborn morning glories taken by an early frost Karen Briggs (1,0,5) = 8 pts shaking moth balls from our frayed blue quilt — morning glories Beverley George (0,2,4) = 8 pts outside pre-school — morning glories all lined up Paul Hodder (0,2,4) = 8 pts I enjoyed the comparison of the children to the flowers. morning glories last night’s jazz blares in my mind eddybacher (0,2,4) = 8 pts I like the way the flare and the blare of these two are juxtaposed. Eleventh Place -- 7 points immigration raid kudzu and morning glories strangle their garden Carmel Lively Westerman (1,1,2) = 7 pts morning glories the bone trees twined with stars Laura Orabone (1,1,2) = 7 pts another day with no dog barking — morning glories Israel Lopez Balan (0,2,3) = 7 pts just five seeds and the morning glories rule the garden Glen Keener (0,2,3) = 7 pts coastal fog — the morning glories unopened Dejah Leger (0,0,7) = 7 pts A nice observation. Twelfth Place -- 6 pts morning glories stone still and deadly the mantis waits Edward (1,1,1) = 6 pts This juxtaposition of one of nature’s most efficient killers (the praying mantis) against delicate flowers effectively summaries the dichotomy of nature, for that is what nature is - something beautiful and deadly, something to be admired and respected. We think of ourselves as being separate from nature, but in fact mankind too is a living expression of nature; mankind too is capable of creating great beauty and great destruction. We are, perhaps, the most glorious and most terrible manifestation of nature’s dichotomy. Reymond B. the shadow of a late bee sunlit morning glory Carole (1,0,3) = 6 pts the old shed — don't let it fall morning glories Ann K. Schwader (1,0,3) = 6 pts too late for the morning glories — autumn wedding Carol Pearce-Worthington (0,1,4) = 6 pts Having been married a couple times I know what it's like trying to find in season flowers you like for the bridal bouquet. Thirteenth Place -- 5 points sunrise — the morning glories and I wake up together Betty (1,1,0) = 5 pts in the park — morning glories idling on a mango tree ~ Bilha Wanjiko (1,0,2) = 5 pts I just love "idling". a damselfly in the morning glories dying breeze Susan Constable (1,0,2) = 5 pts blue morning glories bask in the remaining heat — with them my old cat jill (0,2,1) = 5 pts Sensual images; nice juxtaposition of the flowers and cat; effective use of "remaining heat" to suggest the change of season. mourning doves among the morning glories — infinite blues --Lorene (0,1,3) = 5 pts neighbours peep through the fence morning glories Tanya Dikova (0,1,3) = 5 pts I couldn't resist the potential cheekiness. last date — morning glories in his eyes Ivana Vanja Nikovic (0,1,3) = 5 pts camouflaged in the morning glories Bindweed gourdman (0,1,3) = 5 pts indian summer morning glories twine 'round the pumpkin patch ~fedelmia (0,1,3) = 5 pts Good seasonal images. dewdrops on the morning glory scattered sun Tom Maretic (0,1,3) = 5 pts steel town dawn . . . a glow of morning glories through the smog Nancy Smith (0,1,3) = 5 pts morning glories — no space for me to jump over the fence ~ Catherine Maina (0,0,5) = 5 pts This echoes the essence of a classic. Fourteenth Place -- 4 points Grampa disapproved of Gramma’s morning glories they wasted water Deirdre Godwin (1,0,1) = 4 pts She brushes the hair from her eyes trails of morning glories Glenn Laundre (0,1,2) = 4 pts morning glory on the old paling — the smile of grandma miorita (0,1,2) = 4 pts A lovely metaphor. A break in the clouds; suddenly in the spotlight: morning glories Rey Barreto (0,0,4) = 4 pts colonial town on a simple white fence morning glories Bruce Ross (0,0,4) = 4 pts windy evening — morning glories curve inwards ~ Anne Wairimu (0,0,4) = 4 pts Seeing what's there, and letting it speak. war telegram — morning glories in cold glass Ron Moss (0,0,4) = 4 pts old garden the hoe's handle winded with morning glories Dorota Pyra (0,0,4) = 4 pts first kiss morning glories by the door Meredith Stern Cavalieri (0,0,4) = 4 pts A perfectly captured moment. Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts sunlit morning glories traffic slows Allen McGill (0,1,1) = 3 pts first sunbeam through the knothole bud of a morning glory ---Jacek M. (0,1,1) = 3 pts first frost tangle of morning glory vines still green Jeanne Jorgensen (0,1,1) = 3 pts Grandma's house — Morning glories twine over faded paint -- Leena Halych (0,1,1) = 3 pts Heavenly Blue — flashbacks of morning glories --Autumn Moon (0,0,3) = 3 pts school bus coming on a cloudless day morning glories Bill Kenney (0,0,3) = 3 pts chanting our prayers in vacation bible school morning glory Pris Campbell (0,0,3) = 3 pts morning glories my granny replays a Satchmo record Petar Tchouhov (0,0,3) = 3 pts morning glories — the seed of yet another haiku -- Richard Kay (0,0,3) = 3 pts summer's end — sapphire morning glories curl around bronze mums Hazel A. Witherspoon (0,0,3) = 3 pts Sixteenth Place -- 2 pts the morning glory's fading blossoms — your parting kiss damp on my lips anonymous (0,1,0) = 2 pts after reading Chiyo's poems not wanting to prune them ever -those morning glories angelee deodhar (0,1,0= 2 pts The poet in me loves this one! Soft September sky a mist on the morning glories her new young eyes Angelika Kolompar Bygott (0,0,2) = 2 pts labor day curtain of morning glories frames the sunrise Janice (0,0,2) = 2 pts shoreline flags catching the early sun morning glories anonymous (0,0,2) = 2 pts the morning glories raise their faces — warm sunrise Keith Heiberg (0,0,2) = 2 pts morning glories… she applies for another audition Keiko (0,0,2) = 2 pts morning glory — a flash of red on the way to church anonymous (0,0,2) = 2 pts cloudy morning — a chameleon hanging on the morning glory ~ Elkana Mogaka (0,0,2) = 2 pts afternoon sunshine — my father resting under morning glories ~ Makila Moses (0,0,2) = 2 pts morning glories climb over the board fence — - mountains beyond Zhanna P. Rader (0,0,2) = 2 pts a fresh grave — the heart shaped leaves of a morning glory vine DeVar (0,0,2) = 2 pts Seventeenth Place -- 1 pt untwisting spirals — morning glory blues expose stamens moist with dew LaVerna B. Johnson gray aunt final season of morning glories John Healey September smiles blushing morning glories her bus stop Ben Gieske morning glories climbing high as days grow shorter Leslie Montgomery Recognizing autumn in coloured sunrise morning glories Ashi evening watering — morning glory umbrellas furled tight shut P. O. Williams mass gathers the flock sunset closes silent bells of morning glories Boris Nazansky in the swamp — morning glories flower everywhere ~ Jane Njeri Morning Glories: the first cloud in the sky Raquel D. Bailey Only change is permanent. morning glories white clouds graze the sky Earl Keener as blue as the blue of the sky and your eyes morning glories max verhart morning glory — my hand keeps reaching for the phone Marylouise Knight at dawn as moonflowers close morning glories unfold Elizabeth Fanto through morning glories the pickup's orange rust Color 101 Barbara Snow Morning glories cover the wormhole of the fence Magdalena Dale braided weeds : a crown of morning glory for the princess -- andrea compost pile — a rising Morning Glory catches sunbeam anonymous full moon frosted with a cold silver the morning glories vines anonymous car after car — everybody admires someone’s morning glories Ami Eighteenth Place -- no points awarded this time, sorry to strangle flowers replace them with pale trumpets in morning glory assu fence post morning glories dead squirrel on the porch Miles Davis plays the blues yositaka lost hiker — morning glories closed to rescue workers Alice Frampton vines already brown she paints the last morning glories from a snapshot mechaieh Her smile arrival of morning glories at the bower --R.K.SINGH dark and light blue morning glories cover stone fence Jim Applegate As colors change morning glories petals wave hello Jozuah Darksong Hydro pole, blue Morning Glories energy. Trevor Camp morning sunshine — morning glories decorate our balcony ~ Okochil Jacob ripe grapes on the trellis blossom with morning glory D.V. Rozic Visitors tally array of morning glories dogs hunt chipmunks anonymous morning glories entwined in the citrus tree garage sale today Sjs (Stevie) face to face bees and morning glories …yummy honey! Daniela Bullas from the old vine one last morning glory — rainy morning Agnes Eva Savich in the late night — morning glories curve inwards ~ T.W.K dew on the petals of the morning glories — chilly sunrise ~ Nicholas Mutua entwining fingers steady ascend to the top morning glories marlène buitelaar your springtime smile — morning glories Mike Montreuil morning glories — in garden under sunbeams only single morning Cornelia predawn temple bell wakes me up to enjoy sun-rise radhey shiam pipettes of dew — convolute morning glories issue drops Jacek Kielich folding the sky the storm front... the morning glory George Hawkins window pane lit up with sunshine — morning glories Dany Fisher cool dawn mist morning glories open on my fence Ruth Powell above a pile of wilted petals morning glories Michael Baribeau so soon prepared for public viewing, a morning glory Ana Cadarin General Comments: There are getting to be so many poems each month that it is quite a task to sort them out. Lots of good morning glory poems, though.	First Place -- 21 pts sudden downpour bleeding on a concrete sky the chalk rainbow Laura Orabone (3,1,10) = 21 pts rainbow's end. . . the trawler's gillnet drawn tight Carole MacRury (2,3,9) = 21 pts Second Place -- 19 pts the arc of his line at sunrise rainbow trout Susan Constable (2,3,7) = 19 pts The peacefulness of early morning fishing well-depicted. Almost too poetic but firmly grounded in the real. after a storm the rainbow bending over what's left Bill Kenney (1,4,8) = 19 pts Third Place -- 16 pts double rainbow her second wish a small one --Irene Golas (2,2,6) = 16 pts Were it in my power, I'd grant her a big one. She sounds like the sort of person who ought to write haiku. autumn stillness — rainbow trout bump my waders John Healey (0,5,6) = 16 pts For me, the bump only deepens the stillness. Fourth Place -- 15 pts tisk tisk of sprinklers — over suburban lawns look-a-like rainbows Neil Muscott (3,2,2) = 15 pts Nice use of sound in this one. Reminds me of that old song about ticky-tacky. Light satirical touch. greens and browns — the painted rainbow of the bullied child Paul Hodder (2,3,3) = 15 pts Very astute and tender observation. Fifth Place -- 14 pts fast train... trying to catch the rainbow Carol Pearce-Worthington (0,2,10) = 14 pts Sixth Place -- 13 pts rainbow a dragonfly visits the lily Earl Keener (1,2,6) = 13 pts in a dew drop on the white rose a rainbow Peter Macrow (0,3,7) = 13 pts A white rose is a lovely, romantic image all by itself. Add to it a rainbow in a dew drop and it becomes all the more enchanting. An exquisite demonstration of poetic alchemy. Seventh Place -- 11 pts salmon run just where they must leap rainbow Bruce Ross (1,3,2) = 11 pts The imagery of this dynamic haiku is so vivid; I could clearly see the salmon leaping across the rainbow created by sunlight hitting the spray of water. So much action packed in so few words – well done! sudden rainbow — the bus arrives almost empty Israel Lopez Balan (1,1,6) = 11 pts I wanted to give this one a point because of the two mysteries: the 'sudden' rainbow and the 'almost empty' bus and how they interact. Together they help build a sense of waiting and the boredom and entertainment that gets noticed therein. Something exciting in the rainbow unexpected, something disappointing in the bus, probably empty of the one waited for. Eighth Place -- 10 pts brief rainbow a dragonfly lingers Ann K. Schwader (0,3,4) = 10 pts A nice haiku moment of transition. sunny morning — a new spider web shines with rainbow colors Zhanna P. Rader (0,3,4) = 10 pts double rainbow the unopened letter on her desk Sjs (Stevie) (0,0,10) = 10 pts Ninth Place -- 9 pts on the wall of her doll house she paints a rainbow Betty (1,2,2) = 9 pts A tender moment of a child's rendering of the reality. an old printer all colours of the rainbow on his hands --Jacek M (0,2,5) = 9 pts Tenth Place -- 8 pts a rainbow arcs the summer sky — blunted crayons Collin Barber (1,1,3) = 8 pts I love this image!! The description is exactly like it always feels for me, now painted in words. tracing a rainbow across the sand a peacock Pris Campbell (0,2,4) = 8 pts water sprinkler counting the splashes to the next rainbow Juliusz Wnorowski (0,2,4) = 8 pts urban day camp a rainbow of children spill down the hill Elizabeth Fanto (0,1,6) = 8 pts Eleventh Place -- 7 pts sleet on the window — my niece's rainbow on the fridge Keith Heiberg (1,0,4) = 7 pts lollipop her rainbow tongue Beverley George (0,1,5) = 7 pts rainbow — somehow the magic still there Mary Lee McClure (0,0,7) = 7 pts Twelfth Place -- 6 pts rainbow . . . Dad's fish a 'catch and release' Alice Frampton (1,0,3) = 6 pts such a long journey from the primordial ooze to the rainbow’s end Deirdre Godwin (1,1,1) = 6 pts long rainy day ~ he depicts a rainbow I don't see Ana Cadarin (1,1,1) = 6 pts this rainbow like me . . . just dust in the wind -- Richard Kay (1,0,3) = 6 pts for a moment — painting the sky ...rainbow maria (1,0,3) = 6 pts It is the line “for a moment” that makes this poem resonate, for it is the transient nature of rainbows that makes their beauty poignant and magical. If they lasted years they would not be so special. But no, rainbows in the sky appear infrequently and disappear too quickly. The lives of great men and woman are the same. Princess Diana, Marilyn Monroe, Luciano Pavarotti, and Martin Luther King, Jr., they came and went, painting our world with their glorious colorful lives and dis appeared too quickly from our sight. But, just as rainbows are unforgettable, so are they. “For a moment” we see rainbows but for a lifetime we remember them. Of course some rainbows, like Martin Luther King, Jr., never truly disappear because of how profoundly they touched our lives. falling leaves each tree sheds a rainbow Karen Briggs (0,2,2) = 6 pts Indian summer — faded into the rocks, the rainbow trout Dejah Leger (0,1,4) = 6 pts posing just under the rainbow Beth Powell (0,1,4) = 6 pts afternoon showers — a plane droning across the rainbow ~ Vivian Adhiambo (0,1,4) = 6 pts special child . . . a rainbow breaks open her smile Ron Moss (0,1,4) = 6 pts Misty September a rainbow connects the two islands Angelika Coloma Bygott (0,0,6) = 6 pts Thirteenth Place -- 5 pts rainbow arching above the mud where soldiers lie Leslie Montgomery (0,2,1) = 5 pts fading rainbow pouring all of its colors into hot air balloon Kurt R. W. (0,2,1) = 5 pts fading rainbow nobody touches her wet hair Petar Tchouhov (0,2,1) = 5 pts last farewell the highway's end turns up into a rainbow Lech Szeglowski (0,2,1) = 5 pts night rainbow far away on a hill the temple lamps Kala Ramesh (0,1,3) = 5pts kindergarten a student paints a rainbow on her dress Carmel Lively Westerman (0,0,5) = 5 pts rusty Ford in a puddle rainbow gourdman (0,0,5) = 5 pts anniversary crystal necklace a rainbow on her chin andrea (0,0,5) = 5 pts in the splash from the car wheel, a little rainbow Tom Maretic (0,0,5) = 5 pts Fourteenth Place -- 4 pts rainbow haiku — I earnestly gaze at the sky ~ Catherine Maina (1,0,1) = 4 pts deep into summer storm clouds pause for the rainbow a dance with no lead Harvey Jenkins (1,0,1) = 4 pts prism's rainbow — classroom eyes on the bright playground - Munzar (1,0,1) = 4 pts see the rainbow all the colors of the crayons — daughter tells us jill (1,0,1) = 4 pts Yes, kids do say the darnedest things, don’t they? That was a dandy. oil slick children stare at the rainbow Allen McGill (0,1,2) = 4 pts double rainbow ... I need a new pair of lenses Ella W. (0,1,2) = 4 pts wet shoes — street musician is looking at the rainbow Ivana Vanja Nikovic (0,1,2) = 4 pts violent prairie storm he tells his little sister it leaves rainbows too Edward (0,1,2) = 4 pts I find kiddie ku ludicrously easy to resist, but this one tells its story elegantly and economically. harbor seal — motor oil rainbows spin in the boat's wake aom (tim) (0,1,2) = 4 pts Rainbow Bridge... even this river not filling the sea George Hawkins (0,0,4) = 4 pts thruway north — a mile of apple trees before the rainbow Ami (0,0,4) = 4 pts Fifteenth Place -- 3 pts gay pride — a parade of rainbow flags dancing past ~ Isabelle Prondzynski (1,0,0) = 3 pts Of the two parade poems in the list, I like this one because of the exuberance it shows, a real celebration of identity comes out in the word 'dancing'. summer cleaning a rainbow above the manure spreader Janice (0,1,1) = 3 pts Her scarf — a rainbow of flowers moving in the sky --R.K.SINGH (0,1,1) = 3 pts deep hammock complete with a rainbow Scott Mason (0,1,1) = 3 pts Beneath the rainbow lost in morning fog drifts ghost trees walking LaVerna B. Johnson (0,1,1) = 3 pts love parade — everywhere colors of the rainbow -- Derwisz (0,1,1) = 3 pts 'Love parade' is a little abstract, but I like the sense of feeling that saturates the poem with the word 'everywhere', it seems to instantly cause the mind to look around and confirm that all around happiness that might occur at such a parade. acrobatic feats — the kitten wildly pouncing sun-catcher rainbows ~fedelmia (0,1,1) = 3 pts now running free beyond the Rainbow Bridge the dog I put to sleep yesterday angelee deodhar (0,1,1) = 3 pts in the fountain on the hand organ's music rainbows dance max verhart (0,0,3) = 3 pts horizon and rainbow in the mist Cornelia (0,0,3) = 3 pts a rainbow splashes the seawall yawning seals eddybacher (0,0,3) = 3 pts Sixteenth Place -- 2 pts father's funeral — triple rainbow follows us to his grave Audrey Fitzgerald (0,1,0) = 2 pts a stork gliding bellow, above, around the rainbow D.V. Rozic (0,1,0) = 2 pts a newborn squints after all that dark — the rainbow Barbara Snow (0,1,0) = 2 pts mixed blessing oily rainbows in the parking lot puddle Meredith Stern Cavalieri (0,1,0) = 2 pts rainbow you guess by your fingers the color of my eyes Dorota Pyra (0,0,2) = 2 pts midsummer drought — downwind of the hose spray half a rainbow anonymous (0,0,2) = 2 pts sunset the rainbow with us beneath the clouds Michael Baribeau (0,0,2) = 2 pts Fall shower, gold leaved oak trees rainbow's end. Trevor Camp (0,0,2) = 2 pts shower's end a rainbow spot on the street RaV (0,0,2) = 2 pts Seventeenth Place -- 1 pt three rainbows across the bow my sweetheart asleep down below should I wake him? Yositaka YES, WAKE HIM! How often does one get to see triple rainbows in the sky? three quarter rainbow arches into grand canyon Jim Applegate drop of rain splatters the rainbow a child’s lost painting Mark Hollingsworth after the storm dirt road puddle holds a muddy rainbow April Serock drizzly evening — a colourful rainbow across the sky ~ Walter Ochola rainbow: a red ribbon falls from her hair anonymous The Gasoline in the pothole reflected rainbow colors -Yoshi Well, in Mankato, Rainbow also tried a store. It didn't make it. Horst Ludwig This only works in the context of this kukai. Surrounded by well over a hundred mostly very earnest rainbow ku, it's deadpan funny. And Mankato is somehow the perfect setting. The whole thing sounds so, well, Minnesotan. hot afternoon rain — rainbow curving across the cloudy sky ~ Irene Muthengi her two fingers outside the plaster cast "shoot" the rainbow marlène buitelaar cool morning — I dig in the closet for my rainbow jacket Marylouise Knight light afternoon showers — the rainbow joins two separate horizons ~ Walter Otieno rainbows everywhere even in my wet sink first day of summer anonymous rainbow topsy-turvy in the lake I am surprised radhey shiam rainbow arcing over the willow — time for a smoke -- LGD Nice juxtaposition -- this haiku is far from twee! I can see the reflective smoker, enjoying the view while also enjoying the fag. spindrift after spindrift a bitter salt rainbow bobs across the sky anonymous scribblers and new crayons on the students’ desks rainbow wallpaper DeVar Eighteenth Place -- no points this time, sorry! Hiking up the North Face into the rainbow eyes of morning --Lorene rain every day but trees hide the bows close green sky assu Lovers entwined Sandy beach beneath Double rainbow above anonymous like fame there not there -- rainbow miriam chaikin my lips stick to her dimpled cheek rainbow sherbet Josh Wikoff rainbow.... I close my eyes and imagine the bluebirds fly anonymous a knock on the door- the rainbow coalition rep pays a visit Glen Keener your reflections rainbow falls in candle light sunflower bright Ben Gieske Rainbows shine true like good friends the search continues... Joshua Borges Rainbow in the sky arch of Bifrost polarized water Ashi garden hose spray makes a fine rainbow — ephemeral, too P. O. Williams thunder storm cedes spanned in a silent cloudy sky a rainbow gillena plays of rays — the rainbow of the fountain in the rainy rainbow Jacek Kielich rainbow me and you connected by colorful threads Tanya Dikova poor painter on the fresh picture faded rainbow Norsto rain slashes across a beautiful rainbow — evening sunshine ~ John Mwangi smudge on my glasses captures a ray of sunlight grains of a rainbow ~ mechaieh bright showery evening — the sun shines across the rainbowed sky ~ Jeniffer Mumbua August rain — a colourful rainbow curves across the sky ~ Bilher Wanjiku birds flying high above the sky — a rainbow ~ Samuel Ndung'u silent rally white balloons shroud the sky rainbow banner anonymous compound word — rain plus sunlight equal rainbow?! Daniela Bullas Saratoga sunset — She pulls a rainbow from out of her box Glenn Laundre rain ends… the glint of a rainbow trout Keiko Izawa wonderful! even shines in asphalt: the rainbow Jordi Climent swelter — a rainbow grows in the car's leak Agnes Eva Savich summer afternoon — embracing the sky from the east a turn down rainbow miorita rainy afternoon — curved colourful rainbow ~ T.W.K summer vacation — the accidental rainbow on the rainbow Mike Montreuil beautifully curved colours across the sky — the rainbow ~ Tomothy Wambua a giant semi-circle colouring the evening sky — the rainbow ~ Raymond Otieno such a dry month today a storm front rainbow in the east Jeanne Jorgensen Squawk of joy amongst droplets and sunlight — Rainbow preen - Leena Halych tumor markers drop on leaden skies a rainbow of possibility Ruth Powell midday shower — double rainbow shimmers in runoff Hazel A. Witherspoon rising rainbow — -- for the first time, a baby sits up in his stroller anonymous General Comments: Once again it's quite difficult to cut out haiku that I like. Somehow I didn't respond to most of the rainbow poems--even mine deserved only 4 or 5 points :)

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