February 2005 Kukai

The results of the voting have been tabulated and are listed below. Congratulations to Zhanna P. Rader, the winner of our Kigo section, and to Earl Keener, the winner of our Free Format section!


In the listing below, after each poem the author is listed, and then a three digit code revealing how many 3-point, 2-point, and 1-point points were cast for this poem by the other participating poets.

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

February 2005 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Winter Dusk
Free Format Theme: Sickness

First Place -- 46 Points

winter dusk -
silently a snow owl
changes trees

Zhanna P. Rader
(5,8,15) = 46


Second Place -- 15 Points

winter dusk
into each furrow
a darker crow

Ian Daw
(1,1,10) = 15


Third Place -- 14 Points

the widow's gate
clangs into the latch--
winter dusk

Beverley George
(1,1,9) = 14


Fourth Place -- 12 Points

winter dusk
two passengers talking
about flowers

Israel López Balan
(1,2,5) = 12

winter dusk--
tattered and bent grass
sweeps the snow

bmm
(1,2,5) = 12

winter dusk --
fingering the worn edges
of her wedding ring

Laryalee Fraser
(2,1,4) = 12

winter dusk --
snowflakes around
every lamp

Ita
(0,2,8) = 12


Fifth Place -- 11 Points

winter dusk
the busker's guitar
is out of tune

Flatline
(0,2,7) = 11

winter dusk
the lingering call
of a turtle dove

Johnye Strickland
(1,2,4) = 11


Sixth Place -- 10 Points

winter dusk-
snow drifts losing
their whiteness

Barbara B. Campitelli
(2,1,2) = 10


Seventh Place -- 9 Points

The stray cat
in my house for the night.
Winter dusk.

Linda Warner
(0,1,7) = 9

winter dusk
a mouse scurries
from the hearth

Darrell Byrd
(1,1,4) = 9


Eighth Place -- 8 Points

winter dusk
my frozen breath dissolves
in moonlight

Amy Ludlow
(0,1,6) = 8

winter dusk --
a lost puppy follows me
up to my house

Tomislav Maretic
(0,1,6) = 8

winter dusk--
the remains of your life
in a cardboard box

Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,2,4) = 8


Ninth Place -- 7 Points

winter dusk
anticipating
your passion

Clive Oseman
(1,0,4) = 7

a broken ink pen
among the laundered shirts--
winter dusk

Marie Summers
(0,2,3) = 7

penguin walk
in a world of black and white
winter dusk

Carmel C. Lively
(1,2,0) = 7

winter dusk
silver birch trunks
fading into mist

Sue Stanford
(0,0,7) = 7

winter dusk
golden mirrors
turn to windows

J Blain
(1,1,2) = 7

winter dusk--
the dog turns
for home

aom (tim)
(0,1,5) = 7

winter dusk
the willow in my backyard
silent as ever

Fred
(0,1,5) = 7


Tenth Place -- 6 Points

goldfinches squabble
over the day's last seeds
winter dusk

David C. Kopaska-Merkel
(0,2,2) = 6

winter dusk
finding his shoes
still under the bed

paula fisher
(1,1,1) = 6

winter dusk
a solitary bird's chirp
deepens my loneliness

john tiong chunghoo
(0,1,4) = 6

silhouette of
a lone pine
winter dusk

Meredith
(1,0,3) = 6


Eleventh Place -- 5 Points

winter dusk -
a foal shivers
the lamplight

ron moss
(0,1,3) = 5

winter dusk
streetlights on
all day

ushi
(0,1,3) = 5

my writing hand
in her lap
winter dusk

Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(0,1,3) = 5

i go to bed
with unfinished homework--
winter dusk

DeVar
(0,1,3) = 5

winter dusk-
he sparks a fire
in her eyes

Paul R
(1,0,2) = 5


Twelfth Place -- 4 Points

at the small lake
two coots and I--
winter dusk

Paul O. Williams
(0,0,4) = 4

conference call --
sunlight turns
to winter dusk

roberta beary
(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk --
plum wine served in a teacup
adorned with iris

~Zoned Cat
(0,2,0) = 4

winter dusk--
stars open
their eyes

Tristan Coleridge
(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk
a silhouette on the ice
lands a sparkling fish

Earl Keener
(0,0,4) = 4

naked pear trees--
his hammock fades
into winter dusk

Nancy Smith
(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk
whiteness beneath streetlamps
blossoming

Boris Nazansky
(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk
at the bus stop
strangers huddle

bre ;^)
(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk--
dog-eared pages
in the sears catalog

jt
(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk -
the old dog roused
by coyote song

Carole MacRury
(0,1,2) = 4

winter dusk
a snow goose hooks its neck
around the moon

Dejah Thoris Leger
(0,0,4) = 4

winter dusk
this old man worries
about the coming night

Gary R. Ford
(0,1,2) = 4


Thirteenth Place -- 3 Points

just over there -
chimney smoke curls
into winter dusk

sheila
(1,0,0) = 3

winter dusk
snowflakes and stars
dance with the moon

Terry Ingram
(0,1,1) = 3

winter dusk--
cold shadows grow
colder yet

Mary Lee McClure
(0,1,1) = 3

winter dusk
gray stubble sticks
as the sink drains

Mark Hollingsworth
(0,0,3) = 3

winter dusk
settles through the pine --
first stars

Ann K. Schwader
(0,0,3) = 3

winter dusk
gently it covers
the white hyacinth

pamela molhuysen
(0,1,1) = 3

winter dusk
in this semi-darkness
chattering birds

Janet Parker
(1,0,0) = 3

winter dusk
old lady on the bench
lost in her mind

Patricia A. Laurent
(0,0,3) = 3

the old cat shivers
outside my kitchen window
winter dusk

raven
(0,1,1) = 3


First Place -- 28 Points

homesick--
only the moon
looks familiar

Earl Keener
(1,8,9) = 28


Second Place -- 26 Points

sick-room window
slowly a butterfly
opens its wings

sheila windsor
(1,5,13) = 26


Third Place -- 16 Points

morning sickness --
he blames the red wine
she didn't drink

ushi
(1,5,3) = 16

new fishing rod --
borrowing an old line
he phones in sick

Laryalee Fraser
(0,6,4) = 16


Fourth Place -- 14 Points

hospital window-
a sick child watches raindrops
splash in a puddle

Tomislav Maretic
(1,3,5) = 14

homesick--
a plastic bag caught
in a bare tree

DeVar
(0,3,8) = 14


Fifth Place -- 13 Points

cusp of moon -
a frail hand
into mine

ron moss
(2,3,1) = 13

sick day
the way clouds form and fade
fade and form

Mark Hollingsworth
(1,1,8) = 13

calling in sick-
not a thing
to wear

Kate
(1,2,6) = 13


Sixth Place -- 12 Points

white drift
of bedside tissues
cold front

Ann K. Schwader
(0,3,6) = 12

hospice garden--
the feral kitten
chases its shadow

Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,3,6) = 12


Seventh Place -- 11 Points

sick bed
the pile of new comic books
grows larger each day

Edward
(0,1,9) = 11


Eighth Place -- 10 Points

sick and alone
even the night sky
with no stars

Israel López Balan
(1,1,5) = 10

morning sickness--
she adds ice cream and peas
to the grocery list

aom (tim)
(1,1,5) = 10

the constant drip
of a hotel faucet
...homesick

Paul R
(1,0,7) = 10


Ninth Place -- 9 Points

home sick
a red robin bathes
in the snowmelt

J Blain
(1,0,6) = 9


Tenth Place -- 8 Points

a fourth doctor enters
her sick room...
the snow begins in earnest

Ed Markowski
(0,3,2) = 8

very ill-
my conversation with
daffodils

Jason Sanford Brown
(0,3,2) = 8

sick with flu:
a friend leaves lemon bread
at the door

Irene Golas
(0,0,8) = 8

sick with a cold
the dog still needs
to be walked

Janet Parker
(0,2,4) = 8


Eleventh Place -- 7 Points

frozen puddle
the surgeon's smiley
on the plaster

Flatline
(0,1,5) = 7

sick and tired
of eating chicken soup--
another cold!

lucindab
(1,0,4) = 7


Twelfth Place -- 5 Points

$ickne$$
drug companie$
cold ca$h

Linda Warner
(0,1,3) = 5

sick for home
the distant highway sound
blends with the rain

bmm
(0,0,5) = 5

bedridden . . .
they tell her the iris
are profuse this year

Carole MacRury
(0,2,1) = 5

day's end
again she forgets
me, herself

Johnye Strickland
(0,1,3) = 5


Thirteenth Place -- 4 Points

winter quiet -
she whispers with lozenges
in both cheeks

Audrey Downey
(0,0,4) = 4

sick day
the bold and the beautiful
still young and restless

Kylie Hooklyn
(0,1,2) = 4

One sick crow
staggers up the street -
car lights dip.

Trevor Camp
(0,1,2) = 4


sick as a dog writing poems

Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(0,1,2) = 4


Fourteenth Place -- 3 Points

the acacia
bursting with yellow blooms
sick of winter cold

Paul O. Williams
(1,0,0) = 3

morning sickness
night dreams linger
in daylight

Terry Ingram
(0,1,1) = 3

we recite
"in sickness and in health..."
scent of flowers

Agnes Eva Savich
(0,0,3) = 3

my sick father
a week before his death
leftover birthday cake

Origa
(0,1,1) = 3

pearly dawn--
the baby imitates
her doctor's yawn

jt
(0,0,3) = 3

morning sickness
a rainbow appears
after the rain

Patricia A. Laurent
(0,0,3) = 3

the sick child
stares through glassy eyes
the doctor listens

raven
(0,0,3) = 3

grandmother wipes
the nose of her sick grandchild
with a napkin

Cornelia
(0,1,1) = 3

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