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 votes 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.

July 2004 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Tomatoes	Free Format Theme: Web
First Place -- 19 Points tomatoes on sale a blind man selects one for me Kylie Hooklyn (0,5,9) = 19 Second Place -- 17 Points summer solstice the first ripe tomato cut in half sheila windsor (2,1,9) = 17 Third Place -- 14 Points rumble of thunder a tomato falls from the vine Robert Bauer (1,3,5) = 14 Fourth Place -- 12 Points Autumn solitude… the last green tomato falls from the vine Ed Markowski (0,2,8) = 12 Fifth Place -- 9 Points turning soil in dad's tomato patch same smell as his grave Gary Steinberg (0,4,1) = 9 abundant rain tomatoes on the vines split their skins cindy bene (0,3,3) = 9 cool nights: just two tomatoes so far oino sakai (0,3,3) = 9 Sixth Place -- 8 Points fouth of july - the tomato patch shows its colors Darrell Byrd (0,2,4) = 8 fallen tomato the robin pulls out a lengthy worm bmm (1,0,5) = 8 staking his tomato plant her knitting needle roberta beary (0,2,4) = 8 Seventh Place -- 6 Points after the pickers migrant children glean the tomato field Carmel C. Lively (0,1,4) = 6 sitting in the boat -- so tasty this tomato washed in the sea Tomislav Maretic (0,2,2) = 6 bamboo stakes the smell of tomato leaves on my fingers DeVar (0,1,4) = 6 sultry southern night the sound of tree frogs, the scent of tomatoes Soji (1,1,1) = 6 tomato fattening day by day a caterpillar ito (0,3,0) = 6 Eighth Place -- 5 Points tomato patch the smell of water in the heat martin (0,1,3) = 5 rising sun - slices of fresh tomato for breakfast Audrey Downey (0,0,5) = 5 twelve pound rainbow trout my father brags about his prize tomatoes Deborah P Kolodji (0,1,3) = 5 summer rain-- in the last tomato a caterpillar Sue (0,1,3) = 5 tomatoes ~ tasting the sun in my father's garden deborah russell (0,2,1) = 5 morning rush a slice of tomato on trousers Flatline (1,0,2) = 5 heat wave wilting tomato leaves perfume the air j blain (0,1,3) = 5 dog day ripe tomato juice drips down his chin Angele Lux (0,2,1) = 5 Ninth Place -- 4 Points marbles game with cherry tomatoes-- winner eats all! susan bond (0,0,4) = 4 green tomato relish put up in jars - mother's memory ~K~ (0,1,2) = 4 ripe tomatoes - a green snake in the crow's beak lynne steel (0,1,2) = 4 first tomato a tattoo on her left cheek peeking out Mark Hollingsworth (0,2,0) = 4 summer garden-- he hands his grandson the ripest tomato John White (0,1,2) = 4 Tenth Place -- 3 Points morning sunlight on the new tomato plants shade for the ants sakyu (0,1,1) = 3 summer morning sunlight catches a tomato hornworm w.f. owen (0,1,1) = 3 red festival-- the sound of tomatoes here and there Israel L. Balan (0,1,1) = 3 tomato battle - mother catches them in a deep pan Zhanna P. Rader (0,1,1) = 3 back porch gardener tomatoes and cucumbers in the same pot bre (0,1,1) = 3 ripe tomatoes on the kitchen counter red ants dine first Peigi (0,0,3) = 3 ready for the meal two little red tomatoes lying in the sun Cornelia (0,0,3) = 3	First Place -- 25 Points morning dew-- so many suns on the spider's web susan bond (1,6,10) = 25 Second Place -- 17 Points rising mist - the cow walks through a cobweb Sue Stanford (1,3,8) = 17 Third Place -- 13 Points desert sun a rusty bike wheel full of webs Carmel C. Lively (0,2,9) = 13 Fourth Place -- 12 Points oppressive heat: last year's spider web layered in dust Linda Galloway (1,4,1) = 12 Fifth Place -- 9 Points river's edge . . . a swinging spider tests the web Darrell Byrd (0,3,3) = 9 Sixth Place -- 8 Points at dawn only the shining web without spider Israel L. Balan (1,0,5) = 8 after midnight the motel's sign lights up a vacant spider web Owen Burkhart (1,0,5) = 8 Seventh Place -- 7 Points rose petals caught in the web wind storm Patricia A. Laurent (0,1,5) = 7 winter frost dawn light revealing a hundred webs Sue (1,1,2) = 7 Eighth Place -- 6 Points moonlight flashes on the spider's web- lacing trees together Rose Marie Stutts (0,2,2) = 6 dinner for two -- by the porch light a sagging cobweb Laryalee Fraser (0,2,2) = 6 a spider enters the computer - surfing the web David Bewley (1,1,1) = 6 overgrown garden- a single leaf hangs from the tattered web John White (0,0,6) = 6 spider web behind each bookcase-- moving day oino sakai (0,2,2) = 6 Ninth Place -- 5 Points moth eaten. . . moonlights drifts through the empty web Ed Markowski (0,2,1) = 5 dressing for work on a closet corner web a struggling fly. Zaida Lysle (0,0,5) = 5 summer relocation -- cobwebs in the fireplace Audrey Downey (0,1,3) = 5 lovely garden spider-- 10 hits on her website mike farley (0,2,1) = 5 empty spiderweb-- a tiny leaf trapped between strands Kathy Lippard Cobb (0,1,3) = 5 fresh squeezed orange juice morning dew weighs down the web DeVar (1,0,2) = 5 Tenth Place -- 4 Points hanging its web by the warm moonlight a companion Colo Buchanan (0,2,0) = 4 doorframe corner a spider web full of raindrops Meredith (0,1,2) = 4 the morning sun shines in every dewdrop of the spider web Tomislav Maretic (0,0,4) = 4 on the window's web-like crack, a tiny spider Zhanna P. Rader (0,1,2) = 4 mid-summer leaves- brushing sleep webs from my eyes I see dawn's red shaft Nancy Smith (1,0,1) = 4 first light - dewdrops tremble on an invisible web Norman Darlington (0,0,4) = 4 lotus blossoms between them the spider web deborah russell (0,2,0) = 4 swaying spiderweb up and down up and down a lavender-winged moth Angele Lux (0,1,2) = 4 Eleventh Place -- 3 Points on the map they draw the routes to the reunion: the web of family ~K~ (0,0,3) = 3 daybreak a face full of web on a thin mountain trail Gary Steinberg (0,0,3) = 3 early morning the spider's web adorned with dew cindy bene (1,0,0) = 3 a baseball glove with a blown-out web-- all that's left Earl Keener (0,1,1) = 3 web of thoughts a solitary walk beneath dense tree branches Agnes Eva Savich (0,1,1) = 3 fallen leaves on a spider web -- fragile nest Sergio Francisco Pichorim (0,1,1) = 3 his painting -- Arachnae's web the moon a dreamcatcher bead bre (0,1,1) = 3 my ten dollars under the couch saved in a web Peigi (0,1,1) = 3 July divorce a black widow spins her web under his canoe Edward (0,1,1) = 3

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