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.

September 2004 Kukai Results
Kigo Theme: Lightning	Free Format Theme: Pool
First Place -- 23 Points heat lightning-- ice cubes crack in the lemonade aom (tim) (0,8,7) = 23 pts Second Place -- 21 points distant lightning... the feel of a scar Paul Pfleuger, Jr. (0,8,5) = 21 pts Third Place -- 19 Points lightning ... a flash of your photograph at my bedside Mark Hollingsworth (3,3,4) = 19 pts lightning flash the suckling baby curls his toes Aruna (1,4,8) = 19 pts Fourth Place -- 15 points sheet lightning -- the dog slips between us roberta beary (0,3,9) = 15 pts Fifth Place -- blue lightning the indigo koi zig-zags through the pond Darrell Boyd (1,3,4) = 13 pts Sixth Place -- 12 Points forked lightning - a snake's tongue tests the autumn air Carole (0,4,4) = 12 pts Seventh Place -- 11 Points night lightning silhouettes of trees against the sky Grzegorz Sionkowski (1,2,4) = 11 pts no moon-- lightning bugs fly from star to star Owen Burkhart (1,1,6) = 11 pts lightning flash-- seen - unseen an owl's eye Mary Lee McClure (0,4,3) = 11 pts mother calling... a lightning bug cupped in my hands ito (0,4,3) = 11 pts Eighth Place -- 9 Points lightning bolt home at the end of the long road Agnes Eva Savich (0,3,3) = 9 pts lightning rod from the old barn -- all that remains -- ushi (0,2,5) = 9 pts Ninth Place -- 8 Points lightning her lips parted in sleep thunder Flatline (0,3,2) = 8 pts Tenth Place -- 7 Points lightning-- the sedate frog zaps another mosquito Earl Keener (0,3,1) = 7 pts Eleventh Place -- 6 Points jagged streak of lightning -- a-thousand-one, a thou... Allen McGill (1,1,1) = 6 pts Twelfth Place -- 5 Points through my closed eyelids the flashes of late lightning Paul O. Williams (0,2,1) = 5 pts lightning! a raccoon mask high in cat kibble Nancy Smith (0,0,5) = 5 pts lightning! the spider keeps coming closer -- oino sakai (0,1,3) = 5 pts forked lightning stags lock horns on the mountainside Paul R. (0,2,1) = 5 pts lightning bolt-- I still don't get the answer DeVar (0,1,3) = 5 pts Thirteenth Place -- 4 Points lightning scars the sky heals our feud Mary Angela (0,2,0) = 4 pts summer lightning--- when I said: "look!" the dog in silence Israel L. Balan (0,2,0) 4 pts curtains flutter- shadows of lightning through the lace Carol Raisfeld (0,1,2) = 4 pts bushfire season the lightning strikes a match Kylie Hooklyn (0,2,0) = 4 pts Coney lightning the ferris wheel rolls to the night's edge martin (0,2,0) = 4 pts chain lightning between me and the entrance a slithering snake Janet Parker (0,1,2) = 4 pts Fourteenth Place -- 3 Points splintering lightning- the flowers on the wallpaper dance in the light Angèle Lux (0,1,1) = 3 pts daytime lightning a solitary reindeer lost its shadow emile molhuysen (0,1,1) = 3 pts silence of evening - suddenly animals flee thunder and lightning Cornelia (0,1,1) = 3 pts	First Place -- 18 Points pool party two shades of lipstick on one glass Flatline (0,7,4) = 18 pts Second Place -- 17 Points filling pools all over town harvest moon Aruna (1,5,4) = 17 pts Third Place -- 16 Points tidal pool-- another cloud passes Mary Lee McClure (1,4,5) = 16 pts hotel check-in the pool boy filters the moonlight roberta beary (0,4,8) = 16 pts Fourth Place -- 13 Points mountain pool I am the man in the moon Earl Keener (2,2,3) = 13 pts Fifth Place -- 12 Points desert pool deep within sandstone rock a water strider Peter H. Pache (1,2,5) = 12 pts widowed one year she watches the leaves fall into the pool John White (0,4,4) = 12 pts Sixth Place -- 11 Points pool of blood investigators pause over a clue teri (1,2,4) = 11 pts pool party -- a dragonfly hovers over the red bikini Carol Raisfeld (1,2,4) = 11 pts Seventh Place -- 9 Points winter thaw... half moons fill the pools above a frozen lake Ed Markowski (2,1,1) = 9 pts hot afternoon - two sparrows splashing in a pool of rain Zhanna P. Rader (0,3,3) = 9 pts Eighth Place -- 8 Points first day of school the neighborhood pool all to myself Agnes Eva Savich (0,2,4) = 8 pts Ninth Place -- 7 Points waiting to strike a kingfisher calm as the pool john tiong chunghoo (0,2,3) = 7 pts the museum pool-- some turtles bronze, some real Paul O. Williams (0,0,7) = 7 pts a crane in the pool stands on one leg its eyes on the fish divine rays (0,2,3) = 7 pts after the storm gull feathers float in the tide pool Kate Creighton (0,1,5) = 7 pts heron pool a breeze moves all but the bird Grzegorz Sionkowski (0,2,3) = 7 pts Tenth Place -- 6 Points an angel in prayer over the tombstone a pool for birds Mary Angela (1,0,3) = 6 pts first pool the deer's eye slowly blinks again Sue Stanford (0,3,0) = 6 pts rainbow colored pool in the street - after the rain Patricia A. Laurent (1,0,3) = 6 pts Eleventh Place -- 5 Points divorce the kids use a public pool in august Edward (0,2,1) = 5 pts car pool keeping my head above water Paul R. (0,2,1) = 5 pts Twelfth Place -- 4 Points first day of school floating in the pool only the rubber rings Brenda Roberts (0,1,2) = 4 pts ships collide -- hoots of laughter from the wading pool laryalee fraser (0,0,4) = 4 pts the moon sits in a shallow pool hand in hand greg lammers (0,1,2) = 4 pts pool party tattoo and scars revealed Kylie Hooklyn (0,0,4) = 4 pts office pool -- a bell curve around her due date ushi (0,1,2) = 4 pts empty child's pool slowly deflating a faded pink shark Carole MacRury (0,1,2) = 4 pts autumn leaves floating on the water of a swimming pool Cornelia (0,0,4) = 4 pts Thirteenth Place -- 3 Points stormy night - pools of blue sky on sandy beach Sonoku (0,1,1) = 3 pts a blow of wind touches yellow leaf in empty pool Boris Nazansky (0,1,1) = 3 pts paper boat moves slowly in the shallow pool children laugh with joy Radhey Shiam (0,1,1) = 3 pts a frog jumps in the new pool children's squeak zulusij (0,1,1) = 3 pts a long day i do laps across the pool's width ito (0,0,3) = 3 pts

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