The Shiki Monthly Kukai

August 2010 Kukai

Here are the results for the August 2010 Kukai, wherein our Kigo subject was August Moon and our Free Format subject was Moving.

Congratulations to Ignatius Fay and Michael Dylan Welch, winners of our Kigo section and to Israel López Balan, winner of our Free Format section!

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

(2,1,4 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.

Voters comments are in italics below the respective poems.

August 2010 Results
Kigo Theme: August Moon	Free Format Theme: Moving
First Place — 19 Points August moon somewhere in the dark a blues harp Ignatius Fay (3,3,4) = 19 pts and August moon — this heat between our sheets Michael Dylan Welch (2,2,9) = 19 pts I know this feeling but lately it's my side of the bed that is the hottest! (darn mid-life!) Second Place — 17 Points August moon the enormous belly of the garden Buddha Michael McClintock (0,5,7) = 17 pts Third Place — 16 Points August moon . . . from imperfect people perfect shadows Warren Gossett (1,3,7) = 16 pts Lovely. Fourth Place — 15 Points august moon the neighbors willow dipped in silver Bill Hudson (0,2,11) = 15 pts Fifth Place — 13 Points August moon caught in the brambles — my thoughts Alegria (0,2,9) = 13 pts I love the physical imagery, the sense of contemplation and the possibility that the thoughts are as tangled as the bush. Beautiful. August moon not a single rest in the cricket song Rafal Zabratynski (0,2,9) = 13 pts Sixth Place — 12 Points fuller still than my memory of it — August moon Shelley Krause (2,1,4) = 12 pts My vote of 1 (one) for this haiku (hay-kyoo as I learned recently) for me is equivalent to 3 (three), the max of what I should give, but like the biblical widow one is all I have. I like the ambiguous link between the two parts of this haiku . . . wondering if the summer, a relationship, an entire life, perhaps, was also fuller than the poet's memory of it. August moon the feral cat cries for love Lynne Steel (1,3,3) = 12 pts So simple and yet so striking. August moon my mother signs her living will Tom Painting (0,3,6) = 12 pts Wow! This one is just fantastic. So personal. Seventh Place — 11 Points in the palm of his hand august moon Roberta Beary (1,2,4) = 11 pts the end of downpour every puddle catches the August moon Jacek M. (1,1,6) = 11 pts August moon how silently the owl flies Cara Holman (0,3,5) = 11 pts It's difficult to capture my attention with an owl and the moon, since many haiku have been written about these subjects. However, such an understated description allows me to dream and write my own story. Eighth Place — 10 Points August moon the dead dog's bowl bone dry Collin Barber (2,0,4) = 10 pts This is just haunting. I had to hug my pup. august moon — the schoolyard stinks of roofing tar aom (tim) (1,1,5) = 10 pts among the green apples August moon Ann K. Schwader (0,1,8) = 10 pts Ninth Place — 9 Points august moon :: a great log in the river rolls over timothy russell (1,1,4) = 9 pts separation . . . we watch the same autumn moon Susan Constable (0,2,5) = 9 pts Sigh. I feel like watching An American Tale! Tenth Place — 8 Points august moon the smell of fish and chips from the dumpster martin (1,1,3) = 8 pts Oh the memories of seaside evenings and that unmistakable smell of fish and chips! Happy days. August moon the soft touch of a worn sweater Marleen Hulst (0,2,4) = 8 pts I feel a touch of autumn in the air as I read this haiku and a sense of nostalgia, as well. Perhaps the sweater belongs, not to the owner, but to someone loved and missed. August moon painting a snail path silver Zhanna P. Rader (0,1,6) = 8 pts Eleventh Place — 7 Points far from home a soldier keeping watch on August moon Juhani Tikkanen (0,2,3) = 7 pts I prefer reading Line2 without the last word "on". august moon — the giraffe bends to caress her calf ARW (0,2,3) = 7 pts in the desert flooding the cotton fields — August Moon John Daleiden (0,2,3) = 7 pts at the gate . . . an airborne spider in the autumn moon Carol Raisfeld (0,2,3) = 7 pts a coin falls into the beggar's hand August moon Rita Odeh (0,1,5) = 7 pts swallow after swallow settling on a wire august moon Polona (0,0,7) = 7 pts Twelfth Place — 6 Points Autumn moon tawny salted skin and sun bleached straw andrea (1,1,1) = 6 pts moving day — the august moon at my bay window Israel Lopez Balan (0,2,2) = 6 pts August Moon out of the night out of itself Elinor Pihl Huggett (0,2,2) = 6 pts Lighting the crickets' chorus — August moon Vasile Moldovan (0,1,4) = 6 pts Ramadan — she washes her feet under August moonlight Bamboocha (0,1,4) = 6 pts august moon the colours of my hydrangeas fading away Gryta Wansdronk (0,1,4) = 6 pts Thirteenth Place — 5 Points August moon the trial run of a school bus Michele L. Harvey (0,2,1) = 5 pts august moon the harvest table bare this year Stevie Strang (0,2,1) = 5 pts turning cool the August moon silvers the pines Bill Kenney (0,2,1) = 5 pts August moon he rewrites chapter ten after her call Edward (0,1,3) = 5 pts gathering the eggs we almost forgot August moon Barbara Snow (0,1,3) = 5 pts autumn moon a hawk glides along the mountain ridge Raffael de Gruttola (0,1,3) = 5 pts Fourteenth Place — 4 Points In the shadows hidden from the August moon . . . A whippoorwill calls Tom Conally (1,0,1) = 4 pts august moon lighting up the Milky Way — time to return home Natalia Kuznetsova (1,0,1) = 4 pts dark room — spots of August moon fall on the floor Winslause Yamame (1,0,1) = 4 pts August moon — only the blackbird and I are still awake Isabelle Prondzynski (0,1,2) = 4 pts august moon infused insects at the teahouse ernest j berry (0,1,2) = 4 pts Fifteenth Place — 3 Points clothed in night she dives for a midnight swim twin August moons Jennifer Stefanow (0,1,1) = 3 pts August moon through the airplane window so close maxianne (0,1,1) = 3 pts katydids . . . giving voice to August moon jeff hoagland (0,1,1) = 3 pts Dear friend why do you hide? August Moon Ashi (0,1,1) = 3 pts above tall stalks of swaying sweet corn August moon Amicus (0,1,1) = 3 pts August moon — between crickets and frogs what should I listen first? Petru-Ioan Garda (0,0,3) = 3 pts sleepless night — I gaze beyond the August moon James Dobson (0,0,3) = 3 pts Sixteenth Place — 2 Points total eclipse the August Moon hides its face Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black (0,1,0) = 2 pts midnight skinny dipping August moon R. C. (0,1,0) = 2 pts aggravating pain in the legs and sleeplessness: august moon R. K. Singh (0,1,0) = 2 pts sailing clouds — the August half moon shines brighter Isaac Ndirangu. (0,1,0) = 2 pts young August moon — the Ramadan timetable in the dailies Patrick Wafula (0,1,0) = 2 pts lovers strolling upon glistening sand . . . August moon Keith A. Simmonds (0,0,2) = 2 pts jet lag on the horizon a red moon Klemens (0,0,2) = 2 pts August moonlight the distant howls of drunks Melissa Spurr (0,0,2) = 2 pts a constellation of silver starfish  —autumn moon Paul Hodder (0,0,2) = 2 pts fishing rod in hand at dawn . . . august moon Diane Mayr (0,0,2) = 2 pts August moon on her first journal entry a tear drop Anonymous (0,0,2) = 2 pts august moon the fresh crisp air of shortening days Frances McCarthy (0,0,2) = 2 pts lantern snuffed — finding my yin in this August moon Terri L. French (0,0,2) = 2 pts August moon — stray cat's tail swaying sunflowers Kurt R. Westley (0,0,2) = 2 pts a lazy roll over dogs and plums and thunder august moon jon espen vassbotn (0,0,2) = 2 pts a blue haze on the August moon . . . summer goodbyes Catherine J.S. Lee (0,0,2) = 2 pts August moon shadow boxing I spar with myself Meredith Cavalieri (0,0,2) = 2 pts white, under a full August moon, antler og_a (0,0,2) = 2 pts nude swim — a fish scatters the august moon Anonymous (0,0,2) = 2 pts Seventeenth Place — 1 Point clothes tumbling beside our bedroom window August Moon Pris Campbell autumn moon on the wallpaper her head turns up s.a doggfall picnic litter August moon Anonymous August moon . . . leaping from a jasmine porch Heike Gewi August moon . . . she knows what she's looking for Francine Banwarth through cloudy prisms fringing the August moon twin rainbows Liz Rule August moon . . . remembering our first kiss Barbara A Taylor August moon my newly opening eyes birthing the glow Donna Bauerly August moon obscured by the cicadas' song April Serock seven years ago we shared a final . . . august moon Judi Honiker August moon — her birthday wish a day late Garry Gay tall corn in the field of dreams — August moon DeVar August moon on the water disappears with a cloud - the lake, too MoT august moon — on the parking meter a butterfly kaiser No points this time, sorry. An august full moon up in high humidity, ventilator breeze. Horst Ludwig Bathed in silken light a prey to anxiety . . . August moon frenzy Gabriele August moon now I see it the old woman Carolyn Coit Dancy a hundred yellow figs to choose from: no need to hurry August moon Sheila K. Barksdale full august moon rippling over the waves . . . a light fandango eric You promised the moon on the first of June. Too soon it's August — no moon! Robert C. Howard holiday in France each chateau is a backdrop for the August moon Harvey Jenkins even fireflies bow to this August moon Marili Deandrea a slice of moon before the bird songs early August dawn gillena cox cicadas singing August moon smiling summer takes its final bow Jenn McSweeney August moon — chinese children flying a kite John McDonald in the flower bed overturned pail spilling August moon Ben Gieske same crescent as June just a little bit lower almost time for school Nick Petrone playing hide and seek with the clouds all August- the moon ! manoj saranathan faint memories of the day's cool hours — August moon Catherine Njeri Maina Bright white light through tall dark green trees — August moon. Trevor Camp from the thermal pool steam rises through palm fronds August moon Elaine Riddell August moon An owl hoots She turns in her sleep Mary E. Gray August moon clouding over . . . fear of the flooding again Bill Pauly bladder bursting pissing from the pier bursting the August moon Robert Ertman sliver of moon I walk our dogs through the dusk nostalgic for the dawn John Thompson waxing August moon tonight's dreams more full of him than the night before Kate Creighton pleasant rainy clouds smell of soil scents fragrance august moon in a happy mood Purush peaceful night — two stars twinkling around the August moon Antony Mwangi No wood on the hearth — I wake to the whole house chilled by the August moon. R. Joyce Heon corn stubble dawn — three gulls across a white moon Offa August moon one, two, three . . . yellow leaves fall from the cherry-tree Miorita sun ripe tomatoes cooked to sauce under the cool August moon gourdman Lips burn with cinnamon Peach juice crosses my chin August moon laughs Christine Howard General Comments: Very difficult to narrow down this month. So many wonderful possibilities. I enjoyed this kigo. Thank you! I had 9 good haiku in my list. My heart got broken when I couldn't vote all of those!	First Place — 26 Points moving day — in the empty room my mother's smell Israel López Balan (1,6,11) = 26 pts Second Place — 25 Points change of address . . . the constant shift of stars Melissa Spurr (1,7,8) = 25 pts This makes me think of the saying, 'the more things change, the more they stay the same." No matter where we move to, we'll see the same stars, even though their position may be different. How true and very beautifully symbolic of the constant changes. Third Place — 20 Points moving day — a drift of dandelion seeds leads the way aom (tim) (2,4,6) = 20 pts Beautiful I can see those little umbrella seeds floating in the breeze. High hopes and best wishes! Although this was the Free Form Section of the kukai, this one which carries a kigo of dandelion proves to be my favourite. Fourth Place — 19 Points foster care he packs a shoebox of pretend Roberta Beary (4,1,5) = 19 pts Sad and beautiful. Heart touching; a move we rarely consider, sadly. A poignant haiku. I can't help but wonder how many times this child has packed another shoebox, hoping that 'next time', things will be different. Fifth Place — 16 Points moving out — we leave a full bird feeder Barbara Snow (0,4,8) = 16 pts A thoughtful moving day gesture. Sixth Place — 15 Points creature of habit she tries the old key in the new door Meredith Cavalieri (0,4,7) = 15 pts Seventh Place — 14 Points locking the house ..one ....last .....time Chitra Rajappa (2,1,6) = 14 pts moving day — wrapping grandma's china in today's paper Terri L. French (0,4,6) = 14 pts Beautiful juxtaposition of the old and the new as everything is moved from here to there. Eighth Place — 13 Points moving — even our shadows leave in the van John McDonald (1,2,6) = 13 pts moving out . . . I pass a snail going the other way Liz Rule (0,4,5) = 13 pts moving back to my old hometown ghosts everywhere Pris Campbell (0,3,7) = 13 pts moving day — her last glimpse of the boy next door James Dobson (0,2,9) = 13 pts Ninth Place — 11 Points moving day memories in boxes cats in hiding Diane Mayr (1,2,4) = 11 pts Nice juxtaposition between the poignancy of memories and the humor of cat behavior. moving out — willows entangle the wind Heike Gewi (0,2,7) = 11 pts mom's old house . . . even the memories have moved out Warren Gossett (0,2,7) = 11 pts moving . . . different truck same stuff Elinor Pihl Huggett (0,2,7) = 11 pts moving day my father stares into the glass Tom Painting (0,0,11) = 11 pts Tenth Place — 10 Points moving out the clock-shaped mark on the wall Rafal Zabratynski (1,1,5) = 10 pts Eleventh Place — 8 Points shadows moving in the midnight breeze — a coyote howls John Daleiden (1,2,1) = 8 pts moving on . . . the bus is filled with dreams Carol Raisfeld (1,1,3) = 8 pts moving out — staring at the spaces where your books once stood jon (0,2,4) = 8 pts moving leaving Buddha in the garden Ben Gieske (0,2,4) = 8 pts Twelfth Place — 7 Points first day of school — a moving finger reads word to word Ellen Compton (0,2,3) = 7 pts moving our tortoise explores the new lawn carmel lively westerman (0,1,5) = 7 pts Thirteenth Place — 6 Points winter move . . . surprised by how little she needs Susan Constable (0,2,2) = 6 pts that local accent too soon my own Carolyn Coit Dancy (0,1,4) = 6 pts house hunting — remembering each place by its smell Paul Hodder (0,1,4) = 6 pts Fourteenth Place — 5 Points moving day — a change of key Cara Holman (0,0,5) = 5 pts moving day the toddler scolds the goldfish Bill Kenney (0,0,5) = 5 pts Fifteenth Place — 4 Points Jehovah's witness as soon as I open the door a fly moves in Collin Barber (1,0,1) = 4 pts this change of address card — who are they? miriam chaikin (0,1,2) = 4 pts his new neighbour's cat another excuse to drop by maxianne (0,1,2) = 4 pts hospital visit moving the flowers closer once more Michele L. Harvey (0,1,2) = 4 pts sweet reunion the baby finds his teddy bear R. C. (0,1,2) = 4 pts moving day one last look our life in boxes Frances McCarthy (0,0,4) = 4 pts Unpacking every opened box explored by our cat Garry Gay (0,0,4) = 4 pts Sixteenth Place — 3 Points moving van rumbles by homeless man reciting Santoka to his shadow Kurt R. Westley (1,0,0) = 3 pts clouds moving across the murky sky . . . lofty raindrops Keith A. Simmonds (0,1,1) = 3 pts moving day the husband's back suddenly bad again Bill Hudson (0,1,1) = 3 pts drained marsh lands a red-winged black bird sings on the last bullrush Harvey Jenkins (0,1,1) = 3 pts hammering the old sign into the new door — she hears her own heartbeat Alegria (0,1,1) = 3 pts closing the summer house — a chevron of wild geese heads southward Catherine J.S. Lee (0,1,1) = 3 pts nursing home moving in closer to the end Stevie Strang (0,1,1) = 3 pts moving out . . . under the porch a rotting pear Marili Deandrea (0,0,3) = 3 pts I like this because it makes me think of what little we leave behind. This feels as though the owner took everything of value and left only a few unwanted memories. Dorm room — the pupa spins its chrysalis. R. Joyce Heon (0,0,3) = 3 pts Seventeenth Place — 2 Points moving day all boxed up a break from dusting Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black (0,0,2) = 2 pts having no chair having no table the sand toad's new digs Michael McClintock (0,0,2) = 2 pts all the rooms empty — dusk everywhere C.P. Harrison (0,0,2) = 2 pts New home beckons She removes the plaque From the cat's grave Mary E. Gray (0,0,2) = 2 pts packing up my convent trunk all I have inside Donna Bauerly (0,0,2) = 2 pts moving on my pick up's packed full of memories Amicus (0,0,2) = 2 pts Eighteenth Place — 1 Point moving . . . our last view of the family homestead Michael Dylan Welch Moving her body strategy along the beech, a hawk gliding by. Horst Ludwig leash in the grass overgrown dog dish  —house up for sale if Ireland's emerald hills fade and fall into the sea. All my world is blue. Robert Charles Howard mountain view my son's new apartment down the hallway andrea Moving a horse, then the bishop of white . . . checkmate! Vasile Moldovan moving day the dog's ears twitching behind closed car window gillena cox single dust bunny marks the spot of her first steps. . . we must go now, babe Nick Petrone moving day; in the wall where the photo hung- a broken cobweb swaying. manoj saranathan Even though I think the middle line is too long, there's something about the swaying cobweb that says 'home' and, to me, illustrates the nostalgia of moving. moving in the smell of memories Rita Odeh still in that box her old love letters after fifty years Barbara A Taylor moving in the heat of the lava lamp Anonymous moving between the fingers of a toddler the monsoon rain R.K. Singh heat wave — even the grasshoppers aren't moving Shelley Krause moving day — wondering what memory we left behind Mike Montreuil the drunken coachman let his horse take him home MoT No points this time, sorry. her late mother’s train still stopping traffic breathtaking speed Anonymous rental truck floor in the attic mirror the august moon martin baby robins moving out of mama's nest blue shells left behind Tom Conally noise of frogs — only lilies stop me to move Alex Serban rain the road so narrow-gauge earthworms svein lie shabby furniture hoisted high, caressed by a row of sunflowers Sheila K. Barksdale Summer afternoon — moth flying wake up the cat Petru Ioan Garda locks changed . . . stuff inappropriately strewn on porch eric dancer moving just ahead of the music her eyes focus on us Miriam Borne approaching rain — the haycocks colonized an old barn Juhani Tikkanen Swiftly moving the plastic bag rises to greet a new journey Jenn McSweeney moving . . . river, the same way og_a moving — his neighbors' eyes dripping with tears Old Grayhouse moving day my memories in the carton boxes Jacek M. after U-Haul trip — one dead moth and spilt paint Marshall Bood moving . . . a third of my possessions go into the dumpster Anonymous a moving van at another neighbor's gate — credit crunch saga natalia Kuznetsova House for sale, flowers in the windows — moving van. Trevor Camp yard sale to sell his things that won't fit in her new singles town house gourdman moving in — hunting mothes through memories kaiser first grandchild expected at their new house I unpack his tiny clothes Elaine Riddell bright sunday morning a snail starts moving along the scaffolding pole Boris Nazansky corporate troubleshooter he explains to his young son he too is the "new kid" Edward out of body in slow motion was it only a moment? Judi Honiker moving van . . . so many monarchs lost on the long way home Bill Pauly in the cardboard smell — songs of them there pines Jon Espen Vassbotn star gazing . . . maybe they will come to us Francine Banwarth new paint new bedroom the same bed DeVar from one city to the other moving luggage is a hard task quite an unhappy experience Purush titmouse cavorting from a branch to another branch — summer supper Miorita A callused hand moving strokes a cheek Awake from the solace of dreams Christine Howard General Comments: There are so many wonderful submissions, I wanted to vote for more than the above! Again, so many lovely haiku and deeply “moving” in all ways. I am always attracted to those haiku which leave something unresolved, and so let the reader create her/his own story.

Thank you for participating in the August 2010 Kukai!

We will announce the September Call for Submissions on Monday, September 6, 2010. See you then!

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