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Sketchbook 

Results of the ailment kukai

 

 


1st Place

my thoughts wander
from the silence of prayer
a sneeze

# 34. Karina Klesko, US
2 1 2 = 10      1st Place
 

 


2nd Place

baby's first sneeze—
wide-eyed surprise
followed by giggles

# 35. Karina Klesko, US
0 3 2 = 8      2nd Place
 

 


3rd Place

window frost...
listening to the depth
of a child's cough

# 02. usumomiji:
Jennie Townsend, US
1 1 2 = 7      3rd Place

 

 

coughing
again and again
snow falls

# 15. Jeffry Woodward, US
1 1 2 = 7      3rd Place
 

 


4th Place

Coughing like crazy:
I can pretend all these tears
are not caused by her...

# 21. Cristian Mocanu, Ro
0 2 2 = 6      4th Place
 

 


5th Place

whispering pine
bed covers tremble
with my flu

# 20. Trish Shields, CA
1 0 2 = 5      5th Place
 

 


6th Place

 

sled scrapes across
the ice
your laryngitis

# 12. Terra Martin, CA
0 1 2 = 4      6th Place
 

 


7th Place

 

sneeze particles
stretch out in constellations
winter hunter

# 17. Trish Shields, CA
0 1 1 = 3      7th Place

 

 

in the winter wind
the wheeze of a scarecrow—
a cup of hot tea

# 28. John Daleiden, US
1 0 0 = 3      7th Place

 

 

winter endures
restless and irritated ~
cabin fever

# 31. Gerry Bravi, CA
0 0 3 = 3      7th Place
 

 


8th Place

without a campfire
rheumatism...
stalks my evening

# 07. Shanna Baldwin Moore
0 1 0 = 2      8th Place

 

 

hours spent now
in a sunsplash—
her old hound-dog joints

# 09. Rich Magahiz
0 0 2 = 2      8th Place

 

 

runny nose, fever
called in sick AGAIN
will they believe me?

# 13. Betty Kaplan
0 0 2 = 2      8th Place

 

 

the chisel
loses touch, at last,
with his numb hand

# 22. Jeffery Woodward, US
0 1 0 = 2      8th Place
 

 


9th Place

ah-choo, ah-choo
the first flu signs
taking nasal drops

# 01. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
Mountain Top NSW, Australia
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

ah - choo!
under the covers all alone
ah - chooo . . .

# 04. Betty Kaplan
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

gushing grey
gutters-
a runny nose

# 05. Terra Martin, CA
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

midnight chill
your sizzling lips
in my dream

# 08. Victor Gendrano, US
0 0 1 = 1      9TH Place

 

 

cups of chicken broth
ease fever and pain—
winter prescription

# 10. John Daleiden
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

hot vapours
honey and menthol
to soothe her aching throat

# 11. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
Mountain Top NSW, Australia
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

cold night
beneath your cloak hides
my loneliness

# 16. Victor Gendrano, US
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

wintry chills
wishing for springtime
her body aches

# 18. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
Mountain Top NSW, Australia
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

snow plows scrape
she hugs her middle
waits for May

# 19. Rich Magahiz
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

the cough
in the waiting room
does not desert him

# 25. Jeffery Woodward, US
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

drip - drip - drip
not the kitchen sink
my red nose

# 30. Betty Kaplan, US
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

a gift of a snowball snowman—
the smell of measles
sweet on his skin

# 32. usumomiji
Jennie Townsend
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place

 

 

Achoo achoo
and a temperature too ~
oh no the flu

# 33. Gerry Bravi, CA
0 0 1 = 1      9th Place
 

 


10th Place

February birthday:
at home with a flu, we smile
toasting with Fervex *

*=solluble antipyretic, green in colour, good in taste, always drunk hot.
# 03.Cristian Mocanu, RO
0 0 0 = 0      10th Place

 

 

blue and black paintings—
rendered S.A.D.* at the sight of
prostitutes and beggars

*seasonal affective disorder
# 06. Daniela Bullas
0 0 0 = 0      10th Place

 

 

the Beijing flu stem:
microbiologists
fight their Gingis-Khan

# 14.Cristian Mocanu, Ro
0 0 0 = 0      10th Place

 

 

whisky and sugar—
Dr. Good’s remedy,
a potent cure

# 23. John Daleiden, US
0 0 0 = 0      10th Place

 

 

spring rain
coughs of daffodils
sneeze in my garden

# 24. Trish Shields, CA
0 0 0 = 0 10th Place

 

 

gust of wind through
the trees
ahh-choo! a sneeze

# 26. Terra Martin, CA
0 0 0 = 0      10th Place

 

 

winter sidewalk—
a sneezy girl begs passers-by
to buy tissues

# 27. Rita Odeh, IL
0 0 0 = 0      10th Place

 

 

frostbitten nose—
the taming of the chill wind
is thawing the snowman

# 29. Daniela Bullas, UK
0 0 0 = 0      10th Place
 

 

 


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