Sketchbook  December 2007 Star Kukai Results

 

 

December 2007 Star Kukai For the December 2007 Kukai submit one to three HAIKU using the kigo: "star" or “stars”. The exact kigo words must be used in the haiku. No more than a total of three haiku may be submitted: night travelers guided by winter stars a desert moon john daleiden, US To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org Subject: Dec07 kigo “stars” Submissions: December 01, 2007 – Friday, December 21, 2007 Midnight. Voting: Sunday, December 22, 2007 – Thursday, December 28, 2007, Midnight. The results will be published in the Monday, December 31, 2007 Sketchbook.

 

Results of the December 2007 Star Kukai   Moonlight between crickets and stars fragrance of lime # 28. Magdalena Dale, RO 1 1 1 6 1st Place   Watering the horses, I draw stars out of the well without any gain # 26. Vasile Moldovan, RO 1 0 2 5 2nd Place   On my way only the stars above me # 11. Magdalena Dale, RO 1 0 1 4 3rd Place     that distant star... his words still glitter in my sky # 12. Rita Odeh, Nazareth 0 1 2 4 3rd Place   A distant star, bright but unreachable— your name on my lips. # 04. Zhanna P. Rader, US   0 0 3 3 4th Place Tie     faint stars touching in the silence between words # 05. Josh Wikoff, UK 0 1 1 3 4th Place Tie     thousands of stars the street-people never look up # 07. Karina Klesko, US 0 0 3 3 4th Place Tie     Two stars sparkling in the wedding night: the bride's eyes # 09. Vasile Moldovan, RO 0 1 1 3 4th Place Tie     High tide— waves splash the stars onto the shore. # 13. Zhanna P. Rader, US 0 1 1 3 4th Place Tie     after soft rain joyful pulsating stars on jasmine flowers # 30. Barbara A. Taylor 0 1 1 3 4th Place Tie   in the dark sky a falling star— I make a wish # 03. Betty Kaplan, US 0 0 2 2 5th Place Tie     white spider mums grace our Christmas table North Star # 17. Trish Shields, CA 0 1 0 2 5th Place Tie     The moon among the stars loneliness # 20. Magdalena Dale, RO 0 1 0 2 5th Place Tie     fireflies! far into the field a twinkling sky # 27. Kala Ramesh, IN 0 0 2 2 5th Place Tie   Twinkle little star my heart bounces too— reading a Christmas card # 02. Daniela Bullas, UK 0 0 1 1 6th Place     a blazing star illuminates the sky white amaryllis # 08. Trish Shields, CA 0 0 1 1 6th Place     summer games the glass marble flips into a shooting star # 10. Kala Ramesh, IN 0 0 1 1 6th Place     A withered flower lost among the fireworks: the yesteryear # 18. Vasile Moldovan, RO 0 0 1 1 6th Place     the night of stars. . . in his hands he cushions a diamond ring # 19. Kala Ramesh, IN 0 0 1 1 6th Place     haiku... the halos arround that star! # 21. Rita Odeh, Nazareth 0 0 1 1 6th Place     Ready for the star— both Dad and the Yule tree come down together. # 22. Zhanna P. Rader, US 0 0 1 1 6th Place     looking for the star I wished upon yesterday. . . . . .  # 23. Karina Klesko, US 0 0 1 1 6th Place     krus anthemon* three men follow a certain star *The name chrysanthemum comes from the Greek word 'krus anthemon', meaning 'golden flower'. Christ has been called 'the golden child'. # 25. Trish Shields, CA 0 0 1 1 6th Place     a new birth we follow the bright star through desert cold # 29. john daleiden 0 0 1 1 6th Place     clusters of stars in a cold winter sky the southern cross # 31. Karina Klesko, US 0 0 1 1 6th Place   leaving autumn... where does that star get light from # 01. Rita Odeh, Nazareth 0 0 0 0 7th Place     a star poser— forgetting who she is # 06. Barbara A. Taylor, AU 0 0 0 0 7th Place     first star she pulls me inside # 14. Josh Wikoff, UK 0 0 0 0 7th Place     sun to stars— the solar lamps switch on # 15. Barbara A. Taylor, AU 0 0 0 0 7th Place     among the stars meteors streak toward earth wondrous lights # 16. john daleiden, US 0 0 0 0 7th Place     through my window Polaris gleams tonight guiding star # 24. john daleiden, US 0 0 0 0 7th Place