Results of the October 2008 "migrating bird" Kukai

 

 

Announcing "migrating birds" October 2008 Kukai The October 2008 Kukai will be any of the following: (migrating birds--geese migrate, cranes / storks come, shrike, butcher bird, quail, bullbul, woodpecker, bird of passage, migratory bird, snipe, longbill, siskin, little birds): Oct08kuki@poetrywriting.org  Any of the exact word(s) listed above must be used in the haiku. No more than a total of three haiku may be submitted. Haiku submitted to the kukai should not be workshopped, appear on-line in forums, or in print. Haiku Author, Country To: Oct08kuki@poetrywriting.org Subject:"migrating birds" kukai Submissions: Wednesday October 01, 2008 – Monday October 20, 2008 Midnight. Voting: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 – Monday October 27, 2008, Midnight. The results will be published in the Friday, October 31, 2008 Sketchbook. Recent letters to the Sketchbook editors and discussions on various forums indicate that some assumptions about a kukai must be spelled out. From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print. In short, if the haiku has appeared on the internet or in print we consider it to have been published. The voting in a kukai is anonymous and publication anywhere voids anonyminity. Any haiku found to be previously published will be disqualified.

 

Participants in the "migrating birds" kukai   Authors:  RD Armstrong (Raindog), US; Ed Baker, US; John Daleiden, US; Sally Evans, UK;  Iga Gala-Miemus, IL; Betty Kaplan, US; Karina Klesko, US; Jacek Margolak, PL; Vasile Moldovan, RO; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN; Ruthanne Price, CA; Trish Shields, CA; Keith A Simmonds, TT; John Stone, US; Kim Tairi, AU; Eric V. a.k.a. "El Coyote", US Countries: Canada, Australia, India, Israel, Poland, Romania, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom, United States

 

For Bill Higginson bird in passage soaring higher and higher # 10. RD Armstrong (Raindog), US 3 0 2 11 1st. Place

 

the geese return and still you are gone # 11. Eric V. a.k.a. "El Coyote", US   1 2 1 8 2nd. Place

 

A lot of spots in the serene sky— migrating birds # 08. Vasile Moldovan, RO   0 2 2 6 3rd. Place Tie   an old man pulls leaves from his garden migrating birds # 05. Trish Shields, CA 2 0 0 6 3rd. Place Tie

 

cranes come to the water's edge empty wheelchair # 33. Trish Shields, CA   0 2 0 4 4th. Place Tie   some chatter a gaggle of geese over-head # 32. Ed Baker, US 0 1 2 4 4th. Place Tie   just before dawn one last snowy egret follows the geese # 34. John Stone, US 1 0 1 4 4th. Place Tie

 

storks come leaving behind autumn blues # 01. Keith A. Simmonds, TT   1 0 0 3 5th. Place Tie   tule fog a heron rises towards the sun # 22. John Stone, US 0 1 1 3 5th. Place Tie   Girls and boys on the way to school— little birds chirping # 24. Vasile Moldovan, RO 0 1 1 3 5th. Place Tie   departing geese my grandma and her broken binoculars # 26. Jacek Margolak, PL 0 1 1 3 5th. Place Tie   A crane flies ahead of the others— dividing the sky # 35. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN 0 1 1 3 5th. Place Tie   awakened. . . knock, knock, knock the woodpecker # 40. Betty Kaplan, US 0 1 1 3 5th. Place Tie

 

wild geese a wedge splits the sky chasing summer # 06. John Stone, US   0 1 0 2 6th. Place Tie   migrating birds— less members this year at the AA meeting # 13. Karina Klesko, US 0 1 0 2 6th. Place Tie   origami class— decorating the room paper cranes # 14. Betty Kaplan, US 0 1 0 2 6th. Place Tie   little birds in my garden retreat a sanctuary # 25. John Daleiden, US 0 1 0 2 6th. Place Tie   Boc! Bang! The woodpecker can't sleep # 36. Vasile Moldovan, RO 0 1 0 2 6th. Place Tie

 

cranes come at dawn— dancing eroticly they dip and bow # 09. John Daleiden, US   0 0 1 1 7th. Place Tie   mountain lake— a wedge of wild geese across rocks # 12. Jacek Margolak, PL 0 0 1 1 7th. Place Tie   geese circle flaming sumac —southbound # 15. Ruthanne Price, CA 0 0 1 1 7th. Place Tie   throwing my holey brogues a wedge of cranes # 38. Jacek Margolak, PL 0 0 1 1 7th. Place Tie

 

eighteen—sweet bluebird tattooed on her right shoulder a bird of passage # 02.   0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   deserted garden— sickle flight of siskin pair— a new moon tonight # 03. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   first chilly morning this old man watching her migrate # 04. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   big black shadow in water; shortens as it rises high—vanishes. # 07. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   Winter morning quail nests full of white down # 16. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   a woodpecker upon a cactus seeking refuge # 17. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   cage door is open... plotting their escape - singing two little birds fly # 18. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   woodpecker migrates noisily into his tree trunk # 19. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   migrating shrike lancing a field mouse # 20. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   woodpeckers flit from branch to branch clinging leaves # 21. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   flaming the earth, sky linking the aeons they fly; ancient flamingos # 23. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   migrating birds— the long ride home after visiting friends # 27. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   birds and bees 101 so it wasn't the stork # 28. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   birds of passage crossing over to warmer climes # 29. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   willing away time migratory bird longing for her life partner # 30. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   the geese visit— their secret talking carries across the grey sky. # 31. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   in the brush pile a flock of quail shelter— a hunter poised # 37. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie   migrating birds out from the wood lands a ghost owl appears *ghost owl --also known as the spirit owl or barn owl # 39. 0 0 0 0 8th. Place Tie

 

Hello Sketchbook "migrating birds" kukai poet, Below is the ballot for the Sketchbook October 2008 "migrating birds" Kukai vote. Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org CALL FOR Sketchbook October 2008 "migrating birds" Kukai vote: Voting: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 – Monday October 27, 2008, Midnight 1. All the entries are listed on the ballot by number. 2. Only submitting Kukai Poets are eligible to vote. 3. Email your votes to: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org  When voting, please use the words "migrating birds" Kukai in the subject line of your e-mail. 4. Each poet has SIX (6) points to use for the kukai vote. Voters may distribute the points in increments of 1, 2, or 3. You may not cast more than 3 points for any single poem. 5. Please do not vote for your own poem(s). Any such votes will be disqualified. 6. Please use the following format to submit your votes (listing by numerical order, rather than order of preference, as the sample below): To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org Subject: "migrating birds" Kukai Vote Each voter has 6 points: # 03--1 pt. # 11--2 pts. # 28--3 pts. 7. All votes will be compiled and the haiku will then be published in the October 31, 2008 Sketchbook with votes received; on the names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, etc. place poets' names will be revealed. Haiku receiving 0 votes will be published without names. If you want your name revealed regardless of the number of votes received please notify the kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org  The votes will appear as per the following sample: 0 2 7 11 = ____ Place Which means: No voter gave 3 points, 2 voters gave 2 points, 7 voters gave 1 point = for a total of 11 points CALL FOR Sketchbook October 2008 "migrating birds" Kukai vote: Voting: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 – Monday October 27, 2008, Midnight.