Results of the "old diary" November 2008 Kukai

 

 

Announcing the "old diary" kukai--November 2008   The November 2008 Sketchbook Kukai theme is "old diary". Use the exact words "old diary" 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: Nov08kukai@poetrywriting.org Subject:"old diary" kukai Submissions: Saturday November 01, 2008 – Thursday, November 20, 2008 Midnight. Voting: Friday, November 21, 2008 – Thursday, November 27, 2008, Midnight. The results will be published in the Sunday, November 30, 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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 "old diary" kukai Authors:  Richard Berkey, US; Martin Gotlieb Cohen, US; Magdalena Dale, RO; John Daleiden, US; Victor P. Gendrano, US; Jan Oskar Hansen, PL; John L. Holt, Capt., USAF: tori inu, US ; Manu Kant, IN; Betty Kaplan, US; Bill Kenney, US; Catherine J. S. Lee, US; Jacek Margolak, PL; Vasile Moldovan, RO; Peter H. Pache, US; Terrie Leigh Relf (AKA semi), US; John McDonald, UK (Scotland); Kristin Reynolds, US; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Richard Straw, US; Kim Tairi, AU; Barbara A. Taylor, AU; Jennie Townsend, US; Eric V. a.ka. El Coyote, US; Scot Young, US; Rafal Zabratynski, PL Countries:  Australia, India, Poland, Portugal, Romania, United Kingdom, United States

 

new year my old diary full of empty pages # 35. Bill Kenney, US   1 2 4 11 1st Place

 

dusk— left on the rocking chair her old diary # 13. Betty Kaplan, US   0 1 4 6 2nd Place Tie   Blossom trees a breath of wind unfolds my old diary # 15. Magdalena Dale, RO 1 1 1 6 2nd Place Tie   old diary the faded red of I love her # 23. Rafal Zabratynski, PL 1 1 1 6 2nd Place Tie   old diary a lucky clover's crumbling leaves # 43. Catherine J. S. Lee, US 0 2 2 6 2nd Place Tie

 

dark attic— within her old diary suicide note # 02. Peter H. Pache   1 0 2 5 3rd Place Tie   harsh words in an old diary— a door shuts # 09. Richard Straw, US 0 1 3 5 3rd Place Tie   old diary the thoughts I tried to cross out # 12. Bill Kenney, US 0 1 3 5 3rd Place Tie   November wind a dry leaf falls from her old diary # 17. Jacek Margolak, PL 1 0 2 5 3rd Place Tie   old diary The long shadow of the fly # 27. Martin Gottlieb Cohen, US 1 0 2 5 3rd Place Tie   old diary— my father now has a name # 28. Kristin Reynolds, US 1 0 2 5 3rd Place Tie

 

morning fog an old diary stained with coffee # 29. semi (AKA Terrie Leigh Relf), US   0 1 2 4 4th Place Tie   old diary from world war 1 a bullet hole # 59. John McDonald, UK 0 0 4 4 4th Place Tie

 

old diary— their love… faded ink # 01. Eric V. a.ka. El Coyote, US 1 0 0 3 5th Place Tie   old diary I leaf through her life day after day # 39. Jacek Margolak, PL 0 0 3 3 5th Place Tie   after reading her old diary i am someone else # 51. Kristin Reynolds, US 0 0 3 3 5th Place Tie

 

scrawled in bold red MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! in my old diary # 20. Barbara A. Taylor, AU   0 1 0 2 6th Place Tie   dog eared love unlocked old dairy pages memories yellowed # 37. Scot Young, US 0 1 0 2 6th Place Tie   at the dump someone's old diary— autumn deepens # 54. Richard Straw, US 0 1 0 2 6th Place Tie   old diary blooming in it— mom # 55. tori inu, US 0 0 2 2 6th Place Tie   my old diary— the name is familiar but . . . # 56. Bill Kenney, US 0 1 0 2 6th Place Tie

 

old diary The earth's shadow moves Up the wall # 03. Martin Gottlieb Cohen, US   0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   old diary: a shining mirror of happy moments # 07. Keith A. Simmonds, TT 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   old diary— the coffee stain of a long ago interruption # 11. tori inu, US 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   old diary november leaves missing # 16. John McDonald, UK 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   all the names and dates of her conquests old diary # 25. John Daleiden, US 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   between lines of his old diary— dad's winter # 34. tori inu, US 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   moving boxes… the note he placed in my old diary # 40. Jennie Townsend, US 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   “spent the night with H”— I search my old diary wonder who is “H” ? # 42. Barbara A. Taylor, AU 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   old diary the kettle starts whistling on the first date # 45. Rafal Zabratynski, PL 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   her old diary I forget about the next cigarette # 60. Jacek Margolak, PL 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   Supercover: the old diary wrapped in a cobweb # 61. Vasile Moldovan, RO 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   snowbound afternoon the cramped handwriting in mom's old diary # 63. Catherine J. S. Lee, US 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   old diary my future plans from the past still big at present # 65. Rafal Zabratynski, PL 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie

 

for three autumns now I still can't throw away her old diary # 04. Victor P. Gendrano, US   0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old diary— my father's face blacked out # 05. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   scented with wine and tears old diary # 06. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   Torn old diary Thrown hotly into the bin Tells of broken love # 08. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   memories preserved in silk-covered old diary each day spent with you # 10. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   she holds summer violets pressed forgotten in old diary # 14. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old diary of those young-parent days dappled shadows # 18. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   Old diary— between the yellowed covers so much life! # 19. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   her old diaries he closes the last and pours a stiff drink # 21. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old diary cooked meal for rodents mortals die unsung # 22. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   Opening flowers the old diary buzzes indelicately # 24 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   the dead man’s old diary— oblivion… the color of ink # 26. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   words etched on my mind with a flood of memories... my old diary # 30. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   The old diary Modest amongst bigger books Keeps my many dreams # 31. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   harsh words in an old diary— a door shuts # 32. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   love etched on each page sparks flying as flames consume —old diary, new wound # 33. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   reading the old diary Sergeant Whodunit solves the crime # 36. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   On the bench near a bunch of snow drops an old diary # 38. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   On the last page of my old diary just the thing—a haiku # 41. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old diary cooked meal for rodents End of History— # 44. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   Stones placed on gravestones I unearth an old diary going through papers # 46. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie 46   his confessions 100 years to late an old diary # 47. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   the mountains once described, are still there— the old diary, is not. # 49. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old diary The wind ripples the dune # 50. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   poems to you in an old diary parrots screaming # 52. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old diary... the real link between past and present # 53. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   in her hope chest a new wedding gown unused worn old diary # 57. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old dairy keeps locked up secrets still damp inked in old tears # 58   0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   stirring up the past— in mother’s old diary my birthday greetings # 62. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old diary prying eyes gain access to it heart full of malice # 64. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   Twisting I hide the old diary a key in the lock # 66. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   old diary his secrets still secret: shorthand # 67. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   dinasour footprints in the fosilized stone an old diary # 68. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie

 

Hello Sketchbook "old diary" kukai poet, The November 2008 Sketchbook Kukai theme is "old diary". Use the exact words "old diary" 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: Nov08kukai@poetrywriting.org Subject:"old diary" kukai Submissions: Saturday November 01, 2008 – Thursday, November 20, 2008 Midnight. Voting: Friday, November 21, 2008 – Thursday, November 27, 2008, Midnight. The results will be published in the Sunday, November 30, 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. The Sketchbook Editors, Karina Klesko and John Daleiden