Results of the December 2008 "winter night"  Kukai

 

 

Announcing "winter night" December 2008 Kukai The December 2008 Kukai theme is "winter night". Use the exact words "winter night" 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: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org  Subject:"winter night" kukai Submissions: Monday December 01, 2008 – Saturday, December 20, 2008 Midnight. Voting: Sunday, December 21, 2008 – Saturday, December 27, 2008, Midnight. The results will be published in the Wednesday, December 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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.

 

winter night— puddles filled with December's moon # 09. Robin Beshers, US   1 2 0 7 1st Place

 

winter night snow and silence deepen # 13. Catherine J. S. Lee, US   1 1 1 6 2nd Place Tie   winter night my wife asks if I still love her # 36. Jacek Maroglak, PL 0 1 4 6 2nd Place Tie

 

winter night between snowflakes silence # 23. Jacek Maroglak, PL   0 2 0 4 3rd Place

 

winter night— wind in the chimney HO-HO-HOing # 06. John McDonald, UK (Scotland)   0 1 0 2 4th Place Tie   winter night— my boots the only sound # 19. Kristin Reynolds, US 0 0 2 2 4th Place Tie   flannel pajamas tangled in this winter night dreams of you # 38. Michele I. Harvey, US 0 1 0 2 4th Place Tie

 

winter night song of the humpback on my mind # 01. Josh Wikoff, US   0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   winter night hits hard sleeps under this bridge sharing a sad semi song # 03. Scot Young, US 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   winter night— the shadows of the moon # 04. Kristin Reynolds, US 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   winter night filled with your presence your empty chair # 15. John Daleiden, US 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   no one sings noel around this burning barrel drizzle winter night # 18. Scot Young, US 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   winter night— a twinkling path as far as I can see # 21. John McDonald, UK (Scotland) 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   a coyote howls my sentiments exactly —winter night # 24. Robin Beshers, US 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   Winter night— the cat is purring in my arms # 29. Magdalena Dale, RO 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   saxophone wails a street corner shadow winter night blues # 31. Scot Young, US 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   winter night winter night winter night # 33. Ed Baker, US 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   misty meditation— observing my breath on a winter night # 37. Robin Beshers, US 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie   winter night the blue roof light flashes in a gawker's glasses # 40. Rafal Zabratynski, PL 0 0 1 1 5th Place Tie

 

winter night Jupiter, Venus & moon aligned in smile warm the heart # 02.   0 0 0 0 6th Place   daily now winter nights come earlier # 05. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   Winter night outside— I share the heat of the stove With the playful cats # 07. I 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night with each snowflake more and more brightly # 08. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   New Year's... the length of a winter night counted backwards # 10. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night: singing carols before the fireplace # 11. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night a street lamp's light thickens with fog # 12. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   Blank silence among the bare branches— winter night # 14. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night left-click undo # 16. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night Jupiter, Venus & moon aligned in smile showering celestial happiness # 17. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   in this heat winter night # 20. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   In a winter night Transfixed by the cold weather The face of the lake # 22. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night... the creak of a stair, louder with her weight # 25. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   ribbons of snow knotted round the chimney... winter night # 26. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night if only a fly buzzed # 27. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   this winter night sparkles with brittle stars cold snap # 28. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night the thought of Spring flowers brings joy # 30. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night— my path is unclear # 32. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night— owl on a post snowy feathers falling # 34. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   Snow in winter night— The milking has begun On the Milky Way # 35. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night... reading my haiku under the blanket # 39. Keith A. Simmonds, TT 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night moonbeams caught within a fringe of icicles # 41. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   By the fireplace a glimmering flame… winter night # 42. 0 0 0 0 6th Place   winter night the desert palms bright with Christmas lights # 43. 0 0 0 0 6th Place

 

Hello Sketchbook "winter night" kukai poet, Below is the ballot for the Sketchbook December 2008 "winter night" Kukai vote. Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org CALL FOR Sketchbook December 2008 "winter night" Kukai vote: Voting: Sunday, December 21, 2008 – Saturday, December 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 "winter night" 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: "winter night" 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 December 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 December 2008 "winter night" Kukai vote: Voting: Sunday, December 21, 2008 – Saturday, December 27, 2008, Midnight