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January 2008 "cold moon" of "icy moon" Kukai
 

 

 

Announcing January 2008 Kukai

For the January 2008 Kukai submit one to three HAIKU using the kigo: "cold moon" or “icy moon”. The exact kigo words must be used in the haiku. No more than a total of three haiku may be submitted:

icy moon
on the open road
I walk alone

john daleiden, US

To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org
Subject: Jan08 kigo “cold moon”, or "icy moon"

Submissions: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 – Sunday, January 20, 2008 Midnight.

Voting: Monday, Januay 21, 2008 – Sunday, January 27, 2008, Midnight.

The results will be published in the Monday, January 31, 2008 Sketchbook.

 

 

 

 

1st Place

cold moon...
the imprint of her hand
on the window

# 13. Allison Millcock, AU

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1st Place

 

 

 

2nd Place Tie

cold moon
the silence
of the carousel

# 05. Bill Kenney, US

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6

2nd Place Tie

 

 

icy moon...
silhouettes of sleeping buds
on a cherry branch

# 17. Tanya Dikova, BG

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6

2nd Place Tie

 

 

cold moon—
a rock accepts
the wave's secret

# 26. Rita Odeh, IL
 

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6

2nd Place Tie

 

 

 

3rd Place Tie

On my way
a dog and cold moon
shadow me

# 18. Magdalena Dale, RO

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5

3rd Place Tie




icy moon...
finding only emptiness
in his freezer

# 28. Allison Millcock, AU

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3rd Place Tie

 

 

cold moon...
fingering the brooch
that belonged to mum

# 40. Allison Millcock, AU

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5

3rd Place Tie

 

 

cold moon
left out
all night

# 36. Shanna Baldwin Moore, US

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3rd Place Tie

 

 

The icy moon
cradles a dark sky—
this long road.

# 04. Zhanna P. Rader, US

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3rd Place Tie

 

 

 

4th Place

icy moon
one wd @ a time
through the silence

# 39. Ed Baker, US

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4th Place

 

 

 

5th Place Tie

cold moon
gazing at venus
apart

# 23. Judith Gorgone, US

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5th Place Tie

 

 

an icy moon
hangs in a winter sky
a stillborn

# 29. Trish Shields

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3

5th Place Tie

 

 

cold moon...
the calmness of his
rocking chair

# 38. Rita Odeh, IL

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5th Place Tie

 

 

 

6th Place Tie

Fresh blood
over the trace steps—
icy moon

# 01. Magdalena Dale, RO

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6th Place Tie

 

 

icy moon
my work boots stand ready
by the door

# 02. John Stone

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6th Place Tie

 

 

icy moon
silently awaiting
lifted gazes

# 08. Don

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6th Place Tie

 

 

cold moon—
that sea keeps caressing
the shore sand

# 11. Rita Odeh, IL

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2

6th Place Tie

 

 

icy-cold moon
a delight
your warm embrace

# 12. Ed Baker

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6th Place Tie

 

 

an icy moon—
mosaics of crystals
across my window

# 15. Barbara A. Taylor, AU

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6th Place Tie

 

 

the garden gate squeeks
in icy moon light
the path is baren

# 25. john daleiden, US

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6th Place Tie

 

 

a jet blinks
across the sky
cold moon

# 35. Bill Kenney, US

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6th Place Tie

 

 

the cold moon shines
on your cold dinner
where have you gone?

# 37. john daleiden, US

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2

6th Place Tie

 

 

 

 

bright cold moon shines
on a serene river;
a crane waits for fish

# 03. Aju Mukhopadhay, IN

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7th Place Tie

 

 

icy moon
dangllng from it's cresent
venus

# 07. Judith Gorgone, US

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7th Place Tie

 

 

cold moon
with a broken heart
I long to touch your face

# 10. john daleiden, US

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7th Place Tie

 

 

my caress
elicits no response
a cold moon

# 14. Trish Shields

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7th Place Tie

 

 

icy moon
a pair of headlights
from lane to lane

# 21. Bill Kenney, US

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1

7th Place Tie

 

 

cold moon
a slender thread
spun from crystal

# 22. Shanna Baldwin Moore, US

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7th Place Tie

 

 

a cold moon face
behind the veil of
frost glass- lace

# 32. Tanya Dikova, BG

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1

1

7th Place Tie

 

 

another cold moon—
cooking for one
and a “How To” book

# 42. Barbara A. Taylor, AU

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1

1

7th Place Tie

 

 

 

8th Place Tie

cold moon
so alone
in the midnight sky

# 06.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

Not a smile
on my flame's face...
the cold moon

# 09.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

the secret way
treetops feel the wind—
cold moon

# 16.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

a glade in the wood
chilled stars and cool moon aglow;
animals are rare now.

# 19.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

The Cold Moon
pours its light on the road—
troika bells...

# 20.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

Falling asleep
in a sledge drawn of raindeers-
the ice moon watches me

# 24.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

cold here
full moon
moving out

# 27.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

phallic night—
targeting the icy moon
a frozen bowser

# 30.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

the north star
becomes bleary
cold moon

# 31.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

light white clouds recede
cold half moon runs across the sky;
fields are rarefied.

# 33.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

Spilling my heart
to the icy moon—
its apathetic smile.

# 34.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

ripples of light
from a cold moon
her tapping fingers

# 41.

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8th Place Tie

 

 

 

 

 



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