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

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1st
Place
cold moon...
the imprint of her hand
on the window
# 13. Allison Millcock, AU
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2nd Place Tie
cold moon
the silence
of the carousel
# 05. Bill Kenney, US
icy moon...
silhouettes of sleeping buds
on a cherry branch
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17. Tanya Dikova, BG
cold moon—
a rock accepts
the wave's secret
# 26. Rita Odeh, IL
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3rd Place Tie
On my way
a dog and cold moon
shadow me
# 18. Magdalena Dale, RO
icy moon...
finding only emptiness
in his freezer
# 28. Allison Millcock, AU
cold moon...
fingering the brooch
that belonged to mum
# 40. Allison Millcock, AU
cold moon
left out
all night
# 36. Shanna Baldwin Moore, US
The icy moon
cradles a dark sky—
this long road.
# 04. Zhanna P. Rader, US
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4th Place
icy moon
one wd @ a time
through the silence
# 39. Ed Baker, US
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5th Place Tie
cold moon
gazing at venus
apart
# 23. Judith Gorgone, US
an icy moon
hangs in a winter sky
a stillborn
# 29. Trish Shields
cold moon...
the calmness of his
rocking chair
# 38. Rita Odeh, IL
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6th Place Tie
Fresh blood
over the trace steps—
icy moon
# 01. Magdalena Dale, RO
icy moon
my work boots stand ready
by the door
# 02. John Stone
icy moon
silently awaiting
lifted gazes
# 08. Don
cold moon—
that sea keeps caressing
the shore sand
# 11. Rita Odeh, IL
icy-cold moon
a delight
your warm embrace
# 12. Ed Baker
an icy moon—
mosaics of crystals
across my window
# 15. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
the garden gate squeeks
in icy moon light
the path is baren
# 25. john daleiden, US
a jet blinks
across the sky
cold moon
# 35. Bill Kenney, US
the cold moon shines
on your cold dinner
where have you gone?
# 37. john daleiden, US
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bright cold moon shines
on a serene river;
a crane waits for fish
# 03. Aju Mukhopadhay, IN
icy moon
dangllng from it's cresent
venus
# 07. Judith Gorgone, US
cold moon
with a broken heart
I long to touch your face
# 10. john daleiden, US
my caress
elicits no response
a cold moon
# 14. Trish Shields
icy moon
a pair of headlights
from lane to lane
# 21. Bill Kenney, US
cold moon
a slender thread
spun from crystal
# 22. Shanna Baldwin Moore, US
a cold moon face
behind the veil of
frost glass- lace
# 32. Tanya Dikova, BG
another cold moon—
cooking for one
and a “How To” book
# 42. Barbara A. Taylor, AU
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8th Place Tie
cold moon
so alone
in the midnight sky
# 06.
Not a smile
on my flame's face...
the cold moon
# 09.
the secret way
treetops feel the wind—
cold moon
# 16.
a glade in the wood
chilled stars and cool moon aglow;
animals are rare now.
# 19.
The Cold Moon
pours its light on the road—
troika bells...
# 20.
Falling asleep
in a sledge drawn of raindeers-
the ice moon watches me
# 24.
cold here
full moon
moving out
# 27.
phallic night—
targeting the icy moon
a frozen bowser
# 30.
the north star
becomes bleary
cold moon
# 31.
light white clouds recede
cold half moon runs across the sky;
fields are rarefied.
# 33.
Spilling my heart
to the icy moon—
its apathetic smile.
# 34.
ripples of light
from a cold moon
her tapping fingers
# 41.
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