February 2008 Kite Kukai

 

 

Announcing February 2008 Kukai For the February 2008 Kukai submit one to three HAIKU using the kigo: kite (the toy). The exact kigo words must be used in the haiku. No more than a total of three haiku may be submitted: over the rooftop a ferocious dragon— kite festival john daleiden, US To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org Subject: Feb08 kite kigo Submissions: Friday, February 01, 2008 – Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Midnight. Voting: Thursday, February 21, 2008 – Monday, January 25, 2008, Midnight. The results will be published in the Friday, January 29, 2008 Sketchbook

 

Results of the February 2008 Kite Kukai spiders drifting on filaments of light– kite weather # 44. Lorin Ford, AU 1 2 1 8 1st Place ======================================== white sails the kite tugs at its tether # 11. Bill Kenney, US 0 2 3 7 2nd Place ======================================== wedding gift- this faded kite still dips and soars # 06. Melissa Spurr, US 1 1 1 6 3rd Place patching a hole in the clouds- pale pink kite # 21. Melissa Spurr, US 0 2 2 6 3rd Place ======================================== Not speaking— but their kites fly together. # 15. Zhanna P. Rader, US 1 0 2 5 4th Place ======================================== election results up in the air - newspaper kite # 36. Melissa Spurr, US 0 1 2 4 5th Place ======================================== empty nest— gathering dust in the attic a yellow kite # 03. Betty Kaplan 0 0 3 3 6th Place top of a hill a child's gaze soaring with the kites # 26. Bill Kenney, US 0 1 1 3 6th Place balmy evening a new kite flutters over the tea house # 40. Darrell Byrd, US 0 0 3 3 6th Place ======================================== march bluster the dragon kite rattles its tail # 07. Darrell Byrd, US 0 0 2 2 7th Place A dragon kite soars together with a gull— summer sky # 08. Magdalena Dale, RO 0 1 0 2 7th Place summer sun a cow ignores a boy and his kite # 25. Ella Wagemakers, NL 0 0 2 2 7th Place Flying kites— a shark and a crocodile nudge each other. # 35. Zhanna P. Rader, US 0 0 2 2 7th Place winter beach a scarlet kite casts no shadow # 41 Bill Kenney, US 0 0 2 2 7th Place two red tailed hawks diving in fierce winds my dragon kites # 46. John Daleiden, US 0 1 0 2 7th Place ======================================== children race kites above the tideline beached kayaks # 12. Catherine J. S. Lee, US 0 0 1 1 8th Place she insists there’s no strings attached– the gift of a kite # 16 Lorin Ford, AU 0 0 1 1 8th Place a hawk shadow hovering on his shoulder... vineyard kite # 19. Allison Millcock, AU 0 0 1 1 8th Place silent dusk a box kite hovers over the graveyard # 22. Darrell Byrd, US 0 0 1 1 8th Place Evenfall— a solitary kite is still flying # 23. Magdalena Dale, RO 0 0 1 1 8th Place sky dive a kite looses wind # 28. Shanna Baldwin Moore, US 0 0 1 1 8th Place the cat's tail swishes in annoyance kite in a tree # 32. Trish Shields, CA 0 0 1 1 8th Place evening flight glowstick kite tails glimmer among the stars # 43. Catherine J. S. Lee, US 0 0 1 1 8th Place kites fly in tandem me and my shadow # 47. Trish Shields, CA 0 0 1 1 8th Place ======================================== your voice over air my heart a kite in the wind # 01 . 0 0 0 0 9th Place two terriers tussling on the grass... kite shadows # 02. 0 0 0 0 9th Place shredded string march lions ate my kite # 04. 0 0 0 0 9th Place Kite in a cedar a child's tears running freely an eagle hovers # 05. 0 0 0 0 9th Place time has snipped the thread between the reel and the kite; play boy days are long past # 09. 0 0 0 0 9th Place beach landing on trails of footprints a red kite # 10. 0 0 0 0 9th Place silken kites of many colors mingle with the clouds # 13. 0 0 0 0 9th Place a giant kite stuck in a tree— crows’ nightmare # 14. 0 0 0 0 9th Place box kites tumble through the air snake eyes # 17. 0 0 0 0 9th Place a great dragon kite tugs me into the sky a warm wind # 18. 0 0 0 0 9th Place In the Spring sunshine a kite soars freely today blue and white crocus # 20. 0 0 0 0 9th Place when the link was cut by another combatant- my kite flew rudderless # 24. 0 0 0 0 9th Place wind-shredded clouds kites climb the high blue past circling gulls # 27. 0 0 0 0 9th Place lusty winds blow across the spring sky... a mammoth kite soars # 29. 0 0 0 0 9th Place Our kites intertwine, the strings entangling— we meet at last. # 30. 0 0 0 0 9th Place I climb the tall tree to rescue my tattered kite a squirrel scolds # 31. 0 0 0 0 9th Place broken kite... an alsatian snaps the leash # 33. 0 0 0 0 9th Place dragon boat– a line of fish kites moored to the shore # 34. 0 0 0 0 9th Place Easter Sunday in the savannah: kiteflyers’ revelry # 37. 0 0 0 0 9th Place His old handmade kite among the many beautiful mild Spring wind blowing # 38. 0 0 0 0 9th Place A paper lantern with the stars in the sky— kite festival # 39. 0 0 0 0 9th Place spring day thin clouds and a kite block the sun # 42. 0 0 0 0 9th Place windsome mezmerized by a kite in flight # 45. 0 0 0 0 9th Place ======================================== Each submitting poet may vote in the kukai. 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 February 2008 Sketchbook with votes received. The votes will appear as per the following sample: 0 2 7 11 xx   Place Which means: No voter gave 3 points, 2 voters gave 2 points, 7 voters gave 1 point = for a total of 11 points