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Announcing green grass July 2008 Kukai For the July 2008 Kukai submit one to three HAIKU using the kigo green grass. The exact word(s) must be used 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. from the green grass laughter of children at play— a day moon John Daleiden, US To: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org Subject:July08 green grass Kukai Submissions: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 – Sunday, July 20, 2008 Midnight. Voting: Monday July 21, 2008 – Sunday, July 27, 2008, Midnight. The results will be published in the Thursday, June 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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. Voting instructions are below the poems.

 

Participants   Ed Baker, US; Gillena Cox, TT; John Daleiden, US; Mary Davila, US; Bill Kenney, US; Jacek Margola, PL; Peter Pache, US; Kristin Reynolds, US; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; Zhanna P. Rader; Barbara A. Taylor, AU; Josh Wikoff, US

 

1 2 2 9 1st Place green grass under my head harvest moon # 05. Peter Pache, US

 

2 0 2 8 2nd Place initials in stone her only reminder edged by green grass # 03. Barbara A. Taylor, AU

 

2 0 1 7 3rd Place your dress on the green grass morning dew # 25. Jacek Margolak, PL

 

0 1 4 6 4th Place green grass my baby wiggles her toes # 08. Josh Wikoff, US   1 1 1 6 4th Place beak of the egret plunging again and again— into the green grass # 26. Gillena Cox, TT

 

0 2 1 5 5th Place green grass stains on the back of his white shirt . . . starry night # 10. Mary Davila, US   0 1 3 5 5th Place walking along the green grass the scent of rain # 06. Jacek Margolak, PL   0 1 3 5 5th Place as she left waving back only the green grass # 21. Ed Baker, US

 

0 1 2 4 6th Place where the green grass turns brown . . . a hypodermic needle # 19. Mary Davila, US

 

0 0 3 3 7th Place after loving in her hair a green grass blade # 16. Jacek Margolak, PL

 

0 0 2 2 8th Place now that she is gone I watch from my deck the green grass grow # 12. Ed Baker, US   0 1 0 2 8th Place the long drought waking from a dream of green grass # 18. Bill Kenney, US

 

0 0 1 1 9th Place green grass green blue sky blue So What? # 01. Ed Baker, US   0 0 1 1 9th Place the smell of blue skies and lazy summer days— freshly cut green grass wind... # 15. Kristin Reynolds, US   0 0 1 1 9th Place green grass between thumbs reverberates through a child's heart # 24. Kristin Reynolds, US   0 0 1 1 9th Place suburban dream the green green grass of homes # 27. Bill Kenney, US   0 0 1 1 9th Place just you and I— splendor in the green grass all summer long # 29. John Daleiden, US

 

0 0 0 0 10th Place green grass growing in the sunlight: splendour of spring # 02. 0 0 0 0 10th Place sandy green grass grows between salty toes— turn watching # 04.   0 0 0 0 10th Place sound of wackering— yet caladiums stand tall in the green grass # 07. Gillena Cox, TT   0 0 0 0 10th Place Killarney mist have I ever seen green grass before # 09.   0 0 0 0 10th Place Watering restrictions— using the shower water to save my green grass. # 11. . Zhanna P. Rader, US   0 0 0 0 10th Place deranged prisms through the hose spray onto green grass # 14. Barbara A. Taylor, AU   0 0 0 0 10th Place a butterfly over the green grass skipping low # 17. Gillena Cox, TT   0 0 0 0 10th Place Watering restrictions— no green grass left, only the dandelions. # 20. Zhanna P. Rader, US   0 0 0 0 10th Place green grass shimmering in the early morning glow... symphony of light # 22. Keith A. Simmonds, TT   0 0 0 0 10th Place go tiger! a hole in one on green grass # 23. Barbara A. Taylor, AU   0 0 0 0 10th Place Drought— no green grass on the lawn, not even the crappy crab. # 28. Zhanna P. Rader, US

 

Dear "green grass" Kukai Poet, Below is the ballot for the Sketchbook July 2008 "green grass" Kukai vote. Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org CALL FOR Sketchbook July 2008 "green grass" Kukai vote: Voting: Monday July 21, 2008 – Sunday, July 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 “green grass” 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: green grass Kukai: Sketchbook July 2008 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 July 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 July 2008 "green grass" Kukai vote: Voting: Monday July 21, 2008 – Sunday, July 27, 2008, Midnight