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Results of the "spring dream(s)" March / April 2009 Kukai
 

 

 

 

Announcing "spring dream(s)" April 2009 Kukai

 

The April 2009 Kukai theme is "spring dream(s)". Use the exact words "spring dream(s)"  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:"spring dreams" kukai

Submissions: Sunday, March 01, 2009 – Saturday, April 18, 2009 Midnight.

Voting: Sunday, April 19 - Sunday, April 26, 2009, Midnight.

The results will be published in the Thursday, April 30, 2009 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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

 

 


42 Participating Kukai Poets

 

Barbara Anderson, US; Raquel D. Bailey, JM; Ed Baker, US; Robin Beshers, US; Gerry Bravi, CA; Daniela Bullas, UK; John Carley, UK; Gillena Cox, TT; Martin Cohen, US; Magdalena Dale, RO; John Daleiden, US; Mary Davila, US; Andrzej Dembończyk, PL: Garry Eaton, CA; Victor P. Gendrano, US; Harvey Jenkins, CA; Manu Kant, IN; Bill Kenney, US; Klesko Karina, US; Krzysztof Kokot, PL; Catherine J. S. Lee, US; Robert Lucky, CN; Jacek Margolak, PL; Ioan Marinescu-Puiu, RO; K. A. Martin, CA; John McDonald, UK; Tracy McPherson, US; Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN; Bill Pauly, US; Zhanna P. Rader, US; Terrie Leigh Relf, US; Keith A. Simmonds, TT; William Sorlien, US; Cris Staubach, US; Kim Tairi, AU; Barbara A. Taylor, AU; John Thompson, US; Jennie Townsend, US; Eric V. (El Coyote), US; Ella Wagemakers, NL; Sheila Windsor, UK; Eiko Yachimoto, JP

 

12 Participating Countries

 

 

Australia, Canada, China, India, Jamaica, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States

 

 


first spring dream
in the icicles
rainbow colors

# 20. Jacek Margolak, PL

1

3 2 11 1st Place

 


spring dreams
a street sweeper's brushes
fill with blossoms

# 92. John Thompson, US

0 2 5 9 2nd Place

 


spring dreams
a tortoise with blossoms
on her feet

# 08. Sheila Windsor, UK

0 3 2 8 3rd Place

 


spring dreams
in the moon’s soft glow
five silver koi

# 38. Barbara Anderson, US

1 0 4 7 4th Place

 

tracing the moon
with my finger…
spring dreams

# 62. Robin Beshers, US

0 2 3 7 4th Place

 

spring dreams
she can't keep
herself from blooming

# 102. Bill Pauly, US

0 3 1 7 4th Place

 


spring dreams
—a floral pattern
embroidered on her night gown

 # 41. Eric V. (El Coyote), US

1 1 1 6

5th Place

 

spring dreams the chimney stack blooms by my door

# 44. Sheila Windsor, UK

1 1 1 6

5th Place

 

daybreak
from a crack in the darkness
spring dreams

# 48. Bob Lucky, CN

1 1 1 6

5th Place

 

spring dream
I seize the sunbeam
in my palms

# 82. Jacek Margolak, PL

0 1 4 6 5th Place

 

spring dream . . .
the neighbor's lawn filled
with dandelions

# 101. Bill Pauly, US

1 1 1 6 5th Place

 


the first rain
tickling my nose
spring dreams

# 01. Barbara Anderson, US

0 1 3 5 6th Place

 

spring dreams—
the taste of tear drops
on my tongue

# 16. John Carley, UK

0 0 5 5 6th Place

 

a child
forming in her womb—
spring dreams

# 66. John Daleiden, US

1 0 2 5 6th Place

 

pregnant with a book of names spring dreams

# 73. Sheila Windsor, UK

0 1 3 5 6th Place

 

Spring dreams
we let the seedlings
be for awhile

# 84. Jennie Townsend, US

0 1 3 5 6th Place

 


spring dreams
my granddaughter holds on
to my fingers

# 09. Ella Wagemakers, NL

 

spring dreams
the budding poplar laces
the blue sky

# 13. Martin Cohen, US

0 0 4 4 7th Place

 

chance gentle brush
of her budding breasts
teen's spring dreams

# 25. Victor P. Gendrano, US

0 2 0 4 7th Place

 

an empty barn
we listen for the echoes
of old spring dreams

# 65. Garry Eaton, CA

0 0 4 4 7th Place

 

spring dreams
the rain dimples
the pond

# 77. Bob Lucky, CN

0 1 2 4 7th Place

 

she chooses carefully
from the seed catalogue
spring dreams

# 83. Victor P. Gendrano, US

0 0 4 4 7th Place

 

spring dreams
one less daffodil
in her garden

# 93. Mary Davila, US

0 0 4 4 7th Place

 


where seagulls fly . . .
in a world without borders
spring dreams

# 30. Karina Klesko, US

0 0 3 3 8th Place

 

spring dreams—
in diplomatic pouches
thoughts of world peace

# 37. John Daleiden, US

1 0 0 3 8th Place

 

Spring Dream
waking me up
"are we still friends?"

# 72. Ed Baker, US

1 0 0 3 8th Place

 

he offers tea
to clear my head
spring dreams

# 75. Terrie Leigh Relf (AKA semi), US

0 1 1 3 8th Place

 

waiting for
the lilac to bloom . . .
spring dreams

# 96. Catherine J. S. Lee, US

0 1 1 3 8th Place

 

spring dreams
her thigh slowly stretching
beyond the warm duvet

# 97. K. A. Martin, CA

0 1 1 3 8th Place

 


fragrant daffodils
blanket the hillside—spring dreams
carried on the breeze

# 14. Kim Tairi, AU

0 1 0 2 9th Place

 

spring dream—
your tulips and my cheeks
share the same blaze of color

# 15. Daniela Bullas, UK

0 1 0 2 9th Place

 

in the snow,
a white crocus blooming—
spring dreams!

# 17. Cris Staubach, US

0 0 2 2 9th Place

 

Spring dreams—
will the two floating clouds
unite?

# 27. Zhanna P. Rader, US

0 1 0 2 9th Place

 

sleepless . . .
spring dreams
on the ceiling

# 28. Bill Kenney, US

0 1 0 2 9th Place

 

In a spring dream
a scarecrow gathers the rags
around it's body

# 47. Ioan Marinescu-Puiu, RO

0 0 2 2 9th Place

 

 

0 1 0 2 9th Place 27

 

frisky prancing birds
flirting—sing of jewel-lined nests
spring dreams and promises

# 50. Kim Tairi, AU

0 1 0 2 9th Place

 

spring dreams
a child in his papa’s shoes
trips…

# 53. Manu Kant, IN

0 0 2 2 9th Place

 

spring dreams...
my coffee
cooler and cooler

# 54. Jacek Margolak, PL

0 1 0 2 9th Place

 

with its offering abundant
dream spring recurs every year—
how can the haggard welcome it?

# 64. Aju Mukhopadhyay, IN 

0 1 0 2 9th Place

 

re-reading
an old postcard—
spring dreams

# 70. Eric V. (El Coyote), US

 

spring dreams
a blackbird zooms by
twigs in its beak

# 74. Ella Wagemakers, NL

0 0 2 2 9th Place

 

spring dreams . . .
the feel of garden earth
between my fingers

# 91. Catherine J. S. Lee, US

0 0 2 2 9th Place

 

spring dreams
the scent of lilacs
awaken her

# 95. Mary Davila, US

0 0 2 2 9th Place

 

summer solstice
the procrastinator's
spring dreams

# 99. Bill Pauly, US

0 0 2 2 9th Place

 


spring dream—
where he sneezed
daffodils opened

 # 03 Gillena Cox, TT

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

the Cubbies begin
another baseball season
spring dreams

# 06. Harvey Jenkins, CA

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

my daughter asleep
in the next room
spring dreams

# 10. Terrie Leigh Relf (AKA semi), US

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

frozen again
ice in the dog dish—
spring dreams

# 18. Barbara A. Taylor, AU

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

So many petals
crushed under feet…
spring dreams

# 22. Magdalena Dale, RO

0   1 1 10th Place

 

Crocus
in snow
spring dreams

# 23. Tracy McPherson, US

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

spring dreams fly
flowers around my hat
feet in the puddle

# 31. Krzysztof Kokot, PL

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

a child's spring dreams
pause at the mystery
of a street excavation

# 35. Garry Eaton, CA

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

apricot blossoms
on the garden tiles
...spring dreams

# 45. Ella Wagemakers, NL

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

spring dreams
in the shower
cleaning groud 

# 46. Terrie Leigh Relf (AKA semi), US

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

spring dreams—
how strong the stirring
in my gut

# 51. John Carley, UK

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

in dappled woods
picking primroses—
spring dreams

# 52. Barbara A Taylor, AU

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

A ray of sun
on a ruined fence—
spring dream

# 55. Magdalena Dale, RO

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

that old urge
to be found...
Spring dreams

# 57. Jennie Townsend, US

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

spring dreams
street people relocate
to the river front

# 60. Karina Klesko, US

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

the end spring dreams
clinched with sharp pins
dead butterfly

# 61. Krzysztof Kokot, PL

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

at the tulip fair
holding the first prize sticker
its just spring dreams

 # 69 Gillena Cox, TT

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

In the spring dream
the icicles have began
their very short travel

# 76. Ioan Marinescu-Puiu, RO

 

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

laze away the
hazy mazy morning
of spring dreams

# 79. John Carley, UK

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

spring dreams—
on a blackened stump
sprouts from sap

# 80. Barbara A Taylor, AU

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

spring dreams
all day long temple beggars
waiting for alms

# 81. Manu Kant, IN

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 

Cancer—
spring dreams
no more.

# 85. Zhanna P. Rader, US

0 0 1 1 10th Place

 


beacon of peace
in the fountain of love...
spring dreams

# 02.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

beacon of peace
in the fountain of love...
spring dreams

# 02.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

dreams—
passing rain clouds
look like poppies

# 04.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams
clouds conceal
the moon

# 05.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dream(s)
awakening
incredible lust

# 07.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

Within the spring dreams
under a carpet of leaves
the little mushrooms

# 11.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dream
the silence of the neighbor’s
caged bulbul

# 12.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams
maniac staring out a window
wants to fly

# 19.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams—
I hang on the tree
nesting box

# 21.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

Spring dreams
oozing up through prairie mud
bits of green

# 24.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

Spring dreams
oozing up through prairie mud
bits of green

# 24.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams—
the plant light imitates
the sun

# 29.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

sudden downpour ...
it rains on my
spring dreams

# 32.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring: dreams
daffodils
and crocuses

# 33.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

margosa and mango
flowery fragrance spread—
dream spring nostalgic

# 34.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

lingering spring dreams.....rafts of blossoms
in a stream..... to a deep cove

# 36.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams
for the brotherhood of man:
oasis of time

# 39.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

a kite soars
to planet venus—v
spring dream

# 40.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

on an unmarked grave
daffodils wait out the night
spring dreams

# 42.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

Old Bonze
basking in
Spring Dream

# 43.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

buffeted by snow
all winter long
spring dreams

# 56.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

Gusty wind
carries away the plum petals,
my spring dreams.

# 58.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams
filled with blossom scents—
a garden path

# 59.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

pansies
in a pot—
spring dreams

# 63.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

a woodpecker
on the stone half-wall
gone to soon…spring dreams

# 67.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

hearts throbbing
with new resolutions...
a spring dream

# 68.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

missing glove found
at the bottom of the wood pile
spring dream

# 71.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams forgotten
as fire consumes bushland
screaming wildlife flees

# 78.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

in the air spring dreams
they're run on green meadows
shepard's dogs

# 86.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

chocolate bunnies—
spring dreams
come true

# 87.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams:
swan
warming her eggs

# 88.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

new twigs leaves buds
flowers abundant colour,
brighten dream spring

# 89.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

the laden bees
work magic in the sleepy cherries
spring dreams

# 90.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dream–
awakening to real
robin-song

# 94.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

by the willow tree
fireflies at war with stars
... spring dream

# 98.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

spring dreams
images of blossoms
filling up my inbox

# 100.

0 0 0 0 11th Place

 

 

 

 

 

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