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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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