Results of the January / February 2010 "melting snow Kukai

 

 

Announcing January / February 2010 "melting snow" Kukai   The January / February Kukai theme is "melting snow" . Use the exact words "melting"  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: "melting snow" kukai Submissions: Friday, January 01, 2010 – Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Midnight. Voting: Thursday, February 18 - Thursday, February 25, 2010, Midnight. The results will be published in the Sunday, February 28, 2010 Sketchbook. 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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. A kukai is a peered review poetry contest. A haiku Topic is assigned by the editor. An 'anonymized' list of submitted haiku is then distributed to all participating poets and they are invited to vote. Votes are returned to the editor who tallies the votes and publishes the haiku for the participants, this time with names and points revealed.

 

melting snow— the stream slowly climbs the heron's legs # 09. John McDonald, UK 2 2 1 11 1st Place

 

one kiss snow on her cheek melting # 30. Bernard Gieske, US 1 1 2 7 2nd Place

 

in the driveway shovels rise and fall: melting snow # 02. Keith A. Simmonds, TT 1 1   6 3rd Place

 

a warmer breeze the melting snow holds pools of sky  # 11. Catherine J. S. Lee, US   2 1 5 4th Place Tie     melting snow— here and there snowdrops  # 12. Andrzej Dembończyk, PL 1 1   5 4th Place Tie     she weeps with her melting snowman  # 34. John McDonald, UK   2 1 5 4th Place Tie

 

melting snow I meet my ex beside Lenin's tomb  # 04. Manu Kant, IN     2 3 5th Place Tie     melting snow ... the drip drop of water slows down at dusk # 17. Wolfgang Beutke, DE   1 1 3 5th Place Tie     melting snow sunlight on the edge of a lost wind twirler # 25. Catherine J. S. Lee, US     3 3 5th Place Tie     deep footprints open in the distance... melting snow # 29. Keith A. Simmonds, TT   1 1 3 5th Place Tie     groundhog day the first snowdrops bloom through melting snow # 35. Catherine J. S. Lee, US 1     3 5th Place Tie     in the melting snow I search for my lost key— I find a penny # 37. John Daleiden, US   1 1 3 5th Place Tie

 

blushing bride a sheet of melting snow slides off the roof  # 15. Doug Kutney, US   1   2 6th Place Tie     the snowman vanishes in melting snow— a hint of green grass # 16. John Daleiden, US   1   2 6th Place Tie     purple crocus bloom in the melting snow a lost letter # 28. John Daleiden, US   1   2 6th Place Tie

 

melting snow the glade absorbs what it can # 10. Cindy Tebo, US     1 1 7th Place Tie     the splashing of his footsteps reaches our new home # 14. Sasa Vazic, CR     1 1 7th Place Tie     winter farewell melting snowdrops hanging on a dead branch # 20. Willie R. Bongcaron, PH     1 1 7th Place Tie     melting snow the earth picks up the sound of where my watch stopped # 24. Cindy Tebo, US     1 1 7th Place Tie     memories... melting with this finally melting snow # 26. Sasa Vazic, CR     1 0 7th Place Tie     winter birdbath a cardinal melting snow in his beak # 27. Doug Kutney, US     1 1 7th Place Tie

 

melting snow ... under lucent ice the bellies of golden kois  # 01.       0 8th Place Tie     puddles parking between melting snow piles # 03.       0 8th Place Tie     by the melting snow a child embraces her puppy # 05.       0 8th Place Tie     melting snow— icicle tears # 06.       0 8th Place Tie     melting snow— grandma lights another candle # 07.       0 8th Place Tie     screen burn-in —at the edge of a ravine melting snow # 08.       0 8th Place Tie     Mountain melting snow feeding long dry reservoirs. Saved for one more year # 13.       0 8th Place Tie     a shiver sailing upon the wind... snow melting # 18.       0 8th Place Tie       sun says hello melting snowman its goodbye # 19.       0 8th Place Tie     yesterday's melting snow unhinges this morning # 21.       0 8th Place Tie     tenderly melting in my grandson's tiny hand my little finger # 22.       0 8th Place Tie     melting snow: here and there dark islands of safety # 23.       0 8th Place Tie     winter on way out the sight of melting snow by the lake  # 31.       0 8th Place Tie     snow man melting— gosh, did they laugh! # 32.       0 8th Place Tie     outlying hut … watch like the snow melts in the billy # 33.       0 8th Place Tie     rushing into a new day I stumble and fall— melting snow # 36.       0 8th Place Tie

 

Hello Haiku Poet, Below is the ballot for the Sketchbook Feb 2010 “melting snow” Kukai vote. Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to: kukaieditor@poetrywriting.org CALL FOR Sketchbook Feb 2010 “melting snow” Kukai vote: Voting: Monday, Thursday, February 18 - Thursday, February 25, 2010, Midnight. The results will be published in the Sunday, February 28, 2010 Sketchbook. 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 ““melting snow” 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: ““melting snow” Kukai Vote 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 Sunday, February 28, 2010 Sketchbook to be released 28 February 2010 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 with the submission of your votes. 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 Feb 2010 “melting snow” Kukai vote: Voting: Monday, Thursday, February 18 - Thursday, February 25, 2010, Midnight.