Results of the May / June 2010 "morning breeze" Kukai

 

 

Announcing  May / June 2010 "morning breeze" Kukai The May / June 2010  Kukai theme is "morning breeze". Use the exact words "morning breeze"  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: "morning breeze" kukai Submissions: Friday, May 01, 2010 – Saturday, June 20, 2010 Midnight. Voting: Sunday, June 21 - Sunday, June 28, 2010, Midnight. The results will be published in the Tuesday, June 30, 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 From now on (April 1, 2008), Haiku entered in the Sketchbook kukai must be previously unpublished; they must not be workshopped; they must not appear on any list, forum, group, blog, or in print.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.

 

The following sixteen haiku poets wrote fourty-one haiku for the Kukai:

Ralf Bröker, DE; Bouwe Brouwer, NL; Ignatius Fay, CA; Bernard Gieske, US; Cara Holman, US; Terry Ingram, US; Jacek Margolak, PL; John McDonald, UK (Scotland); Peter H. Pache, US; Reason A. Poteet, US; Richard Stevenson, CA; BriaAn Strand, UK; Barbara A. Taylor, AU; Djurda Vukelic-Rozic, CR; Neal Whitman, US.

Poets from the following eight countries contributed to the Kukai:

Australia, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom (England, Scotland), United States.

 

1st Place morning breeze the silver glitter of an aspen tree # 24. Jacek Margolak, PL 0 2 3 7 1st Place

 

2nd Place Tie morning breeze tinkling the wind-bell— the master stops talking # 30. John McDonald, UK (Scotland) 1 1 1 6 2nd Place Tie   morning breeze tree dahlia shadows dancing on the deck # 38. Barbara A Taylor, AU 1 1 1 6 2nd Place Tie

 

3rd Place Tie tea kettle whistling a morning breeze through my window # 01. Bernard Gieske, US 1 0 2 5 3rd Place Tie   morning breeze the distant tinkle of wind chimes # 08. Cara Holman, US 0 0 5 5 3rd Place Tie   morning breeze through the lavender fields a fragrant fog # 12. Jacek Margolak, PL 0 1 3 5 3rd Place Tie

 

4th Place Tie morning breeze— the backlights of her car # 03. Ralf Bröker, DE 0 1 2 4 4th Place Tie   this morning breeze good enough for a petal to glide away # 10. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR 1 0 1 4 4th Place Tie   morning breeze— the smell of forests burning a province away # 13. Richard Stevenson, CA 0 1 2 4 4th Place Tie   morning breeze— turning the willow leaves from green to silver # 18. John McDonald, UK (Scotland) 1 0 1 4 4th Place Tie   morning breeze a kitten pounces on the paper bag # 27. Barbara A Taylor, AU 0 2 0 4 4th Place Tie   morning breeze the butterflies scatter on the empty meadow # 35. Jacek Margolak, PL 0 1 2 4 4th Place Tie   morning breeze— over the street flies yesterday's newspaper #40. Monika Wojtenka, PL 0 1 2 4 4th Place Tie

 

5th Place Tie —morning breeze gulls and their squawks hover over the waves # 23. Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic, CR 0 0 3 3 5th Place Tie   morning breeze— alas, the pig farm is not downwind # 25. Richard Stevenson, CA 0 0 3 3 5th Place Tie   morning breeze— the smell of the sea from as far away as Hope # 36. Richard Stevenson, CA 1 0 0 3 5th Place Tie   morning breeze vapour trails in every direction # 37. Bouwe Brouwer, NL 0 1 1 3 5th Place Tie

 

6th Place Tie morning breeze fresh coffee aroma my neighbors # 16. Bernard Gieske, US 0 0 2 2 6th Place Tie   first light bird voices mingle with the morning breeze # 22. Cara Holman, US 0 1 0 2 6th Place Tie   heat wave morning breeze a faint sigh # 34. Cara Holman, US 0 0 2 2 6th Place Tie   morning breeze— the petal's of cherry's flowers in your cup of coffee # 41. Monika Wojtenka, PL 0 0 2 2 6th Place Tie

 

7th Place Tie morning breeze— a stranger moving through the rooms # 04. John McDonald, UK (Scotland) 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   in the morning breeze my golf ball safe on the green clapping cormorants # 06. Neal Whitman, US 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   morning breeze humming last night's tunes # 14. Bouwe Brouwer, NL 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   morning breeze in a fallen tree leaves rustle # 17. Ralf Bröker, DE 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   after the milking a welcome morning breeze gravy and biscuits # 19. Reason A. Poteet, US 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   morning breeze cupped hands tender a flame # 28. Bernard Gieske, US 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie   morning breeze— she sorts his hair # 29. Ralf Bröker, DE 0 0 1 1 7th Place Tie

 

8th Place Tie morning breeze— a rokkako kite touches the flower moon # 02. Peter H. Pache, US 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   morning breeze from under the covers dogwood winter # 05. Reason A. Poteet, US 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   day’s first coffee— lilacs on the morning breeze itchy eyes water # 07. Ignatius Fay, CA 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   on the morning breeze lion roars from the zoo stalk my waking dreams # 09. T.D. Ingram, US 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   on the morning breeze— life assai animato ushers in the dawn # 11. Brian Strand, UK 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   morning breeze a shower of crimson leaves floats to muddy paths # 15. 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   each holding its ground a bull moose and my pick up morning breeze # 20. Neal Whitman, US 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   tot’s wind toy spins in the morning breeze— mom sips Timmy’s # 21. Ignatius Fay, CA 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   morning breeze the driftwood on the porch # 26. Bouwe Brouwer, NL 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   a morning breeze wafting from the kitchen my stomach growls # 31. Reason A. Poteet, US 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   one black ant running across my sports page today's morning breeze # 32. Neal Whitman, US 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie   the morning breeze bends her new daffodils— her voice on the phone # 33. Ignatius Fay, CA 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie morning breeze is blowing my hair off your arms # 39. Monika Wojtenka, PL 0 0 0 0 8th Place Tie

 

Dear Haiku Poet, Please note the change in voting and publishing dates: Voting: Friday, June 25, 2010 - Friday, July 01, 2010, Midnight. The results will be published in the Sunday, July 04, 2010 Sketchbook. Please include one of these statements with your completed ballot: Yes, include my name with my haiku even if they receive 0 votes. No, do not include my name with my haiku if they receive 0 votes. Ballots without one of these statements will be published without names. 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 “morning breeze” 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: “morning breeze” 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, July 04, 2010 Sketchbook, to be released 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 May/June “morning breeze” Kukai vote: Voting: Friday, June 25, 2010 - Friday, July 01, 2010, Midnight.