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Caribbean Kigo 2010 Kukai ASTERISKS
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autumn wreath
the dried sunflower
feeds a blackbird
--Marleen Hulst; The Netherlands
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New Year’s dawn…
on the top of the garbage
a Christmas wreath
--Magdalena Dale - Romania
*3
father's funeral...
the lily wreath
full of life
--Jacek Margolak; POLAND
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festival lights
smeared
on the wet sidewalk
-- john McDonald; Scotland
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kindling the flame--
one candle
lights another
--Cara Holman; USA
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autumn festival -
among the candle lanterns
a moth dancing
--Jacek Margolak; POLAND
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row of lamps -
a blind begger sharing sweets
with his puppy
--Cezar-Florin Ciobîca; Romania
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twilight shadows--
the flash
of a bluebird's wing
--Cara Holman; USA
*2
morning light
a bluejay's scolding
breaks the silence
--BILL KENNEY; USA
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funeral mass
her brief smile
at the bluebird outside
--Marleen Hulst; USA
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at my window …
a bluebird carrying on its wings
the whole sky
--Magdalena Dale; Romania
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sudden thunder
we forget
our quarrel
--Marleen Hulst, The Netherlands
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distant thunder
my children's room full
of whispers
--Jacek Margolak;POLAND
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distant thunder
his big brother
seems smaller now
--Bouwe Brouwer; The Netherlands
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distant thunder...
the brush of cat fur
against my legs
--Diane Mayr, USA
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after the thunder
stillness...
then birdsong
--Cara Holman; USA
*3
crack of thunder -
a heron letting slip
the scared frog
--Cezar-Florian Ciobîca; Romania;
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summer rain
my umbrella
unopened
--Bill Kenney; USA
*2
after divorce court –
still, she offers to share
her umbrella
--Catherine J.S. Lee, USA
*3
drought -
my son is drawing again
clouds and umbrellas
--Cezar-Florian Ciobîca, Romania
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summer rain
my umbrella
unopened
--Bill Kenney; USA
*2
autumn memory
of those walks with my father . . .
so many silences
--Bill Kenney
*3
father planting
new violets
on his son's grave
--Juhani Tikkanen, Finland
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Father’s Day . . .
I try to remember
his voice
--Mary Davila; USA
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My father's face
forty years later
back in my mirror
--Franklin Magalhaes; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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autumn memory
of those walks with my father . . .
so many silences
--Bill Kenney
*3
father planting
new violets
on his son's grave
--Juhani Tikkanen, Finland
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Father’s Day . . .
I try to remember
his voice
--Mary Davila; USA
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strains of Mendelssohn
the groom fiddles
with his carnation
--Cara Holman, USA
*2
the scent of carnations
from a nearby garden—
evening rain
--Jacek Margolak; Poland
*3
so many
contrary feelings –
just a carnation
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toliko suprotnih
osjecaja – samo
jedan karanfil
--Tomislav Maretic; Croatia
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windy beach
a small boy struggles
with the dragon kite
--Rafal Zabratynski
*2
kite-flying -
father holds his son's
coat-tail
--john McDonald
*3
windy day
the rainbow of kites
on a cloudless sky
--Jacek Margolak; Poland
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spring regatta –
a white kite catches
the salt breeze
--Catherine J.S. Lee; USA
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ashes
on my forehead
the priest's cold thumb
-- John McDonald; Scotland
*2
end of the mass
an old man wipes ashes off
his bald head
--Rafal Zabratynski; Poland
*3
funeral -
on the urn with the ashes
yellow butterfly
--Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland
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carnival in Venice -
my shadow puts on
a mask
--Jacek Margolak; POLAND
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carnival season
the condom machine
needs refilling
--Rafal Zabratynski, Poland,
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Mardi Gras -
a little dog
wears sunglasses
--John McDonald; Scotland
carnival in Rio -
girl with a broken leg
watching the dancers
--Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia, Poland
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new year's day
the smell of pickled herring
on the cat's breath
--Cindy Tebo
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fortune cookies -
the same wisdom
as the year before
--Andrzej Dembończyk, Silesia, Poland
*3
hoping for the coin
in the cowpeas, ham, and rice –
a new year begins
--Catherine J.S. Lee
his fist full
of black-eyed peas
a gull's scream
--Mary Davila
Caribbean Kigo 2009 KukaiASTERISKS
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solitude . . .
turning out the lights
I let in the moon
--Bill Kenney; US
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The first cry-
lights and shades
on the mother's face
--Vasile Moldovan; Romania
neon lights
the curtain's pattern
blinks on the wall
--Rafal Zabratynski; Poland
*3
in the same pool
the sun and the moon
October light
--Juhani Tikkanen; Finland
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flood's end
through the rusty gate
a sunbeam
--Jacek Margolak; POLAND
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a teacup
still in the doll's hand
flood waters
--Mary Davila; US
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flood warning
ducks glide past
a row of mailboxes
--Cindy Tebo; US
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beach fireworks
the last embers fall
into their reflections
--Catherine J.S. Lee
*2
fireworks
over the Caroni River
a fine layer of ash
--Karina
*3
fireworks -
the blind beggar keeps smiling
and playing the accordion
--Olga Neagu
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summer vacation -
camp-fire smoke
rising to the moon
--John McDonald
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smile lines . . .
sand from her summer vacation
still in her purse
--Mary Davila
*3
A kite flying
above the schoolyard-
summer vacation
--Vasile Moldovan
summer vacation --
in the garden by night
the hedgehog and me
--Angelika
Summer vacation...
our sand castles destroyed
by the waves
--Magdalena Dale - Romania
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Corpus Christi
a pregnant woman
climbs the church steps
--Bill Kenny, US
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stained glass
tints my prayers
corpus christi
--Robin Beshers, US
*3
In the street
a beggar eating bread…
Corpus Christi
--Magdalena Dale, Romania
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Mother's Day--
her mirror refracts
morning light
-- Ralf Bröker; Germany
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Mother's Day--
a few graves on the hill
with new blossoms
--Karina Klesko, US
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mother's day
I step over
a crack
--Bill Kenny, US
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Easter Day-
on my grandpa's cross
a sleeping butterfly
--Constantin Stroe,
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nearly Easter--
new leaves flood
the willow tree
--Jenny Townsend, US
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Many candles
in the starry night –
Easter Eve
-- Magdalena Dale, Romania
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season of lent-
my shadow
thinner and thinner
-- Jacek Margolak; Poland
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the ash cross
smudged on his sleeve
season of Lent
--Michael Baribeau, US
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last day of lent --
so many spring blossoms
waiting to open
--Karina Klesko, US