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a few friends play kukai

By David A. Giacalone

.. Every month, HaikuWorld hosts The Shiki Monthly Kukai — a peer reviewed poetry contest open to everyone (full details here). The Shiki folks pick two topics each month and “An anonymous list [of the sumbitted poems] is then distributed to all participating poets and they are invited to vote.” The results are then tallied and posted at the Shiki Kukai website, which has more than a decade of prior kukai topics and results in its archives.

Each month, several of f/k/a’s haiku friends participate in the Shiki Kukai. Here are topics and resulting poems by a few of our Honored Guest Poet friends, from the past few months. As you’ll see, even poems that weren’t top three monthly winners are worth sharing:

Shiki Kukai: Current Results; July 2008: Kigo Theme: Firefly; Free Format Theme: Documents

first firefly
the electrician shuts
his toolbox

… by ed markowski - Shiki Kukai (2nd Place, Kigo; July 2008)

on the fridge
the to do list
you left me

… . by Roberta Beary - Shiki Kukai (2nd Place, Free Format, July 2008)

firefly
my attention span
shortens

……. by tom painting - Shiki Kukai (July 2008)

will writing . . .
a lawn mower
strikes a rock

…… by Alice Frampton - Shiki Kukai (July 2008)

out of work
the framed diplomas
collecting dust

…… by ed markowski - Shiki Kukai (July 2008)

-Shiki Kukai - June 2008: Kigo Theme: Sand; Free Format Theme: Secrets

play therapy
the jump rope
in knots

…. by tom painting - Shiki Kukai (1st Place, Free Format Theme, June 2008)

Shiki Kukai - May 2008: Kigo Theme: lilies; Free Format Theme: Musical Instruments

midsummer
the scent of lily
outlasts the day
….. by tom painting - Shiki Kukai (May 2008)

into the lily sunlight
out of the lily an ant

…… by w. f. owen - Shiki Kukai (May 2008)

calla lilies ?
a young bride changes
out of her dress

…………. by DeVar Dahl - Shiki Kukai (May 2008)

Shiki Kukai: April 2008: Kigo Theme: Herb; Free Format Theme: Rust

exploring a new trail wild mint at the end

… by w. f. owen - Shiki Kukai (April 2008)

wild mint
a real estate agent praises
the shopping

…. by ed markowski - Shiki Kukai (April 2008)

fresh mint
at midnight ?
first trimester

…. by Roberta Beary - Shiki Kukai (April 2008)

self sown
dill escapes
his ex-wife’s garden

…. by tom painting - - Shiki Kukai (April 2008)

where the barn’s tin roof
rusted through
Mars

… by ed markowski - Shiki Kukai (3rd Place, April 2008)

nursing home visit ?
same rust stain
in the sink

…. by Roberta Beary - Shiki Kukai (April 2008)

the neighbors
still don’t speak
rust on the chain

… by DeVar Dahl - Shiki Kukai (April 2008)

deep rust
on the letter opener
hunter’s moon

… by Alice Frampton - Shiki Kukai (April 2008)

Full post as published by f/k/a . . . on August 03, 2008 (boomark / email).