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WHCschools Traditional Western Haiku School
Ferris Gilli, Hibiscus School Instructor

 

At the end of June, twenty-five members participated in the first Hibiscus School Summer Kukai.  Each person submitted two summer haiku.  The poets themselves judged the anonymous poems on merit and appeal and were encouraged to include constructive comments with their votes.  The kukai results:

FIRST PLACE: (5 votes) 20. an'ya scented breeze - the town's name written in sweet alyssum   35. Dove hanging baskets twist slowly on their chains- dark summer dawn SECOND PLACE: (4 votes) 12. Carol Raisfeld a familiar voice through the screen door last summer's friend   14. Dove I still my flute- mountain butterflies keep dancing   16. Sue Mill high tide the flag on the sandcastle topples THIRD PLACE: (3 votes)   3. Sue Mill water lily raindrops fill the cupped leaves   7. naia last quarter moon a hummingbird leaves the red hibiscus   15. Marjorie Buettner the hush-wings of an owl in flight~ summer solstice   23. Cindy Tebo diving board she measures the end with her feet   25. naia crossing the sidewalk bristle by bristle . . . caterpillar   34. Maria Steyn cloudless sky a dry beetle shines in a hollow stump   36. robert leechford c2001 green field two dragonflies turning me around   45. Laurene Post  voice from home... the porch fan hums with the bees FOURTH PLACE: (2 votes) 2. Victor P. Gendrano a tumbleweed rolls with the thunder ambulance wail   8. Marjorie Buettner morning glory~ the mystery in your eyes   21. Maria Steyn tumbleweeds cling to the farm fence - winding dirt road   29. Cindy Tebo summer reunion once a year I eat potato salad   31. Darrell Byrd desert solstice the hot sky hotter   37. Stephen Amor pine grove: the cooling touch of shadows HONORABLE MENTION: 11. Victor P. Gendrano a wildflower blooms in crack of concrete wall migrant's garage hole   13. kirsty karkow kites soar over the boardwalk laughing gulls   17. Billie Wilson he tends the roses-- buttercups and forget-me-nots flourish   22. Maleti (Mary Lee McClure) soft water sounds on the breeze a loon's sharp cry   24. paul t conneally shade of a tree three babies and a granddad sleep something off   27. Billie Wilson hailstorm-- a bowl of bright berries on the porch steps   28. an'ya swamp-buggy race mud swallows appear at the intermission   30. MaryJane Turner park concert a small brown dog howling not quite in tune   32. Carmen Sterba cozy garden two summer butterflies graze their wings   33. Maleti (Mary Lee McClure) fireflies at dusk the smell of citronella   40. DeVar Dahl twilight the sound of a willow full of magpies   41. Debra Woolard Bender even the oak tree stands in its own shadow the coolness of grass   42. lynne (steel) heat wave in the dirt packed yard one red geranium   43. john bird new leaves on blackened trees she smiles at him   44. Terrie Relf untouched by birds a single cherry remains on the branch   47. Florence Vilén Waxing moon, for the space of a breath scent of honeysuckle

 

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