{"id":9699,"date":"2008-08-03T11:19:46","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/08\/03\/a-few-friends-play-kukai\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:23","slug":"a-few-friends-play-kukai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/08\/03\/a-few-friends-play-kukai\/","title":{"rendered":"a few friends play kukai"},"content":{"rendered":"

.. E<\/em><\/strong>very month, HaikuWorld hosts The Shiki Monthly Kukai<\/a> — a peer reviewed poetry contest open to everyone (full details here<\/a>). 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Each month, several of f\/k\/a’<\/em>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:<\/p>\n

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Shiki Kukai<\/strong>: Current Results<\/a>; July<\/a> 2008: Kigo Theme: Firefly<\/em>; Free Format Theme: Documents<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

first firefly
\nthe electrician shuts
\nhis toolbox<\/p>\n

… by ed markowski – Shiki Kukai (2nd Place, Kigo; July 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

on the fridge
\nthe to do list
\nyou left me<\/p>\n

… . by Roberta Beary – Shiki Kukai (2nd Place, Free Format, July 2008)<\/p>\n

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firefly
\nmy attention span
\nshortens<\/p>\n

……. by tom painting – Shiki Kukai (July 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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will writing . . .
\na lawn mower
\nstrikes a rock<\/p>\n

…… by Alice Frampton – Shiki Kukai (July 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

out of work
\nthe framed diplomas
\ncollecting dust<\/p>\n

…… by ed markowski – Shiki Kukai (July 2008)<\/p>\n

–Shiki Kukai<\/strong> – June 2008<\/a>: Kigo Theme: Sand<\/em>; Free Format Theme: Secrets<\/em><\/p>\n

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play therapy
\nthe jump rope
\nin knots<\/p>\n

…. by tom painting – Shiki Kukai (1st Place, Free Format Theme, June 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shiki Kukai<\/strong> – May 2008<\/a>: Kigo Theme: lilies<\/em>; Free Format Theme: Musical Instruments<\/em><\/p>\n

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midsummer
\nthe scent of lily
\noutlasts the day
\n….. by tom painting – Shiki Kukai (May 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

into the lily sunlight
\nout of the lily an ant<\/p>\n

…… by w. f. owen – Shiki Kukai (May 2008)<\/p>\n

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calla lilies \u2014
\na young bride changes
\nout of her dress<\/p>\n

…………. by DeVar Dahl – Shiki Kukai (May 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shiki Kukai<\/strong>: April 2008<\/a>: Kigo Theme: Herb;<\/em> Free Format Theme: Rust<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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exploring a new trail wild mint at the end<\/p>\n

… by w. f. owen – Shiki Kukai (April 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

wild mint
\na real estate agent praises
\nthe shopping<\/p>\n

…. by ed markowski – Shiki Kukai (April 2008)<\/p>\n

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fresh mint
\nat midnight \u2014
\nfirst trimester<\/p>\n

…. by Roberta Beary – Shiki Kukai (April 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

self sown
\ndill escapes
\nhis ex-wife’s garden<\/p>\n

…. by tom painting – – Shiki Kukai (April 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

where the barn’s tin roof
\nrusted through
\nMars<\/p>\n

… by ed markowski – Shiki Kukai (3rd Place, April 2008) <\/p>\n

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nursing home visit \u2014
\nsame rust stain
\nin the sink<\/p>\n

…. by Roberta Beary – Shiki Kukai (April 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

the neighbors
\nstill don’t speak
\nrust on the chain<\/p>\n

… by DeVar Dahl – Shiki Kukai (April 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

deep rust
\non the letter opener
\nhunter’s moon<\/p>\n

… by Alice Frampton – Shiki Kukai (April 2008)<\/p>\n

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p.s.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 It’s not exactly a contest, but <\/em>Blawg Review<\/em> #171<\/a>, hosted by The IP ADR Blog<\/em> and presented by Victoria Pynchon, does revolve around “aha moments” and creative sparks, as it catalogs the best posting over the past week at law(yer)-related weblogs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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