Ballot for 2nd International Kukai--"KITE"(May, 2012)

2nd International Kukai--"kite":
May, 2012
Voting Instructions from Rita Odeh and John Daleiden


Hello International Kukai Poet,
Below is the ballot for the 2nd International Kukai--"kite"
Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to international_kukai@yahoo.com
CALL FOR Votes in the International “kite” Kukai
Submission Deadline: May 1-10, 2012 Midnight your local time
Voting Deadline: May 11, 2012 -- May 20th 2012 Midnight your local time

The results will be published on Monday, May 30, 2012 in Rita Odeh’s blog at:
http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com


1. All the entries are listed on the ballot by an individual number.

2. Only submitting Kukai Poets are eligible to vote.

3. Email your votes to: international_kukai@yahoo.com
When voting, please use the words "kite" 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. Each voter has 6 points;
Please use the following format to submit your votes
(listing by numerical order, rather than order of preference, as in the sample below)::


# 05--3 pt.
# 21--1 pts.
# 30--2 pts.


6. Please do not vote for your own poem(s). Any such votes will be disqualified.

To: international_kukai@yahoo.com
Subject: "kite" May 2012 Kukai Vote

7. All votes will be compiled and the haiku will then be published
on May 30, 2012 in Rita Odeh’s blog at: http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com/

8. Haijin who fail to vote will have their haiku posted with the earned ranking; however, in place of their name will be the statement “non voting haijin”. The managers of the kukai expect every participant to vote.


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 Votes in the International “kite” Kukai

Submission Deadline: May 1-10, 2012 Midnight your local time
Voting Deadline: May 11, 2012 -- May 20th 2012 Midnight your local time



The Haiku:

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Master Sequenced File:
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on a blooming tree
mainly in the spring
a kite


# 01.
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flailing
to catch the sun
kite


# 02.
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a dragon kite
waltzing towards the sun...
starry-eyed children


# 03.
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paper kite’s wing
the demanding lift
of my first child


# 04.
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sand dunes
a small boy watches the kite
swoop on a rabbit


# 05.
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kite flying
how long is a piece
of string


# 06.
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A frog overhead
the blossom acacias?
only a kite....


# 07.
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a kite arches
under the rainbow,
over the spring tide


# 08.
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summer love
a kite wrapped around
a mistletoe


# 09.
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helpless...
he watches his kite break loose--
a spring breeze


# 10.
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flying
on monarch wings...
a tiny kite


# 11.
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high-flying kite…
a string cutting into
child’s fingers


# 12.
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the kites
among the clouds
colours of rainbow


# 13.
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couples in the park
watching two kites
tease the wind


# 14.
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sound of children
faded with the cut off kite
spring dusk


# 15.
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remembrances . . .
a dragon kite lying
in the mud


# 16.
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Bustle in the school yard:
a kite just played havoc
among the pigeons


# 17.
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from the top of the rock
my thoughts are with a kite—
the flight over the secrets


# 18.
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a kite on its way my first letter


# 19.
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Dragon loves a cloud.
Beware of the sky, my friend
thunders reside up there!


# 20.
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bedridden
old man’s kite flies over
withered fields


# 21.
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warm summer breeze
thoughts of kite flying-
clogged catheter
# 22.


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kites swerve—
a loop of childhood memories
at play in my mind


# 23.
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flying kites
the energy of youth
long gone


# 24.
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tears roll down
the young boy'cheek
an entangled kite


# 25.
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at the end of its string
her kite pulling me along
how delightful


# 26.
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kites soar—
children watch from cancer ward
windows


# 27.
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Easter Sunday...
the sky dotted with kites
of all description


# 28.
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super full moon
rising—my excitement
flying a kite


# 29.
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kite festival
the dance of strings
on a summer breeze


# 30.
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sailing the skies
a boy
and his kite


# 31.
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Morning of May—
a flying fish
and a child with a kite


# 32.
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kite festival—
fishes overhead
wide eyes below


# 33.
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forgotten dream—
hanging from a dog's mouth
the tail of a kite


# 34.
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the kite shattered
in high tree branches
a cat meowing


# 35.
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landing
on the well of wishes...
a white kite


# 36.
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crying child—
kite tail entangled
at tree top


# 37.
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children and the kites
together in joy
of the first flight


# 38.
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spring advances
a kite lifts it's nose
to the wind


# 39.
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spring twilight
the descending kites
in the sky


# 40.
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first kite
of the year of dragon . . .
its broken wings


# 41.
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Happy children—
the tail of their kite
dances in the sky


# 42.
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very close to God—
a child is flying his kite
on the hilltop


# 43.
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Labour Day
an old farmer fixes
a red kite


# 44.
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kite festival
homeless man sleeps
just out of sight


# 45.
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new kite kit
the morning of assembly
the flag hangs limp


# 46.
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afternoon breeze
kite released from a tyke's hands
swerves and dives


# 47.
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a windy day
ideal for kite fliers
the bird takes umbrage


# 48.
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tugging at my heart
the red string of her kite
my imagination soars


# 49.
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skull and bones kite
rises from the graveyard—
the unknown pirate


# 50.
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like a butterfly
floating among the clouds
a stringless kite


# 51.
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bumpy wind
no kites
elsewhere


# 52.
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winter thaw
my dad and me bonding
over a kite


# 53.
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dandelion clock
each seed
a kite


# 54.
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In the sand a kite—
sun rises gradually
from the sea....


# 55.
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a child’s kite
soars with seagulls,
dives with gannets


# 56.
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his dragon kite
plunges then leaps sky high--
shadows on the ground


# 57.
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the red kite
in a blue cloudless sky...
a rifle clicks


# 58.
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hushing wind…
kites die slowly in
children’s hands


# 59.
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a flying kite
below it a tightly pinched
thread in small hands


# 60.
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bright wind
grandpa takes me
into his kiting day


# 61.
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still flying
kites, in the valley
of shadows


# 62.
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kite fight
his dragon cuts
my hare


# 63.
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to the moon and back—
the tales the torn kite has
to tell


# 64.
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gentle zephyr blows
kite pulling against its strings
freedom would doom it


# 65.
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in the bunker—
a little boy telling us
he had a kite


# 66.
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Flying a kite,
the little Prince remebers that
he feels hungry


# 67.
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a little boy
flying a kite—
shrinks from the airplane
# 68.
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duvet day
my daughter's kite tells about
world economics


# 69.
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a kite’s light feel
my feet stir mosquitoes
from the long grass


# 70.
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fifty feet high
with the color of the cloud
a kite blends


# 71.
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a mass of colour
floats in the skies
national kite day


# 72.
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going over the fence
to retrieve her kite
this old man


# 73.
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phantom kite
looming in the night sky
a super moon


# 74.
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a tug on the string
of an orphan's kite
his mother's hug


# 75.
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kite exploring sky
slaloming between black clouds
colouring my life


# 76.
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after rain—
my kite flying through
every puddle


# 77.
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dusk—
my kite going
to bed


# 78.
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between
earth and sky
a quivering kite


# 79.
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nothing but
a man and his kite
winter beach


# 80.
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tangled in a tree
butterfly bows in kite-string
torn beyond repair


#81.
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warm afternoon...
my young son launches
his first kite


# 82.
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Skype—
my son raises
his first kite


# 83.
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sick grandpa—
the grandson crying with
a kite in his hands


# 84.
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the wind too strong
a kite forever lost
in the woods


# 85.
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indian summer—
a boy sets his kite free
among cranes


# 86.
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a loose kite
flying . . .
its last flight


# 87.
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End of Ballot
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