Ballot for 3rd International Kukai--"RAINBOW"(June, 2012)

Ballot for 3rd International Kukai--"RAINBOW"
June, 2012


145 haiku
59 haijin
16 countries


Voting Instructions from Rita Odeh and John Daleiden

Hello International Kukai Poet,
Below is the ballot for the 3rd International Kukai--"rainbow"
Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to

international_kukai@yahoo.com

CALL FOR Votes in the International “rainbow” Kukai
Submission Deadline: June 1-10, 2012 Midnight your local time
Voting Deadline: June 11, 2012 -- June 20th 2012 Midnight your local time

The results will be published on Saturday, June 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 "rainbow 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: "rainbow" June 2012 Kukai Vote

7. All votes will be compiled and the haiku will then be published
on June 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 NO RESULTS.
The managers of the kukai expect every participant to vote.

The votes will appear as per the following sample:
0, 2 ,7 =11 Which means:

No voter gave 3 points, 2 voters gave 2 points, 7 voters gave 1 point = for a total of 11 points


The Haiku:


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ending suddenly
the quarrel between parents—
double rainbow

# 01.
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rainbow—
the vesper service
much longer

# 02.
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rainbow—
more shining
the nimbus

# 03.
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in the horizon
wide bow rainbow
magic the rain

# 04.
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Left out
God's gift
after the storm
a rainbow

# 05
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somewhere
over the rainbow
a woman lost sight of it

# 06.
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fresh brush strokes...
my color blind son
paints his rainbow

# 07.
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first solo flight
the rainbow's perfect circle
off my left wing

# 08.
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double rainbow. . .
the sunrise
on its mirror

# 09.
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rainbow–
a handicapped child strokes
the horse's chine

# 10.
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where's the little girl
who painted you?—
rainbow

# 11.
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in her hair
a rainbow ribbon
above the steeple

# 12.
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a rainbow
across the ocean…
summer sunset

# 13.
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sitting on the ash tree
in the rain
a rainbow

# 14.
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a rainbow…
will I be a girl
my son asks

# 15.
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scent of violets
snails' trails on the fence
catching rainbows

# 16.
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rainbow faced sky
after sudden drizzle
about sundown

# 17.
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rainbow dress
it doesn’t live up
to its promise

# 18.
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a rainbow curving
over cattle in the meadow--
sunny drizzle

# 19.
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pink, purple and blue arches
with splashes of glitter:
toddler's rainbow

# 20.
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These rainbow pages
broadcast now like seeds among
people and pages.

# 21.
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my grandchild . . .
how long will he remember
this rainbow

# 22.
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heavenly halo
rainbows seen from aeroplanes
form perfect circles

# 23.
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a dark day–
my spirit restored
by a rainbow

# 24.
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hospital window
so many rainbows
flow down . . .

# 25.
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Hot afternoon,
with children at the fountain—
Where is the sadness?

# 26.
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rainbow faced sky
after sudden drizzle
about sundown

# 27.
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Prism
on window-sill
rainbows on the wall

# 28.
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lightning
strikes the rainbow
one by one, seven egrets

# 29.
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a coming cloud—
full moon painting
the rainbow rings

# 30
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waterfall roars—
colorful arc of rainbow
connects the edges

# 31.
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Sun in a drop
of water—life being born
and a rainbow

# 32.
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rainbow—
before the camera clicks
you vanished

# 33.
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rainbow
over flooded city—
nobody admires

# 34.
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rainbow
somewhere in the pine grove
a low-throated song

# 35.
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her rainbow eyes
dream new dreams
after the storm

# 36.
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red yellow blue—
two romanian countries
united by rainbow

# 37.
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friend's passing
the rainbow fades
into cloud

# 38.
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jumping into
colours above the sprinkler
the boy I was

# 39.
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she stirs the rainbow
reflection in the pond—
vodoo magic

# 40.
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under a rainbow
a funeral procession
and a wet dog

# 41.
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reaching out
to touch the double rainbow—
smell that morning rain!

# 42.
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two rainbows
hands
to embrace

# 43.
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balloon emporium
Dad only buys me
part of the rainbow

# 44.
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Wedding day—
a rainbow touches
our silence

# 45.
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rainbow trout
how the colours ripple
on the lake

# 46.
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peonies
beaten into the mud—
no rainbow

# 47.
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atop a cherry tree—
I try to catch
a rainbow

# 48.
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a rainbow arcs over
a deserted highway
unseen beauty

# 49.
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light-hearted
mirror of rainbow,
butterfly

# 50.
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rainbow
the miracle of heaven
God's gift

# 51.
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hospital window—
after a long night,
the rainbow

# 52.
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rainbow
stopped a child
in its game

# 53.
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ripe grapes
sweet rainbow
on sticky fingers

# 54.
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autumn shower—
the rainbow
between us

# 55.
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a wandering snail
traces the rainbow
on a window pane

# 56.
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iridescent black...
arcing grackles
reflect rainbows

# 57.
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the peaceful sight of
a rainbow— my mother’s mouth
with my father’s mouth

# 58.
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after the rainstorm,
i cut a slice of rainbow...
a shawl for baby

# 59.
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old photo album—
a double rainbow over
the Berlin Wall

# 60.
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rainbow—
all the graduates
throw their hats

# 61.
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in the purlieus—
a child running
to the rainbow

# 62.
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the sun is low
in the sky the beams break
crystal rainbow

# 63.
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fifth birthday
running towards
a fading rainbow

# 64.
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foreclosure...
the house at the end
of rainbow lane

# 65.
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the storm clears
to a distant rainbow . . .
heading home

# 66.
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snow on
the double rainbow. . .
her clay plate art

# 67.
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rainbow—
I love your name
ARCOBALENO

# 68.
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Farmers back home—
afternoon sky
crossed by the sickle

# 69.
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ominous black clouds
loitering in the sky:
a rainbow peeps

#70.
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grey skies
following the rain
an almighty promise

# 71.
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a rainbow—
a smile after rain…
who gave it?

# 72.
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night’s rainbow dream
carries us through the day;
severe drought

# 73.
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gossip
since her wedding
double rainbows

# 74.
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her tears dry up
rainbows sparkle in her eyes:
new box of crayons

# 75.
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On butt-logs Rainbow
in a thornapple thicket
waiting for the cat.

#76.
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sun and garden spray
combine to split the spectrum
we dance through rainbows

# 77.
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rainbows
rising up a dense forest
one by one

# 78.
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On swing..:
smoke—
lost in the silence of noon.

# 79.
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night’s rainbow dream
carries us through the day;
severe drought

# 80.
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Sunshine through raindrops
a double rainbow
twins hold hands – looking

# 81.
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a damselfly goes
through the rainbow
in the cascade' spray

# 82.
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a gray street sprinkler—
in the water drops
rainbow

# 83.
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teetering
on a rainbow
young leaf

# 84.
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sky’s glory—
multicoloured smile
upside down

# 85.
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German motorway
the children ask to stop
for a rainbow

# 86.
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a rainbow dance—
giving thanks for new rain
in the lake

# 87.
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rainbow lost
a river flows below
a single bridge

# 88.
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rainbow...rainbow...
splashing through street puddles
the children shout...

# 89.
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the rain stopped
in drops
of rainbow

# 90.
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summer shower
the peacocks return
bringing rainbows

# 91.
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A rainbow
unseen
an old man's nap

# 92.
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spring blossom
covered in a rainbow
of confetti

# 93.
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first rays of dawn
rainbow patch of floor
stained glass butterfly

# 94.
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its scales reflect
the rainbow
leaps of a trout

# 95.
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sunshine and rain mixed
in the eyes of a small boy,
rainbow for us all

# 96.
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kissing sun rays
each rain drop makes its own
rainbow part

# 97.
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drawing a black
and white rainbow...
the lonely child

# 98.
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the gulls
stretching a rainbow
above the sea

# 99.
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rainbow on the field—
downpour ends in
sunshine

# 100.
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empty child's room
through the circle window
a rainbow

# 101.
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asleep...
dream catcher catches
feathery rainbows

# 102.
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the rainbow...
why there’s no black?
I am black.

# 103.
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unending rains—
my son drawing an ark
and rainbows

# 104.
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rainbow—
everyone eats
only ramyun

# 105.
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hey hey daddy look
the rainbow on the surface crystals
mushrooms in pairs

# 106.
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fifty-fifth birthday
gazing at
a fading rainbow

# 107.
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hospice...
watching Dad watching
his last rainbow

# 108.
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steamy jazz
the hot pavement's
neon rainbows

# 109.
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rainbow season
warmth and coldness
in me

# 110.
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I wish I could
slide on you rainbow
ooopsss

# 111.
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heaven's welcome arch
lights up the skies
a rainbow

#112.
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a shimmering scarf
around the mountain peak …
rainbow country

# 113.
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an angles brushstroke
in the sky
a rainbow

# 114.
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a rainbow—
double rope tickling
the sky

# 115.
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season’s first foray
short-lived rain and rainbow melt—
thirsty soil

# 116.
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mixed blessings of rainbows cat litter

# 117.
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The ball jumps out
bullfighting scream tied up
on the Rainbow flat.

# 118.
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sunlight on spindrift
creates a host of rainbows
all across the bay

# 119.
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desolate field
bridging our destines
a rainbow

# 120.
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Between shores
rainbow—
June morning promising...

# 121.
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season’s first foray
short-lived rain and rainbow melt—
thirsty soil

# 122.
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housework
never finished
the end of a rainbow

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the prow slices through
the waves... flickering and
vanishing rainbows

# 124.
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from a train window
in a blink
rainbow

# 125.
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Newton’s sevenfold
spectrum of colours—
earthly paradise

# 126.
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Rainbow,
do you show me where to go?
Yes. And how.

# 127.
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his rainbow coat
of many colors—
the jealous hearts

# 128.
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frozen I stand
my gaze holding
the rainbow

# 129.
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quenching rains
end the raging wildfires—
a double rainbow

# 130.
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with reflections
of rainbow
and branches in the river

# 131.
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another wrong turn
she ignores the map
to look at the rainbow

# 132.
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In the cloister garden
a breeze of jasmine and
no rainbow

# 133.
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a rainbow
all the vibrant colours
of her bruises

# 134.
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spring runoff
the waterfall plunges
through its rainbow

# 135.
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afternoon rainbow
after a hard rain
tranquility

# 136.
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little kid—
stunned with the rainbow glow
his first time

# 137.
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bright rainbow—
the train comes out
of the tunnel

# 138.
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two clouds—
the rain
the rainbow

# 139.
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a barefoot girl
under the rainbow
picking daisies

# 140.
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white pebbles
the faded gardener
rakes rainbow flow lines

# 141.
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spring clouds part...
flying color arc makes
warbler rainbow

# 142.
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diplopia: my eyes
are still able to see
a double rainbow

# 143.
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Six yearling Rainbows
hurting blue scotchpines
to dance in full moon.

# 144.
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artists and poets
continue to interpret
the rainbow

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End of Ballot

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