Ballot for 4th International Kukai--"forget-me-not" July 2012

4th International Kukai--"forget-me-not" July 2012":
124 Haiku;
54 Haijin;
21 Countries


First Call: Ballot for 4th International Kukai--"forget-me-not" July 2012

Voting Instructions from Rita Odeh and John Daleiden
Hello International Kukai Poet,
bellow is the ballot for the 4th International Kukai--"forget-me-not" Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to

international_kukai@yahoo.com

CALL FOR Votes in the International “"forget-me-not"” Kukai
Submission deadline -- Noon, EST, (UTC-4)Tuesday, JULY 10.
Voting deadline -- Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Friday, JULY 20.
Results will be on blog no later than, JULY 31.

The results will be published on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 in Rita Odeh’s blog at:
http://rita-odeh.blogspot.com
Haijin who fail to vote will have their haiku posted with NO RESULTS.
The managers of the kukai expect every participant to vote.


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 "forget-me-not" 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: "forget-me-not" June 2012 Kukai Vote

7. All votes will be compiled and the haiku will then be published
on Tuesday, July 31, 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 "forget-me-not" Haiku:

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last moments home—
the widow breaks the bowl
with forget-me-nots


# 01.
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a wish
for the future...
Forget-Me-Not


# 02.
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Forget-me-nots
at her doorstep
after the divorce


# 03.
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A fragrant wind
inviting and mourning – here
used to live people…


# 04.
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gardener’s hut
in soft blue with yellow centers
forget-me-not breathes


# 05.
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my garden—
forget-me-nots forgot
to sprout this year


# 06.
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forget-me-not
hiding in the lee—
so are the mosquitos


# 07.
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three little words
forget- me- not
smudged with her tears


# 08.
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signatures
and forget-me-not rhymes
yearbook


# 09.
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she leaves behind
her forget-me-not plant—
his note unread


# 10.
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blazing sun—
in the Fig tree's shade,
Forget Me Nots


# 11.
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Grandma's birthday—
a toothless smile and
Forget-Me-Not


# 12.
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forget-me-nots
on the mantelpiece...
unopened telegram


# 13.
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sun spiked woodlands—
the forget - me - nots picked
by a lover's hand


# 14.
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I'm squashing a bouquet—
forget me not
a big lie


# 15.
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a forget-me-not
pinned on my dress…
where’s my knight?


# 16.
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in the garden
at the nursing home
forget-me-nots


# 17.
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on the Ma's grave
innovative SMS—
blossomed forget-me-nots


# 18.
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the sweet nothings
you whisper in my ear . . .
forget-me-nots


# 19.
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pink forget me not
for old man's amnesia
only a pink


# 20.
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adding a wing
to those flights of fancy . . .
forget-me-nots


# 21.
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forget-me-not
an unopened mail
after the storm


# 22.
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All Soul's Day—
a girl picks forget-me-nots
from forgotten grave


# 23.
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A kiss and a tear
somewhere, long ago
forget-me-not


# 24.
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upon the tombstones
of fallen patriots
wood forget-me-nots


# 25.
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spilled are colors
of forget-me-nots
—a rolling butterfly


# 26.
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the silver wedding—
forget–me-not flowers
on the mother's grave


# 27.
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blue sky and blue ground
blue meadows while you depart,
forget me not please


# 28.
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school exchange...
what's Vergissmeinnicht
in English?


# 29.
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after the quarrel
splattered petals on the floor
his Forget-Me-Nots


# 30.
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sharp wind—
raining down
forget me not seeds


# 31.
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summer calm
the scent in the garden's corner
forget-me-not


# 32.
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blue pigment's
genetic code—
forget-me-not


# 33.
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a heart-shaped box...
nothing but
one dried Forget-Me-Not


# 34.
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forget me not
in the deep black dark
still blue


# 35.
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in old diary
dry forget-me-nots…
we were seventeen


# 36.
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dunked forget-me-nots
brave little blooms soar with
cupid’s spring wings


# 37.
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in the garden
of old age
forget-me-nots and sage


# 38.
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sticky notes
on the fridge door
forget-me-nots


# 39.
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both sides
of the old stone wall
forget-me-nots


# 40.
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her daughter
she asks if I know
forget-me-nots bloom


# 41.
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no shorter way
to the sky—
Forget-me-not


# 42.
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rain outside
tears at the window—
forget-me-not


# 43.
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so memorable
I send you forget-me-nots—
summer moon


# 44.
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masonic lodge
in hanging baskets by the door
forget-me-nots


# 45.
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blue mascara—
forget-me-nots
through my tears


# 46.
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together they walk
in the memory of love...
blue Forget-Me-Not


# 47.
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forget-me-not... his last breath, her vow of silence

# 48.
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a puddle—
forget-me-nots circle
around the sun


# 49.
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on a sunny day
spider's net making shade
over forget-me-not


# 50.
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a small bouquet
of forget- me- nots
the card is missing


# 51.
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forget-me-nots
among the stems
her goodbye note


# 52.
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she cries in her room
beside his forget-me-nots—
the phone rings and rings...


# 53.
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forget-me-nots
reflected in the lake...
memorial day


# 54.
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The cat purrs
in flower bed
Forget-Me-Not


# 55.
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forget-me-not
the memory of your face
lost to dementia


# 56.
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death of love—
not, only the negation
she forgets him


# 57.
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spring nightfall…
forget-me-nots
left on the bench


# 58.
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blue forget-me-nots
on the E-visiting card
of my girlfriend


# 59.
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forget-me-nots
little things about you
matter to me now


# 60.
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waning moon watches
forget me not wilting
night after night .....


# 61.
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a street musician
swaying to his song
the forget-me-nots


# 62.
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mother
a trail of forget-me-nots
in her laughter


# 63.
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Dry forget-me-not
one more tear
to water it


# 64.
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under a blue sky
quivering forget-me-nots …
a glistening pond


# 65.
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playful shadows
white forget-me-nots
and the clouds


# 66.
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forget–me-not...
the sky into your eyes
deeper and deeper


# 67.
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diving in the blue,
forget me not whispers wind
the fens traveler


# 68.
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weeding yet again
the forget-me-not
has vanished


# 69.
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freshly mown field
along the fence row
Forget-Me-Nots


# 70.
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grandmother’s day
forget me nots in
the greetings gift


# 71.
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the forget-me-nots
the children picked
left on the field


# 72.
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short caress...
the male butterfly
on the Forget-Me-Not


# 73.
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your smile—
seeing a butterfly on
the forget me not


# 74.
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forget-me-nots …
the breeze
whispering your name


# 75.
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forget-me-nots
fading on her palm
his phone number


# 76.
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a few foot from
a forget-me-not field. . .
the road goes on


# 77.
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running child
drops a blue stem—
forget-me-not


# 78.
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forget-me-nots
fading too quickly—
dance until dawn


# 79.
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in May I remember
his birthday gift to me...
Forget-Me-Not


# 80.
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garden value with
forget-me-nots—
lizard's path


# 81.
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on a tiny slip
the dying soldier scribbles
forget-me-not


# 82.
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I miss you so…
arranging foget-me-nots
he kneels at her grave


# 83.
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the different
angles of Forget Me Not—
soldier's letter


# 84.
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Forget-Me-Not
in the trash: his suicide note...
tear-smeared


# 85.
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forget-me-not
inscribed on her diamond ring
another's name


# 86.
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on the grave-mound
pink forget me not stands
love deep down


# 87.
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mum’s birthday…
forget-me-nots
on her grave


# 88.
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forget-me-nots—
small and unpretending
more syllables


# 89.
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fading sun
outside the ICU window
waves a forget me not


# 90.
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a time
to stand and stare
forget-me-nots


# 91.
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downpour
the last forget-me-not
on her step


# 92.
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Forget-me-not
in the antique diary
lost petals


# 93.
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carefully arranged
upon the patient’s table …
fresh forget-me-nots


# 94.
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memories—
a row of forget-me-nots
a row of opium poppies


# 95.
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Vacanti mouse
a bobbysoxer checks up
myosotis


# 96.
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down memory lane
her favorites
Forget-Me-Nots


# 97.
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deserted
land, the wild growth of
forget me nots


# 98.
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a whole blue sea—
Forget-Me-Nots
between us


# 99.
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I'm dying
you stay alone my love
forget me not


# 100.
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cluttered desk—
next to her own picture
forget-me-nots


# 101.
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some escape me—
a patch of forget-me-nots
in the fog


# 102.
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wayside flower
two figures part—
forget-me-not


# 103.
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grandmother's diary…
a dried forget me not
between leaves


# 104.
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Forget-Me-Not field—
reminding me again of
my first love's eyes


# 105.
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A haiku and
a thread of forget-me-not—
the gift for you


# 106.
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moonbeams—
near by my mother's picture
forget-me-nots


# 107.
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a drop of yolk
in her homemade cookie
forget-me-nots


# 108.
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forget-me-nots
in the fold
of her ex's letter


# 109.
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The moment between
what you said and what I heard—
forget-me-nots


# 110.
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Forget-me-nots at the hat?
through the steam of tea
a sun of July ...


# 111.
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forget-me-nots
in her wedding bouquet
something old and blue


# 112.
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between sky
and the Forget-Me-Not field
the ancestors dreams


# 113.
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Moonrise—
the thousands of forget-me-not
and I alone


# 114.
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too young to name
her puppy
forget-me-nots


# 115.
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forget-me-nots
swaying with the wind
our last dance


# 116.
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echo: forget-me-nots...-
hot afternoon
single at the gate.


# 117.
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summer morning—
forget-me-nots left behind
without a note


# 118.
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her old diary—
between two blank pages
a dry Forget-Me-Not


# 119.
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no need for names
the bee probing
forget-me-nots


# 120.
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anniversary
his calloused fist clenches
forget-me-nots


# 121.
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a second chance—
his pot of forget-me-nots
softens her hard heart


# 122.
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paragliding...
perfume of forget-me-nots
and a hug.


# 123.
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don't knock on my door...
your forget-me-nots returned
—address unknown


# 124.
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End of Kukai
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