The ballot for the 7th International "white" Kukai, October 2012

Voting Instructions from Rita Odeh and John Daleiden



Hello International Kukai Poet, Below is the ballot for the 7th International "white" Kukai

Please NOTE that the votes should be sent to: international_kukai@yahoo.com

CALL FOR Votes in the International "white" Kukai October 2012

Submission deadline -- Noon, EST,(UTC-4) Monday, October 1 – Wednesday, October 10, 2012.
Voting deadline -- Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Thursday, October 11 – Saturday,October 20, 2012.
Results will be up-loaded to the blog no later than, Wednesday, October 31,2012.

The results will be published no later than Wednesday, October 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 in the subject line of your e-mail: "white" October 2012 Kukai Vote International No. 7

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: "white" Kukai October 2012 International No. 7
Voting deadline -- Noon, EST, (UTC-4) Thursday, October 11 – Saturday,October 20, 2012.

7. All votes will be compiled and the haiku will then be published no later than Wednesday, October 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 Haiku:

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old bones
bleached white
the heat

# 01.
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red hot turns
white cold
as if overnight

# 02.
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Magnolia tree
in my son's memory—
its first white bloom...

# 03.
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white
darkness
beneath the earth.

# 04.
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tales of the past
within her
white tresses

# 05.
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the shirts on the line
torn by the wind
white lilac blossoms

# 06.
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first morning—
white on white,
crystalline snow

# 07.
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white dreams—
waking to a
snow-covered dawn

# 08.
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Santorini
white-washed and cobalt blue—
the pink moon

# 09.
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white space
between these words
your voice

# 10.
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sports day—
rubbing chalk on
white shoes

# 11.
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waving wrinkles
her wet white saree
clings to the body

# 12.
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rose bouquet
on a white tablecloth
scent of the wax

# 13.
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You seduce me:
There was a sweater.
Notes in margin¡

# 14.
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skinny dipping
stars trapped in the river
—little white lie

# 15.
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her face as white as
her wedding gown,
the unwilling bride!

# 16.
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autumn . . .
her white chrysanthemums
also died

# 17.
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white lie
kid corrects grandpa
dog didn't fart

# 18.
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she believes
another white lie
wine moon

# 19.
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breath is on heek
a scent of heavenly hair
white magic

# 20.
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muddy pawprints
how she regrets the choice
of white carpet

# 21.
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In the darkness
flash of white fangs
meow

# 22.
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white envelope—
before breaking on shore,
two waves mingle

# 23.
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white out
we call off the search
for lost dreams

# 24.
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pure white
a blank sheet of paper
waits for a poem

# 25.
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black with white
a panda waits
while bamboo withers

# 26.
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white dawn . . .
i let my tongue linger
on your name

# 27.
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under the eaves trough
the white moon-moth waits
autumn rain

# 28.
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white tee-shirt
all these dragon stains
from the garden

# 29.
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white mountain peaks
shimmering in the distance ...
autumn morning

# 30.
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white flag
a searing heat withers
the red stains

# 31.
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full moon
outside my window
a white cat curle:

# 32.
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morning star
red poppies nod to soldier's
white dove's feather

# 33.
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contrail...
her white dress snags
on the blackberry

# 34.
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summer heat
all his youth in
that white t-shirt

# 35.
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a morning sun ray
touches the white pearls—
Lilies of the Valley

# 36.
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white cliffs
over stormy seas
homecoming

# 37.
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the white angel wings
carry me to heaven--
my love dream

# 38.
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dawn—
a cry of wild geese
and white coffee

# 39.
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swans become still
in their own whiteness
a tiger's growl

# 40.
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pond shadows
a white mulberry
catapulting pollen

# 41.
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my thoughts
wander into the white
of a wall

# 42.
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White butterfly,
in a flash it took a sip
and flew away.

# 43.
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frozen white
the penguin shadow
retreats back in pouch

# 44.
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a monster
in the ocean—
a white whale

# 45.
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white deer…
the promise of dawn
through our eyes

# 46.
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new coolness
a white rose leans
on my window

# 47.
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white noise—
the pulsing of stars
long gone

# 48.
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flowers tears
cover the steppe
white frost

# 49.
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in darkness
white tulips burning...
ant find its nest

# 50.
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writing
"white" by old black ink-
morning chill

# 51.
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deepening
snow in the woodland—
praying hall

# 52.
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under snow
awaken snowdrop
from deep sleep...

# 53.
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blueberries
in a sea of milk:
I see the world

# 54.
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stunned
white limitless steppe...
wandering dream

# 55.
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alone in the house—
trying her mom's wedding dress
not so white any more

# 56.
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under the bridge
in the wave's whiteness sink
woman's black thoughts

# 57.
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dark rain clouds…
some fallen white petals
on the earth

# 58.
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black crow
considered as ugly here...
but, white in a hell

# 59.
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white pin points
in the night sky--
the eyes of heaven

# 60.
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the white house
protruding head
a grizzled old man

# 61.
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wafer moon
on her arched back
a swan's white gleam

# 62.
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Summer heat
over the field of wheat
a couple of white butterflies play.

# 63.
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winter evening
I am not alone in the yard—
a white Snowman

# 64.
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End of "white" Kukai No. 7 International Kukai
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