The Shiki Monthly Kukai

May 2014

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A.KIGO FORMAT

MOSQUITO

the sweet-pungent smell

of mosquito repellant

long after he left...

Cristian Mocanu

(0,2,3) = 7 pts

night on the beach-

mosquitoes inspecting 

sandcastles

Ailoaei Cristina

(0,1,5) = 7 pts

blooming lilac

as if mosquitoes

weren't here

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu

(0,2,1) = 5 pts

I am still empty-handed –

a full moon and mosquitoes

under a broken lamp post

Daniela Bullas

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

Alive wreath

on the fisher's forehead

a swarm of mosquitoes 

Vasile Moldovan

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

no friends around -

the sound of the mosquitos

fills the room

Cristina Oprea

(0,0,2) = 2 pts

the sky

through the insect net-

a mosquito on the moon's face

Lavana kray

Romania

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

Starry night - 

listening to the whizzing sound

of mosquitoes

Miorita

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B.Free Format Theme: 

MIDNIGHT

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First Place -  25 Points

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midnight coldness -

an owl and the moon

on the same branch

Cristina Oprea

(1,5,12) = 25 pts

midnight...

once again my slippers

feel too large

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu

(0,1,8) = 10 pts

fireflies at midnight –

shall I be an impressionist

or a photographer?

Daniela Bullas

(0,1,2) = 4 pts

Midnight –

only an owl repeating

her song

Miorita

(0,0,3) = 3 pts

midnight-

mother caressing

her newborn

Ailoaei Cristina

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

At midnight

I sleep away alone

in the double bed 

Constantin Stroe

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

midnight-

the clock hands give me a hug

for a second

Lavana kray

Romania

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

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