The Shiki Monthly Kukai August 2014 Kukai

A.

Kigo Theme: 

SUNFLOWER

ripe sunflower...

the way life bends

towards the ground

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu

(2,2,3) = 13 pts

sunflower - 

only the scarecrow 

doesn't turn its head

Petru-Ioan Garda

(0,2,9) = 13 pts

spending time with friends - 

sunflowers and moon flowers* 

are blooming in turns

Daniela Bullas

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

^^Epiphyllum oxypetalum (knows as: Dutchman's pipe, queen of the night or nightblooming cereus)

air alert over-

in a sunflower field

the children take selfies

Lavana kray

Romania

(0,1,1) = 3 pts

Dawn on the field -

sunflowers preparing

for Surya Namaskara

Virginia Popescu 

PHOENIX

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

B.

Free Format Theme: 

GOODBYE(S)/DEPARTING WORDS

my sawn down cherry-

its sawdust pillows

my head

Lavana kray

Romania

(1,0,0) = 3 pts

no goodbyes...

one more white brushstroke

over the canvas

Cristina-Monica Moldoveanu

(0,1,0) = 2 pts

No word for goodbye -

only a handkerchief 

waving in the wind

Virginia Popescu 

PHOENIX

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

suddenly I see empty 

all the stork nests -

goodbye my dears

Petru-Ioan Garda

(0,0,1) = 1 pts

the end of the heat - 

red leaves dry up and fall off

before my vey eyes

Daniela Bullas