CKK #41 Results

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Players: 1.Pat Geyer, USA; 2. William Kenny, USA; 3. Alegria Imperial, Phillipines; 4. John McDonald, Scotland; 5. Tatjana Debeljacki, Serbia; 6. Lavana Kray, Romania; 7. Eduard Tara, Romania; 8. Ralf Bröker, Germany; 9. Rita Odeh, Israel; 10. Gheorghe Postelnicu, Romania; 11. Marie-Alice Maire; France; 12. Claude Lopez-Ginisty, Switzerland; 13. Andrzej Dembonczyk, Poland; 14. Gabriel Sawicki, Poland; 15. Ernesto P. Santiago,Philippines; 16. Robert Kania, Poland; 17. Ana-MariaTrandafir, Romania; 18. Diane Mayr, USA; 19. Sandi Pray, USA; 20. Magdalena Dale - Romania; 21.Cezar F. Ciobîca, Romania; 22. Bouwe Brouwer, The Netherlands


FIRST PLACE

11
the closed door
back to my childhood...
key under a stone.
-- Marie-Alice Maire; France
Votes:553*** Points: 24



SECOND PLACE

18
beach stone...
the years spent smoothing
his edges
--Diane Mayr, writer
Votes:271*** Points: 19
Comments: A plausible and powerful juxtaposition, opening a range of intriguing
possibilities about the relationship of the speaker to the guy with the edges.



THIRD PLACE

2
sitting on this stone
where a wall used to be . . .
the gentle rain
--Bill Kenney
Votes:341*** Points: 14
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RESULTS CONTINUES

1
royal it has risen
from behind a stone...
pasque flower
--Pat Geyer, East Brunswick, NJ USA
Votes:****** Points: 00
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3
spring mist--
stones rearrange places
in the empty tomb
--Alegria Imperial
Votes:*1**** Points: 02
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4
the mason smiles Godlike -
lion and lamb
from the same stone
--John McDonald Edinburgh Scotland
Votes:1***** Points: 01
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5
rusted metal
engraving the tone the letter
in the stone
--Tatjana Debeljacki
Votes:1***** Points: 01
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6
storm throwing a stone
against my window -
chipped moon
--lavana kray
Votes:1***** Points: 01
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7
Stone garden –
surrounding a plum petal
with sand ripples
--Eduard Tara, Romania
Votes:1***** Points: 01
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8
jumping over water
the stone
and I
--Ralf Bröker
Votes:132*** Points: 13
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9
etched on
a smooth stone...
the sun
--Rita Odeh Nazareth, Israel
Votes:43**** Points: 10
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10
rolling down blue
from sky onto bear's eyes -
rolling stones too
--STOPS
Votes:****** Points: 00
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12
On Easter morning
The heavy stone was removed
And Life's eternal
--Claude Lopez-Ginisty
Votes:****** Points: 00
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13
relaxing music -
on a woman back
basalt stones
--Andrzej Dembonczyk, Silesia
Votes:12**** Points: 05
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14
midsummer dusk
still warm
the gravestone
--Gabriel Sawicki (Wroclaw, Poland)
Votes:2*2*** Points: 08
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15
Easter Sunday...
who will roll away the stone
trapped inside my body?
--Ernesto P. Santiago,Philippines
Votes:1*1*** Points: 04
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16
how can I wander?
I have never seen how moss
has covered the stone
--Robert Kania, Poland
Votes:****** Points: 00
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17
no stone left unturned
til He was found and felt
in the blossom breeze
--Ana-MariaTrandafir
Votes:*1**** Points: 02
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19
stone garden -
with or without me
dandelions
--Sandi Pray
Robbinsville, NC, USA
Votes:331*** Points: 12
Comments: The hardness of stone, the softness of dandelions, and the wry acceptance of
"with or without me" add up to a most engaging combination.


20
breath of wind
over the mother's tombstone
a butterfly
--Magdalena Dale - Romania
http://tankadream.blogspot.com/
Votes:111*** Points: 06
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21
spring fever -
rewriting my mother's name
on the gravestone
--Cezar F. Ciobîca
Votes:32**** Points: 07
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22
the wind flutters
between the gravestones -
distant landslide
--bouwe brouwer
Votes:2***** Points: 02
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