Acorn

acorn

(10/3/99)

_________First Place__________gathering lightat the tip of the acornyesterday's rainYu Chang

 ________Second Place________quiet woods -sound of an acorn fallingthrough the treeelsie

 _________Third Place_________    late fall -an acorn slipsbeneath the leaveshilary tann

_________Below Third Place________

laughing girl -on every fingertipan acorn capHarold

first frost -in my snow bootsa stash of acornsJaloe

autumn splash--the acorns we tosseddrift apartCindy Tebo

scatteredamong the fallen leaves- acornsdoris kasson

stock stillthe deer and I -sounds of acorns fallingCharles Trumbull

acorn shellson the picnic tableblack squirrelDon Wharram

weekend gardening...buried acorns sproutingamong the liliesCarolyn

an acornbetween two cobblestones -the pilgrim's straw hatTimothy Russell

light rainan acorntaps the roofLinda Robeck

storing away acornsfor the eyes of snowmen~dreams of winter snowgary steinberg

as acorns fallthe squirrel leaps this waythen thatsoji

old temple -acorns on the groundssame as Buddha's faceToshiya Kitayama

fresh acorns -the slurp of pigsin mudjohn.

children and squirrelsbusily gathering acornsbehind the headstonesgary warner

an acorn dropsbehind the squirrel--squirrel drops his acorn!elbert pruitt

the acornsuch a feastin the squirrels handschris williams

morning silencea squirrel unearths an acornin the mulch bedJoann

autumn evening--the stillness interruptedplop of an acornJoe Kirschner

all the wayI hear acornsfallMax Verhart

scrub oak-in the breakdown lanecrushed acornsebj

fall planting -squirrel buries acorns inmy flower gardenEdward

chill wind -an acorn buried deeperin the leavesAlison Williams

under oak treegolden leaves and acornsrest togetherHazel

in the boy'strouser-pocket -acornsTore Sverredal

small handsstring acorn shellsbracelet for mamapeigi

A refreshing walk.Back where I parked, an acornpanged hard on my car.Horst Ludwig

After the storm;the plop!of the last acorn.Sue

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