Autumn Chill
autumn chill
(10/16/01)
_________First Place__________
autumn chill--
the house still creaks
in all the old places
Kathy Lippard Cobb
________Second Place________
autumn chill
last year's mittens
in my coat pocket
OwenB
_________Third Place________
from upstream
a faint clatter of bamboo
--autumn chill
karma tenzing wangchuk
over and over
his words in my pocket
autumn chill
sheila Windsor
autumn chill
a lone surfer
in the curl
Darrell Byrd
_________Below Third Place________
autumn chill
burrowing into grandma's shawl
the scent of cedar
angelee deodhar
autumn chill
in his college sweater
a moth hole
Betty
a tiny cricket
in the cabin sink
autumn chill
Linda Robeck
changing back
to the wooden chopsticks --
autumn chill
an'ya
on the bare branch
an empty nest
autumn chill
Becky Bunsic (tukiko)
autumn chill
a new pitcher warms up
in the bullpen
Cindy Tebo
autumn chill
the silence of the night
without treefrogs
soji
first autumn chill--
boiling water sputters
from the kettle
-naia
autumn chill
as we walk
the smell of mothballs
Jaloe
autumn chill--
the silence of the trees
beside the creek
DeVar
autumn chill
tricycles parked
in the garage
Ellen Dodds
autumn chill
across the desert
distant thunder
James M. Thompson
autumn chill --
steaming tea
in a porcelain cup
-- Michael McClintock
autumn chill --
home at last embraced
by the scent of stew
Nancy Smith
autumn chill
the weight of 6000 souls
in the sunrise and sunset
Carol Raisfeld
autumn chill
bumble bees circle
into the ground
kirsty
this red-gold carpet-
every day the pile deepens
in the autumn chill
mary seabright
autumn chill
he pulls the blanket
over my shoulders
Pamela Molhuysen
an owl flies off
through icy leaves --
autumn chill
MaryJane Turner
ground zero
in autumn's chill
hope remains
Janet Parker
heated hearts
autumn chill
lonely night
Gemma Smythe
cold nose and ears
looking for gloves
first autumn chill
Edith Muta
a widow raking
piles of leaves
autumn chill
Eileen Blas Schaefer
autumn chill:
a pack-mule collapses
on CNN
~eos
autumn chill
a red fox
scouts the dove cote
Johnye Strickland
autumn chill
under his great-coat
a hawaiian shirt
kathi
graveyard stroll
among tomstone shadows -
autumn chill
- Aleron
afternoon walk
autumn chill
seeps through my jacket
Hazel
autumn chill
the steam
from the morning coffee
Gene Williamson
autumn chill
her hands
no gloves
Carol Sircoulomb
this autumn chill -
the 'lads' in winter clothing
eye girls in short skirts
Kevin Ryan
white clouds
in a moonlit sky
- autumn chill
Adriaan Jacobsz
on a still night
the sky is dark
autumn chill
Patricia A. Laurent
a laugh in autumn chill
around her wrinkled neck
the warm shawl
emile molhuysen
autumn chill
the plastic flowers
at the graveyard prettier
~ana
autumn chill
fat frogs burrow beneath stones
on the stream bottom
Edward
rain on the window
shake out flannel sheets -
autumn chill
Marylouise Knight
autumn chill -
trying to find
a hat and scarf
Deborah Watson
autumn chill
two black cats chase each other
aroung the persimmon tree
Sawako
midges circle
under a cafe lamp -
autumn chill
art
movie ends
next door the credits roll -
autumn chill
Rob Scott
autumn chill
the susurrous breeze
through the reeds
Tore Sverredal