Autumn Night
autumn night
(9/30/01)
_________First Place__________
autumn night
the smell of seaweed
in the sand
Martin Gottlieb Cohen
________Second Place________
autumn night
the owl's call goes
unanswered
Sheila Windsor
_________Third Place________
autumn night
flickering among the stars
bonfire ashes
Gene Williamson
autumn night
clouds of smoke form
a new skyline
Linda Robeck
_________Below Third Place________
chilly autumn night
how narrow this path seems
without fireflies
Edward
tracing the mark
on his ring finger -
autumn night
Penelope
autumn night
between pines
the Pole Star
oga
autumn night . . .
the baby's milk-scented breath
on my neck
Kathy Lippard Cobb
autumn night
the cat pounces
on a cricket
Darrell Byrd
autumn night
the hill monastery
embedded in chanting
Tore Sverredal
autumn night
not enough chianti
to bring her closer
gary steinberg
autumn night
the shakuhachi's cool notes
drift on the breeze
Sue
a family of white cats
asleep on the picnic table
autumn night
Becky Bunsic (tukiko)
Autumn night
the loose leaves rush
along the path
Danial Py
autumn night
green leaves fade away
in moonlight
James M. Thompson
the snort of a deer
in a thicket by the creek
autumn night
DeVar
wind in the trees
a rush of cold air -
autumn night
Marylouise Knight
autumn night
a small ferret
sniff the air
kirsty
Cooler autumn night. -
The talk turns to somebody
who died long ago.
Horst Ludwig
autumn night
all colors turn
into black
Rosa Clement
streets and women
women and streets
the autumn night
Micheline Beaudry
autumn night
dry leaves shudder
in rainless wind
MaryJane Turner
autumn night -
a polka dot pavement
beneath streetlamps
kevin ryan
autumn night :
the grown-ups are all safe
inside
eos
autumn night lightning
the library computer
crackles
ito
leaves rattle
where the world keeps them
autumn night
Michael McClintock
autumn night -
once again, the smell
of a grave
Laurene Post
autumn night -
those quiet sounds
out there
Edith Muta
autumn night
stars stitch themselves
lower in the sky
Jaloe
an elm tree shrugs
summer leaves
this autumn night
mary seabright
autumn night
in the park
prayer vigils
Carol Raisfield
Rain falls softly
on the dry leaves
this Autumn night
Angelika Kolompar Bygott
under the stars
shielding each other
from the autumn night
Hazel
autumn night
on her side of the bed
us both
Rob Scott
tap-tap
cranes go silent
autumn night
Patricia A. Laurent
autumn night drapes
an empty sill
my cat watched birds
Rose Marie Stutts
autumn night tryst
each tugs off
a wedding bad
roberta beary
first dead leaves
of this year's downfall
autumn night
--Adriaan Jacobz
chill-hazed yet erect . . .
the new moon crescent plying
into autumn night
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