Bee

bee

(4/1/01)

_________First Place__________

a bee

in almost every one ...

apricot blossoms

-naia

 ________Second Place________

beauty parlour -

all the beehive hairdos

buzz

hortensia anderson

 _________Third Place________

after chemo -

a lone bee buzzes

her flowered dress

Earl

 _________Below Third Place________

sunlit jar

beekeeper's gift

on the doorstep

Carmen Sterba

buzzing mower

a honeybee leaves

the dandelion

Cindy Tebo

from the lilac bush

the hum of the bee --

honey on my toast

Janet Parker

Sunday service -

a bee peers

through stained glass

Carol Raisfeld

summers day -

from a cracked flowerpot

a bee emerges

Deborah Watson

morning sun

the sound of a bee

near lilacs

Martin Gottlieb Cohen

paper rosebuds

in the white saki vase --

hearing a bee

joyce maxner

approaching rain

the bee moves

lily to lily

Gary Steinberg

early spring sun -

a bee lands

on the honey jar

Tore Sverredal

window screen

inside wanting out

a bee's buzz

James M. Thompson

steady rain

plastic bees in

last years flowerpots

Dove

spring-cleaned window

a bumble bee

flies into the pane

-Johannes Manjrekar

morning chill

he dares touch the bee

on the sunflower

DeVar

funeral flowers

sounds of bees and mourners

in the scented air

Lesley Dahl

empty beehive--

the garden overgrown

with weeds

Kathy Lippard Cobb

After you, my bee --

queuing to smell

the honey-sweet rose

Florence V.

A hint of bee balm,

Cool touch of silk, taste of chocolate

The last silver crescent.

Bob Parker

blossoming pear

a ballroom for bees

between branches

max verhart

spring sunshine

an early bee moves slowly

over dandelions

Jennie Townsend

deserted --

the picnic table

abuzz with bees

Betty

summer picnic

a honey bee

wades through spilt Coke

Edward

the seasonal bee

collecting and gathering

before the twilight

Chris Swift

swaying in the breeze

deep scarlet bougainvillea

abuzz with bees

Eileen Blas Schaefer

drinks on the terrace

even a sweet-toothed bee

drops in

mary seabright

we remove hive from shed

worker bees return

to emptiness

Bettina Davis

still a bracing mist...

the bee snuggles close between

two pink peonies

art

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