Bridge

bridge

(8/22/99)

_________First Place__________a swan's wake -the lap of small wavesunder the bridgeAlison Williams

 ________Second Place________A moonless night;under the bridge --only water.penny

 _________Third Place_________       under the bridgethe sound of doves -cool waterjohn.

_________Below  Third  Place________

bridgingthe crowded party roomour glancesarkady elterman  

swinging  bridge                            an autumn  leaf                                                       zigzags                                             zigzagsan'ya

bridge fishing -swell from a boatlifts the corkFerris

stream of cars . . .beneath the bridgea cane pole bendsPeggy Lyles

rivuletsants crossingleaf bridgessteve mason

hanging bridge --beneath our feetglimpses of the fallsAC Missias  

above a sea of fogonly the two towersof golden gate bridgedennis h. dutton

over the baythe pull of the crosswindat mid bridge Joann

all the wayfrom this side to thata bridgeAlan

next to the interstate broken trusses of  the drovers' bridgehilary tann

old stone bridge-framed in the archthe full moonSue  

at the ball game -a bridgebetween generations Degasian

sandblaster silent on the expressway bridge . . .saxophone soloJoseph Kirschner

bridge-viewing --in the dark deserted skypyramids of light-ito

other side of the bridgegrampa and grandsonwait for their sticksDeVar  

holiday trafficwaiting to cross an unseen bridge-willard

On the bridgeTo nowhere, see lifegather speedMatthew Smart

unstrung on the bridge -her rosary tappingagainst the dashearl keener

autumn noon -canoe glides underthe stone bridgeelsie

rhinoplasty --her glasses slipping offthe bridge of her noseBetty  

first walkacross the new bridge;owning itCharles Trumbull

just one bridgebuilt in lovespans our worldsemile molhuysen

Misty bridgeSea dreamscaught in itcopyright 8/15/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek

suspension bridgehummingbirds rest on the rail --where did they come from?Elaine Cleveland

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