Cage

cage

(5/10, 1998)

First Place   squeaking softly   in the southern wind   an empty birdcage                     Jon LeaskSecond Place   holding a pile   of small bones--   the rusted cage                   necaThird Place   caged bird   singing with sparrows   in my yard              Kate Teresa CassidyBELOW THIRD PLACE   behind bamboo bars   the silent cricket                      norm jensen      entangled      in a cage of branches         pearly spring moon                         sue         latching the gate         on the cricket's cage -         dandelion stem                        Harold               Sunlight through the blinds -               on the office wall               the bars of a shadow cage                                         Margarita                    lioness pacing                    a pigeon's shadow                    inside the cage                                    paul m                       shadows and light                       stippling emerald curves...                       the boa's cage                                      Ferris   children catch   another cricket -   the glass jar                 Ian       Tiny caged cricket       would your sweet voice return       if I set you free?                           soji          an open window          a parrot stares out          from the cage                        Matt              three hounds asleep              in separate cages -              a hunter's pickup                                 Paul MacNeil                   overripe tomatoes -                   staining                   the redwood cage                                     Mark Osterhaus                        beside his cage-                        a placard explaining                        the hawk's blind eye                                             Joann   cage in his hands   old man and young bird   singing same melody                       emile molhuysen        monkey cage        young boy swings        from his father's arms                               Carolyne           he smiles with regret           caged by the vows           he once held sacred                               Carolyn                my thoughts                in the zendo -                caged birds singing                                    Tom Genovese                      toys in a corner,                      remembrances of childhood...                      caged in cobwebs                                       Betty   parakeet cage   in the storage shed --   a dead spider                 Charles Trumbull      spring shut-ins - -      grandma and the caged canary      singing cheery songs                           bill lerz           small stone Buddha           overturned near water dish           in parrot's cage                            Tom Williams0 0 o0　　0 　0 00　 0 　　   00 0 　　　    00 0 　　　    0O 　　　　    O0 　  　  ////\\\\\0   　   ///////\\\\0       /bamboo cage\0　      |||||//||||0 where the mirror hangs0       |||||///|||||0      a songbird sways0       |||||||||||||0   copyright 5/4/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek

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