Camelia

camellia

(4/20 , 1997)

FIRST PLACE     a high heel     steps sharply back -     fallen camellias                                   Susan Stanford     moonlight     in her hair     white camellia                                  CarolyneSECOND PLACE         Fixed in one corner          of the mirror         a faded white camellia                                                  Ed ShaheenTHIRD PLACE            after the surgery            all the pain a deep red            camellia                               Jane Reichhold             hide-and-seek             heart pounding             behind the camellias                                                   Noor Singh KhalsaBELOW THIRD PLACE  a camellia  held in a clear glass bowl  bubble rising                            Laura Young      gathering fog-     red camellias     about to fade                                Neca    teatime        on the veranda                fragrance of camellia                                                        doris kasson        rising wind --       sheltered by the wall       a white camellia                                      -acm    freshly washed floor    camellia petal tracks   lead to the fridge                                     ~Francine Porad       spring rain       camellia blossoms fall       into a pool of petals                                              Mary Fran Meer   fragrant  in the sunlit window  camellia petals                                Hilary Tann       1am at Safeway-           he chooses a bouquet           of cold camellias                                           jean king        spring wind        brushing against the rainspout        red camellia blossoms                                                 Yu Chang    arguing again   if it survived the winter   the camellia bush                                    Charles Trumbull       wilted       camellia       traviata                          Michael J. Peterson                                                              

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