Cattails

cattails

(9/20, 1998)

First Place   fall evening   the cattails and heron   motionless               PardeeSecond Place   sunlit pond -   cattail fluff drifting   on its reflection                      FerrisThird Place   gathering cattails   golden dragonfly   chooses the same one                         wz   BELOW THIRD PLACE   over black water   a cattail points at   the full moon                  ebj     cattail--     dragonfly on its tip,     then not               Dennis H. Dutton         lake cattails         breaking the moon         in pieces                     Carolyne            quiet now            a marsh wren pulls at            cattail fluff                          Joann                cattails...                ripples where                the duck went in                                   Hugh Waterhouse                    stagnant day                    cattails in pond scum                    hide one frog                                    Elsie Canfield   county fair-   near the hotdog stand   bursting cattails                      Francine Porad      invisible cloud of smoke      ten year old scamp      mimics with cattail                           emile molhuysen        autumn sunrise        cattails reflected        in the river's calm                            Sue            rustle, near the path-            waving cattails mark its way                                          Steven D. Skowronski                 midges swarming                 above the cattails                 beware of swallows                                    soji                     tiny brown flowers                     once a cattail tall                     ...the autumn winds                                          Betty                         dried and broken                         inmost secrets borne away                         last year's cattails                                               Joe Warnock                             cat tail                             cattail                             cat tale                                       mgswartout 9/14/98   passageways   lined with cattails --   a brace of mallards                        Charles Trumbull      sunlighted cattails      old fishing hole's new owners --      no trespassing signs                            Elaine Cleveland         september breeze         cattails gently swaying                                   bill lerz             coarse autumn wind             golden cattails brush             an auburn sky          copyright 9/11/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek                  Morning mist                  Mingles upon tips                  Of cattails                               R. W. Richardson                                                     

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