Children

children

(10/13 , 1996)

FIRST PLACE

first snow      

at every window      

a child's face                           

--roberta beary

edging closer     

to the monkey cage      

my son tightens his grip                                           

--Mark Alan Osterhaus

SECOND PLACE

empty beach     

a child's bucket     

still full of sand                                

--Yu Chang

THIRD PLACE

nursing home lounge--        

a child's puzzle        

left unfinished                               

--Michael Dylan Welch

street light shines    

on the  playground            

snow angels                                   

--Brad91

BELOW THIRD PLACE

curled up in the closet       

sound asleep               

- hide and seek                                       

--doris kasson

his small face watches               

the autumn leaves fall                  

quietly                                     

--Sangeet Bhullar

the toddler   

patty-pats a rain puddle   

on the porch step                               

--Fran Meer

Seven-year-old girl          

reading the Bible           

"Daddy, what's circumcision?"                                                         

~David Oates

on the bus   

reading   

child and mom                         

--ADULE 

sleeping nose to nose                

granny snores and baby                

bubbles                                    

--Zoned Cat

~the toddler sings:                        

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,                        

. . . L, la, la, la, P                                                  

~Francine Porad 

fat orange pumpkin                 

waiting for the child                 

to carve it's face!                                            

--Syd Bowen

once again                           

the toddler                           

looks into the mirror                                       

... and behind                                                             

--Arnold Vermeeren

children collect        

brown acorns from the ground        

--fat squirrels eat walnuts                                                   

--MikeF

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