Chrysanthemum

chrysanthemum

(10/13 , 1996)

FIRST PLACE

morning chill      

the spider burrows deeper       

into the chrysanthemum               

--Yu Chang

SECOND PLACE

wilted chrysanthemums--

an old grocery list

blows from the trash                     

--Michael Dylan Welch

THIRD PLACE

 circular bed

 of chrysanthemums

 moon-silvered                              

~Francine Porad

BELOW THIRD PLACE

 inside my head

 chrysanthemums

  in full bloom                                   

--roberta beary

  chrysanthemums: 

   a few moist petals stuck

   on the vendor's snips                                                       

--John Hudak

 in our wedding album

 fragrant

 pressed yellow chrysanthemums                                                             

--Sangeet Bhullar 

Pink chrysanthemum

bedecked with satin ribbon

Her first homecoming                                                    

--Otto-

dropped by the road-side

chrysanthemums on asphalt

seven broken stems                                     

~Per

Flower show                          

Judges aren't telling...                          

Mum's the word!                                                  

-- tdherzfeld                                    

painting her face                                   

one by one the petals fall -                                   

chrysanthemums                                                             -

-doris kasson          

so many people         

at the graveyard         

white chrysanthemums                                            

--Ted M. Zachwieja                     

the coffin floats                    

in a sea                    

of chrysanthemums                                                  

--Dick san          

after school -          

the shaggy shadows          

of chrysanthemums                                        

--Lee Lawton                                     

only thing found                                    

under the scarecrows' legs                                    

chrysanthemums                                                             

 --Joyce Clement                    

Japanese soldiers                   

killed my grandmother                   

Chrysanthemum smiles                                                     

 -- maarof              

morning light slants            

through bare branches -            

fading chrysanthemums                                                 

--Rick Bruner                         

elegant ladies                        

lining garden walk                        

pink chrysanthemum's                                                          

--Syd Bowen                                   

autumn's first frost                                  

stretching the open field                                  

white chrysanthemums                                                                      

--Mark Alan Osterhaus                          

The hills are aglow--            

hikers stop to pick pink            

chrysanthemum                                    

--Mike F

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