Clouds

clouds

(4/6 , 1997)

FIRST PLACE     cool rush     from the blackening clouds -     a tub of berries                                   Laura YoungSECOND PLACE         one by one         the stars disappear...         unseen clouds                                     - Jim MullinsTHIRD PLACE            the sway of her ponytail            as she rounds the bases            rising clouds                                     Joann1125BELOW THIRD PLACE  cloudy night   the stars disappear  in her eyes                         Yu Chang     thin clouds     veil full moon--     wedding day                              Joe Kirschner           cloudless sky           above parched earth           one crow                              Hilary Tann   clouds   wave   in my teacup                            Noor Singh Khasla  rain forest  high above the clouds  tree frogs chirp                                 ken kuniyuki       clouds and shadows       of clouds       cross the city                                   -willardcream clouds the coffee bitter we calculate each silence                 Susan Stanford  on those distant hills  heather might be blooming-  purple March clouds                                       paulus the woodgnome     clouds linger-     head deep in water     a jonquil                       Neca        with our backs       to earth, watching clouds -       she giggles                               -Loran           dark clouds slip quickly           below billows of white-           approaching storm                                              Alan Realey     corpulent grub clouds        consuming the distant trees     caterpillar sky                                  Michael J. Peterson                                                              

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