Door

door

(3/15, 1998)

First Place   milk bottles   outside the back door   half full of rain                    MattSecond Place      Dutch door opens,   letting in half       the tulip field                      Tom WilliamsThird Place     jasmine tendrils     clinging to the shed door -     a small green frog                        FerrisBELOW THIRD PLACE   pencil marks-   the measure of a child   on the closet door                      Joann      softly closing     the bedroom door -     the flutter of her nightgown                                 norm jensen          cathedral school --          the clicking of keyboards          behind ancient doors                              hilary tann   honeymoon suite door-   the bellboy's grin   in the peep hole                   Carolyne               gecko on the door -               the response to my ad               for a new roommate                                 Tom Genovese               deep winter -               the drizzle frozen               to the door   copyright 3/10/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek          entering          the old schoolhouse door          now so small                      Glen L. Keener     door blown open     her singing touched     ...with hyacinth                      paul m          swirl of blowing leaves:          he rises to close the door          against the darkness                              Charles Trumbull               at death's door               he cries               look! my teeth are perfect                                         doris kasson      back home ~      at the front door again      avoiding the snail                        gilles fabre   sultry night --   a car door slams   footsteps pass                 roberta beary     closing the door     after kissing goodbye -     a sleepless night                      Fred.          two people living          together and very close          -but doors between them                                 emile       midnight       just inside the door       my lover waits                     Patricia A. Laurent   kisses and caresses   hidden   behind glass doors                     Tiffany Crotogino Munoz                  a tall open door -                  "cuckoo" "cuckoo"                  calling us to tea                                     bill lerz          I open the door          for the barking dog...          cat walks in                      Hugh Waterhouse       sleepless night -       daybreak widening       the crack in her door                            Mark Alan Osterhaus   chance of a lifetime--   when one door briefly opens   another closes                  Cindy Bene       watch the closing doors       the blind man's violin goes mute                                          Mary                                                       

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