Early Spring
early spring
(2/26/02)
_________First Place__________
early spring
something stirs
in the hollow log
Joann
________Second Place________
early spring -
suddenly a curve
to my niece's hips
Laurene Post
_________Third Place________
early spring walk
the roughness of the scarf
my mother left me
roberta beary
_________Below Third Place________
early spring snow--
yet the willow glows
pale yellow
kirsty
early spring
on the budding pear
a touch of green
hortensia anderson
violets unfold
on a path tinged with frost -
early spring
Carmen Sterba
early spring-
her arms wrap around
her swollen belly
Dove
early spring
the bag lady
homesick
Angie
early spring
yellow crocuses
along the windbreak
Earl Keener
early spring
another birdhouse
hung near the garden
Janet Parker
early spring
he fixes the suspension
on his old truck
Celia Crook
early spring--
a stray dog hesitates
outside the gate
o
early spring
again I wonder
if we’ll have kids
Linda Robeck
early spring --
snow falls
from branches
Rob Scott
early spring --
the sounds from a playground
reach the ferry
Martin Gottlieb Cohen
early spring
grass sprouts
in the sidewalk cracks
Carmel C. Lively
early spring
the glare of headlights
replaced by morning sun
soji
early spring -
bare dogwoods beaded
with raindrops
Nancy Smith
early spring -
soon, the scent of earth
and crocus tips
Carol Raisfeld
early spring
retired gardener's tears
on a crocus picture
Angèle Lux
planting seedlings
another early spring
on rusty knees
Pam Molhuysen
early spring
a bright awning flutters
above seedling flats
MaryJane Turner
this bare branch
now full
of early spring
mary seabright
a tear
in the corner of the old man's eye
- early spring
doris kasson
early spring
the week-old preemie
snug in my palm
Kathy Lippard Cobb
early spring
a cold rain shakes
the azalea blossoms
Suzanne Finnegan
early spring
the muddy windows
reflect the sun
Tore Sverredal
early spring
the boy spins the top
with numb fingers
Michel
early spring
flowers on the window sill
open one by one
Betty
suddenly birdsong
from the budding forsythia
early spring
Gene Williamson
early spring -
all up and down the sidewalk
things move in the wind
John
morning treetop:
the red-tail hawk scanning
early spring
joyce maxner
wildfire ashfall
settles on the first signs
of early spring
-naia
Early Spring--
waiting on the closet shelf,
his baseball glove.
Karma Tenzing Wangchuk
early spring
children chat
on the way home
Ellen Dodds
masks of all kinds
drive out our devils
welcome early spring
Edith Muta
brave crocus
awakening bloom
of early spring
Phyllis Nielsen
early spring,
sugaring in the
maple grove - a red squirrel
karina
early spring sky
one by one they take aim
with the new bat
gary steinberg
Frigid bone chilling cold
and yet a sense of early spring
keeps me alive
P. M. Burke
early spring sunshine
a leaf shadow stretches
across the pond
Heather Madrone
on the ice rink
the racers wait again
early spring restart
Carol Sircoulomb
early Spring morning
dews of the icicles
full of gems
Terry Ishii
Early spring this year. -
Three crows picking in something
in the naked field.
Horst Ludwig
early spring
her ringlets pluck
a lemon flower
rosa clement
Early spring mist
An apricot bloom
Touches my lip
etsuko
early spring...
Japanese apricot scents
our moonlit shadows
chibi
early spring
anticipating
daylight savings time
~A Ramey
early springtime
paper bird on a shredder
waiting for its nest
emile molhuysen
early spring rain
anchor chain rattles
down the hawse
Darrell Byrd
early spring wind-
letting the clouds go
the Ferris wheel
Kim Komurasaki
early spring -
cars throw up sand and dirt
the need to sneeze
Marylouise Knight
buzzin' early spring
wee hour the bite's on me...
well, a mosquito!
art
early spring shadow
the puddle, half ice
half water
DeVar
early spring warmth
the mall parking lot becomes
one large puddle
Edward
still the snow
yet see the forsythia
early spring
kathi rudawsky
early spring--
the seeming fragility
of crocus
Mary Lee McClure
early spring
two boys collect wood
for next month's bonfire
Johannes Manjrekar
early spring
planning for this year's garden
Home Depot calling
Hazel