First Snow

first snow

(12/21, 1997)

FIRST PLACE

first snow-collecting tiny footstepson my shovel                      Joann

SECOND PLACE

first snow ~a waking childbreaks the silence                              Mark Alan Osterhaus

THIRD PLACE

first snow . . .     all the Kyoto Buddhas                   becoming snowmen                                                  Donald McLeod

BELOW THIRD PLACE

first snow-the wrinkled jack-o'-lanternwears a new hat                         dean delbene

first snow -under pine treescircles of green                           rdwms

changingthe bed sheets -first snow                 Tom Genovese

shovels in checkout line --first snow fallingon the parking lot                             Steve Rys

little girl's breathfogging the window pane-first snow                Ferris

a tiny bird perchedatop the puffing chimneyfirst snow                tina

white dustin the blue shadow of a wall-first snow                  Paul Blake

years laterrecognizing the sky-first snow                 -willard

first snow-half buried in the sandboxhis toy shovel                       neca

the first snow falling--     overnight, the narcissus    bloom opening                        S. R. Spanyer

whipping egg whitesinto stiff peaks-first snow on the mountains                                             Carolyne

first snow meltson the city streetcold puddles                     --jason  

First snow -red leaves driftfrom the maple tree                                 Margarita

softly fallingon a child's tonguefirst snow                 ~Susan

dark cloudbank -a smell of dead leavesand the first snow                              Paul MacNeil

above the sheep pasturefalling through a white mist- first snow                   Harold

first snow -in my morning teai pour some honey                              gilles fabre

stringing lightson the christmas treefirst snow                 DeeDee

field of winter wheatslender green blades dusted whitefirst snow                Cindy Bene

floating in puddlethe anniversary card he madebefore the first snow copyright 12/16/1997 by Wendy C. Bialek

first snowfallframed in glass window- a new pageant                          bill lerz

first snow -fragile green tosilver sparkle                       ~lee

first snowdrips from the roof;south wind                                                         Pardee

children lookfor matching snowflakes,first snow                Peg Lowmiller