Friend
friend
(6/1, 1997)
FIRST PLACE room to let- bending and unbending photos of his friend -willard two friends on a park bench sitting in silence CarolyneSECOND PLACE moon passing through the backyard maple, old friends. Charles Reed spring sunshine -- watching the leaf shadows on a friend's face -acmTHIRD PLACE veteran's memorial fingertips pause at the name of an old friend ~SusanBELOW THIRD PLACE winter oaks line the quiet marsh companion moon Paul M gift from a friend- this tiny glazed pitcher smooth against my cheek Ferris old friends playing chess - click! Hilary Tann gently falling rain - touching my friend's hand we say goodbye. Peg Lowmiller twenty-five years . . . college friends pick up in midsentence . . . Charles Trumbull friends grind flour and gently pat tortillas in rhythm Zoned Cat a friend in the night -- soft snores omeric the flowers I hold for the friend who did not show they, too, are wilting Noor Singh Khalsa nervous on the wharf friends and family ponder a change in the wind - Loran Late silent hour holding a friend's number, her hand hesitates -- Margarita Drozdoff chilly spring morning... friendly eyes and a wet tongue wake the sleeping girl tina :o) Your midnight letter, can Polar Star be friends with Southern Cross? Yuri friends of my youth reside forever in my mind Patricia A. Laurent The years first firefly. Ahh, dear friend, light my way Through evening willows. Meg Warren our first kiss -- that change from friends to lovers Richmond D. Williams a friend's whisper ~ carelessly adding sugar to hot coffee Mark Alan Osterhaus