Frost

frost

(12/6, 1998)

First Place   hot jazz   in the Unicorn Cafe--   frosted windows                    Joseph KirschnerSecond Place   morning frost -   deer tracks still visible   across the lawn                    hilary tannThird Place   first frost   a myrtle warbler hops   rock to rock to rock                         Joann   BELOW Third PLACE   this morning   in the boulder's shadow,   the lingering frost                        Rob Krevitz       afternoon sun -       a patch of frost lingers       in the fence's shadow                               Cindy          first night frost          a thin mirror floats          fragile on the lake                               CoKa             a barbwire fence             sparkling in moonlight             frost on the nettles                                  Ferris                 frosty night-            my breath more visible                 with every word                                   Kelly Donlan                     first frost                     a sprinkler head                     crowned with ice                                       paul m                          sunlight                          on frost                          dissolving                                       Tom Williams                              left out                              in the frost                              crisp sheets                                             Hugh Waterhouse   empty park:   on the wooden benches   the first frost                --Dimitar Anakiev     moonlit dusk -     picking green tomatoes     before first frost                         Elsie Canfield         just at sunrise -         a fine edge of frost         glints on each leaf                                Alison Williams             killing frost:             the crackle of our footsteps             across the yard                               Charles Trumbull                neglected friend                frost on the walkway                between houses                                 Carolyne                     first frost                     a few stray oak leaves                     float in the pool                                         ~Susan Watkins                         early morning                         frost covers the barn                         mist rises                                      Patricia A. Laurent                              another night                              sleeping alone                              her frosty glare                                                charlie   curled in a blanket,   tracing lacey snowflakes...   frost on the window                         Betty      november morning      pondering Frost's snowy woods --      if it's still standing                               Elaine Cleveland         killing frost         wrapping my old slippers         with duct tape                          Dennis H. Dutton             scraping windshields             already this season             first frost                          ~cindy bene                tiny nails scraping                bits of frost                from window to floor                        R. W. Richardson {c 12-01-98}                   night frost                   hands shaking in holey gloves                   shimmer in cement                     copyright 11/30/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek                         first frost-                    on the windshield of every Ford                         at junkyard                                        Dani DeCaro                                                    

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