Gate

gate

(3/31/02)

_________First Place__________

country graveyard-

the shimmer of spiderwebs

between gateposts

Sue

 ________Second Place________

moonlit garden gate -

my long shadow enters

before me

Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic

 _________Third Place________

abandoned house --

the bougainvillea

climbs over the gate 

Betty

_________Below Third Place________

rusted gate

the old man tends a grave

silently

-Jim Mullins

Spring winds;

a starling imitates

the creaking gate

paul t conneally

old wooden gate--

three generations carved

into the grain

Kathy Lippard Cobb

a boy's smile swings

in and out of sunshine

creaking gate

sheila windsor

fire ants -

a rusted latch

on the gate

Laurene Post 

morning glories

somewhere in their midst

is the gate latch

kathi rudawsky  

spring night

the old gate swings

with the wind

ito 

sunlight --

the ferry gate lifts

with starlings

Martin Gottlieb Cohen

that final move

her deliberate closing

of the gate

soji

winter vines

bind the old gate shut-

leaden sky

Dove 

tall ships

under the golden gate

not tall at all

OwenB

bored -

my son swings nonstop

on the garden gate

Jaloe 

end of March

their gate propped against

what's left of the fence

Joann 

spring sanpo...

the pace of her gate

rattles the bamboo

chibi

through the window

I watch as he passes

my open gate

Mary Duggan 

at our gate--

so much love

in that whipping tail

Mary Lee McClure 

eyes closed

at the starting gate

a silent prayer

Carol Raisfeld 

open gate

the cows have strayed

again

Janet Parker 

back gate --

muddy garden clogs anchor

a packet of aster seeds

MaryJane Turner 

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:o)g aksnes 

sunrise

a lone gull flies through

the Tori Gate

Earl Keener 

blood moon

evil eyes behind

the prison gate

Darrell Byrd 

a spring walk...

dragging the old brambles

from the gate

Hugh Waterhouse

a burial gate -

the sun shines

on the other side. 

Karina

gate wide open

and the dog's gone too;

better tell grandma.

Karma Tenzing Wangchuk 

arriving back home

a fresh carnation bud rests

against my front gate

alan j summers 

high spirits!

kitten tails vanish

under the gate!

Marie Stutts 

rusted iron hinges

drag ragged gate

beneath evening sunset

Linda L. Creech 

september sky

a tangle of morning glories

by the neighbor's gate

Carmen Sterba 

coming from hell

kissing her deeply

gateway to heaven

emile molhuysen 

limbering up --

old tomcat ambles past

and glides under the gate

Rob Scott 

a kid on the gate

swings over the puddle

spring breeze

DeVar 

strong wind

the gate squeeks

no oil

Carol Sircoulomb 

battered by wind and rain

the old gate

refuses to close

semi

I am Bill Gates.

You will be assimilated.

Resistance is futile.

Ghost Cat

Cemetery gate.

People coming out, alone

and in small groups

Horst Ludwig 

padlocked gate

inmates shuffle

in confinement

David Wood 

dented gate--

stallion watches mare

pee and wink

Ellen Dodds 

thick leather hinges

bared wire and two sapling poles

Montana ranch gate

Edward

ground zero

gateway to hell

9-11

Patricia A. Laurent 

sitting at the window

through that gate

he will come

Edith in Japan 

big bolt

on an iron gate

a bouquet

-- kim K 

childhood memories

return to me as I pass

the old rusty gate

Dana Florestano

wind whipped

our white picket fence still stands

gate ajar

doris kasson 

grandpa's tomato walk

from porch to alley gate

run, thieving squirrel!

jt  

a rusty hinge

on the zen temple gate --

moss blossoms on stone

hortensia anderson 

the gate bangs

so many knot-holes

cold March wind

Marylouise Knight 

tug at the yard gate

her dog barks, "bong" at temple

a glimpse of Venus...

art