Grape

grape

(9/17/00)

_________First Place__________dewy nighton every grapethe moonrjscott

 ________Second Place________autumn dusk -clusters of grapescast purple shadowshortensia anderson

 _________Third Place________    plunderingthe grape vines- bright-eyed orioleshilary tann

_________Below Third Place________

afternoon sunthe burst of a grapeon the tongueLaurene

dusk   a stray grape on the market floor                            gary steinberg

puckered face-the sour tasteof a stolen grapeDeVar 

wild vines...in the sweetnessthe bite of grape seedsjoyce maxner

one last kiss--the vine-wrapped arborheavy with ripe grapes*Billie Wilson

a raindropon the black grapemoonriseAlison Williams

harvest day -baskets with grapesslowly glide over the vineyardTore Sverredal

trailside grapesa yellow leaf quiverswith a beetleYu Chang

grape vine wreathon the weathered garden gate - a leaf drifts byMarylouise Knight 

filled with grapesher mouth mumblesblue wordsemile molhuysen

more sourthan last year's grapes...autumn chillito

it too is sweetthe shade of the old mission'sgrape arbordennis h. dutton

market day -a memory of grandmothersampling the grapesJoann

Chinese altara plate of grapesfor the ancestorsPatrick

five year olda grape juice smile--missing toothCarmen Sterba

picking grapesmore in her mouththan in the basketJaloe 

first school daytiny fingers gently swinga cluster of grapesroberta beary

a tangle of woody vines...

the grape moth

spreads it's wings

Suzanne McIntire

sudden drafta single grapebetween the glasses"o" 

we lie curled togethernibbling grapes and reading Shiki's poems aloudrmstutts

broken vineshailstones the sizeof grapesarkady

fruit for the taking

over the grapevine

crows spread the news

Ted Hambling

fuzzy morningthe plop of a grape under my shoemax Verhart

lazy autumn sun --after third peeled graperolls back under covercopyright 9/10/2000 by Wendy C. Bialek 

NOTE

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