Grass

grass

(7/5, 1998)

First Place   moving the grass   but not the kestrel ~   summer wind                Hugh WaterhouseSecond Place   inky shadows   on the silver grass-   lustrous full moon                       SueThird Place   just at dusk   children search the grass   for fireflies                  rdwms   grass framing   a sunwarmed rock ledge           the snake's slow coils                                   -acmBELOW THIRD PLACE   crosslegged   in a field of dry grass...   a storm out at sea                       Jon Leask     her hips     gracefully swaying     in the grass skirt                        Betty       floating       over my neighbor's lawn       dandelion seeds                        hilary tann          grass-stained jeans -          the old couple          arm in arm                      Ian             gentle wind             stirring the long grass -             a kestrel hovers                                Ferris                   a year later--                   in mother's bare garden                   new grass                              Harold   starry night   grass blades between   my toes           kim h     summer grasses;     stones in the potter's field     all read "Rest in Peace"                              Charles Trumbull       melting snow       on this first day of spring-       brown grass                    Joe Kirschner          dried grasses          turning the summer          to shades of beige                              Tom Williams              walking barefoot              on fresh mown grass              the old one smiles                                  soji   summer sun   circles of yellow vetch   in the grass                 Pardee     mouth full of grass     that white-throated sparrow     resembles my cat                       Joann       summer storm       tall prairie grass       waves in the wind                          Patricia A. Laurent          cutting grass -          old lawnmower and I          re-runs                   -ito             vacant lot             amid freshly mown grass             three sparrows                              jen   freshly mown grass   sweet inscense through bare toes   honoring solstice                      wz     slowly pushing      the old mower -     gnarled hands                    norm jensen        the grass bows down        to the Spring flood, yet,        together two stalks stand tall                                           --Jeanne            grass cut             behind me the child            already grown                copyright 6/30/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek                                                      

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