Hail

hail

(5/30/99)

_________First Place__________silencingthe skylark's songsummer hailstormhilary tannhail storm-sharing my patioa huddle of sparrowsSue  

 ________Second Place________broken peonystill holds ahailstoneSue Torres

 _________Third Place_________hailstones -the argument grows louderdoris kasson

_________Below Third Place________

alaskan cruise -hailstones sinking ina gin and tonicHarold 

summer thunder -hailstones bouncingoff the clothes linejohn.   

the widow's bent headand the pallbearer's shoulders -hail from a green skyDon Socha     

hailstones rattleat the window--the old man's wordsKate MacQueen       

no hailstonebounces higherthan the catHugh Waterhouse         

on the footpath -crunching hailstones with my sandalshortensia anderson       

rain changes to hailthe old dogcocks its earsYu Chang     

green awninghailstones find meon the reboundJoann   

girl and her dad collecting hailstonesin a Dixie cupFerris 

punishing hailin the stonesa robin's broken shell-willard   

sudden hailstormsheltered under the pine treeswatching roses dieElaine Cleveland     

hailstones -a strand of pearlsscattered in the gardenJaloe         

hailstonesamong the daisiesspring sunshineAlison Williams       

my thoughts turnto hitting golfballs--hailstones on the groundMichael Hawthorne     

What the hail!Yells the old manFrom the southj.wagner   

winds whirling outside,hail hitting the window panes -alone in the nightHorst Ludwig 

passing stormmelting on the sidewalkhailstonesMarjorie Buettner   

blossoming stormhailstones big as quartersa puppy yips homebill lerz     

unexpected hailshreds transplanted tomtoesnews of the bombingsDeVar Dahl*       

afternoon thunderstorm -hailstones triple bounceon backyard trampolineEdward         

bowl with hailstones ~in front ofmy mothers pictureemile molhuysen       

hailin the canoea thousand oohs and aahscopyright 5/25/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek     

driving range --hailstones and golf ballsbouncing on the greenBetty   

hailstoneson the tin roofharder and harderdennis h. dutton 

a roll on the roofnot a single hailstoneto be heard separatelyMax Verhart   

vocals and percussion--coyotes yipping andsummer hail-Michael Maiello     

la nina -hailstones linger among the tomato blossomsRob Krevitz

NOTE

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