Hand

hand

(2/15, 1998)

First Place   smooth stone   fits my hand -   the sound of waves                      Paul MacNeil   deep in the leather   of his lefthander's glove   -another spring                  JoannSecond Place   gripping the racquet   my father's hands   around mine               hilary tann   the blessing of hands -   signing   the preacher's words                         Glen L. KeenerThird Place     steeping tea   the sound of the scythe   in the farmer's hands                         -willardBELOW THIRD PLACE         animal shelter-     the old dog's head     holds the shape of my hand                                 Donald McLeod          arctic swells -           fisherman's swollen hands          hoisting net                      Tim Happel               gnarled hands               carefully smooth the dough               into shape                          ~Susan Watkins                       hill farmer's wife                       telling her story                       this calloused hand                                           Matt   new leaves of sweet buckeye;   her hands on my face                         Joseph Kirschner      cat kibble      in my open hand      the grackle's light peck                               Ferris           tear streaked cheeks           her tiny hand in mine           at the casket                        DeeDee                Rain !                weary hands                filling sandbags                                bill lerz                      bending over                      to shuck his boots                      - handprints on the doorjamb                                                    doris kasson   tilled field   old farmer spitting   on his dirty palm                     paul m        gathering walnuts-        between the withered leaves        his hands so wrinkled                               neca              february dawn -              a small hand melts              the morning frost                                Mark Alan Osterhaus                    two old wrinkled hands                    join                    to shake goodbye                                      gilles fabre    his hand    cupping her cheek    one last time                 Carolyn         teaching me to sail...         both her hands         on the tiller                      Hugh Waterhouse               such hard working hands--               many a pickle preserved               in eighty-four years                                     Cindy Bene    laughing like children we fill   our hands with wisteria petals   lavender snow fight                      R. Marie Stutts          hand holding on          to a rabbit's foot--jumping          into her first car      copyright 2/9/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek                                                       

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