Last Bus

(1/26, 1997)

FIRST PLACE

street musicians

on the last bus

compare notes

--willard

SECOND PLACE

heavy snowfall

the last bus leaves

in chains

~Francine Porad

THIRD PLACE

topping the hill

the last bus home

and a yellow moon

--Ferris

BELOW Third PLACE

on the last bus

an old woman

snoring into midnight

--roberta beary

she lifts her head

from a stranger's shoulder

the last bus

--Sue Stanford

toward sundown --

just dust devils, tumbleweeds,

and the last bus

--Charles Trumbull

country road -

boarding the last bus

with chrysanthemum

--Yu Chang

an exchange

of covert glances -

waiting for the last bus

--Doris Kasson

through the window

of the last bus

dad's last smile

--Neca

six wrapped crackers -

grandmother walks me out

to the last bus bay

-- Laura Young

out of swirling snow

looms the last bus:

warm driver smiles

===zeyda===

The last bus--

rolling away into the dusk

her tears

--Astrid

shy blue eyes

over the headlines

the last bus

--zuiho

running late

around the corner

the last bus

--Jerry Reynolds

blue faced man

on hospital bench

waiting for the last bus home

--Ed Shaheen

slouching in line

the student boards the last bus -

final exams

--Paul MacNeil

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