Letter

letter

(4/18/99)

_________First Place__________arrivingwith your letterthe scent of rain- Linda Robeck

 ________Second Place________folded insidemy mother's letterWelsh poppy seedshilary tann

 _________Third Place_________letter by letterlearning to writehis nameJaloe

_________Below Third Place________

burning old letters-warmed at lastby his unfaithfulnessSue  

a letterfrom her youngest; she buysanother houseplantCharles Trumbull

one letter the scent of cedarunfaded-willard

red letter dayamong curved green spikesthe first tulipJoseph Kirschner

yellowed letterswriters and readersall long goneMax Verhart

cold moon  upon the nightstand  her unopened letterRob Krevitz

reading old lettersthe sound of her voicefades..alison  

dear john,this is a hard letterto write...old pajamas

empty moonher letter by the windowand bottle capsPaul MacNeil

stick figures       on a torn pagemy daughter's first letterYu Chang

one day a letterneeding a lifetimeto respond Stan Grotegut

Heathrow, 3 a.m.shivering on cold tile,I read your letter-Michael Maiello

inside my pocketyour letter unreadclouds crisscross the moonRoberta Beary  

her first loveshe sleeps in the sweat shirtwith his letterBetty

paint on canvasknowing only one lettera warchild's homecopyright 4/13/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek

mail pickupagain more billsthan lettersdennis h dutton

NOTE

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