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
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