Mushroom
mushroom
(5/16/99)
_________First Place__________first light...the small whitenessof mushroomsHugh Waterhouse
________Second Place________in the shadeof a mushroom cap a slug Don Wharram
_________Third Place_________asleep upside downunder the mushroom cap -a butterflyJaloe
_________Below Third Place________
brushing soil awayfrom the mushroom -her intent faceHarold
gathering mushroomsfilling the basketwith laughter- Linda Robeck
farmers' marketas big as her wrinkled fistthis mushroomsusan bond
first light—another batch of mushroomson the funeral home lawnTimothy Russell
Mushroomsin the forest -so stillLisa
slack leash -stopping for a whilenear the mushroomsdoris kasson
calmly,I decapitate the mushroomwith my teethhortensia anderson
cook's worn-out shoes slow and careful among the new mushroomsFerris
a gentle drizzlethe circle of mushroomslarger againMax Verhart
cool spring afternoonamong wet grass clippingsmushroom piecesebj
children's laughterfrom the weathered logspring mushroomsYu Chang
light morning drizzleladybug stays dryunder mushroom umbrellapeigi*
after the downpourmushrooms and windfall apples —summer moonCharles Trumbull
happily lostwith a basket fullof forest mushroomsAlasdair Paterson
fairy tearscover the mushroomsrainy nightPatricia A. Laurent
first date --bravely downingan unfamiliar mushroom-acm
Mushroom hunting -remembering the chanterellesI ate as a childHorst Ludwig
after the rain-there, in the cow paddock,so many mushroomsSue
eating mushroomson the mountain topthe veils of dawndennis h dutton
every walka treasure huntmushroom!Betty
Rain stops.A mushroom reminds me of my forgotten umbrellacopyright 5/9/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek
two suns in the skydark mushrooming cloud --HiroshimaElaine Cleveland
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