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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