New Snow

first snow

(11/26/00)

_________First Place__________

first snow

our two year old

licks his mittens

Jaloe

________Second Place________

first snow

the paperboy's path

from house to house

DeVar

_________Third Place________

first snow -

chickadee footprints

on the feeder

hilary tann

_________Below Third Place________

First snow--

a candle glimmers

in an open window.

Salena

first snow

only a trace of gray

in her hair

arkady

first snow--

our yorkie looks out

the doggie door

an'ya

first snow -

a sudden flurry

of correspondence

doris kasson

as the mourners leave

first snow

blankets the grave

Betty

back again

the cardinal's color

first snow

Marjorie Buettner

first snow

the flakes stick together

on her eyelashes

Cindy Tebo

early light

the first snow falls

so quietly

Maleti (Mary Lee McClure)

first snow --

a white hair

in my comb

gop

first snow

an old man at the window

holding a child

soji

making love

in the dark night

first snow

Patricia A. Laurent

first snow--

daffodil and tulip bulbs

on the back porch

Billie Wilson

first snow--

the paint on his sled

still wet

Sue

first snow

deer forage slowly

along the creekbed

Joann

softly through

the divorce court window

first snow

Marlene Egger

crows caw --

in the darkness

the first snow falls

susannah

first snow

wet angels-

daycare recess

peigi

street lights glow...

the first snow flakes

there and gone

Laurene

first snow-

the zig zag patterns

of passing skiers

Kathy Lippard Cobb

never see

first snow

Hollywood sign

~Andrea Ramey

on back step

the old yellow-eyed tom cat

first snow

Edward

first snow

dusting the boots

you gave me

Yu Chang

first snow

he steps over a snowman

on the way to work

SUE Torres

chrysthanthemums~

a paler shade of gold

beneath this first snow

kathi

first snow -

an itch on the

bison's snout

powdery first snow...

grays light on remaining leaves

of weeping willow

art

fading the colors

half an inch first snow

just for a moment

emile molhuysen

those youngsters

their shy embrace

first snow falling

max verhart

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