October

october

(10/15/00)

_________First Place__________october more stars in the branches than yesterday  arkady    

 ________Second Place________first of October - slicing a bruise from the last peach  Joann

 _________Third Place________    october pond- a butterfly floats among birch leaves  Iris Pool

_________Below Third Place________

October sun - a touch of warmth on the dying leaves  hilary tann

October. . . the old couple next door digging up tulip bulbs  Betty

October leaves curl into themselves hospice window  OwenB

a pheasant struts from the cotton row - october dawn  Darrell

early october wind whispers through the fence  sharon w.

late October- his initials swollen with the pumpkin  Sue

October breeze a leaf skids across the driveway  Patrick

thistle down warm in my hand October evening  Yu Chang

October storm the spider's web has caught the rain  -willard

mid October--

mustard flowers dot

the stubbled field

-naia

october wind ~ the baby drops the leaf  again                              Heather Madrone

warm october ducks glide on the pond  Lisa Charles

october dawn leaning against the linden a lawn-rake  max verhart

cattail down rises from the bog october breeze  DeVar

silence fell in the october woods - a pheasant  Fred 

october pumpkin  a child smiles missing teeth  m2

October reflection soft sun and a seagull passing  Barb Camp

late October my father died so long ago  Patricia A. Laurent

October windstorm-- the chimes outside our window sing to us all night  *Billie Wilson

October morning - the wilderness pathway a brilliant gold  Don Wharram

fierce baby ferret conquers the October leaves  David

    October moon -- a pause between branches   where oak leaves hung  joyce maxner

October chill --

chrysanthemum's perfect petals

unfold

Carol Raisfeld

October morning driveway to driveway the sunday paper  gary steinberg

October night - the heavy scent  of damp earth  Alison Williams

October evening woodsmoke lingers - Home 7 Visitors 0  Melanie Brown

october leaves

meander in the wind--

restlessness

Angelika Kolompar

warm October night crickets and tree frogs sing their summer songs  soji

burning leaves crackling fireplaces october warmthpeigi

October moon - rustles of red yellow and green maple starscopyright 10/9/2000 by Wendy C. Bialek

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