Owl

owl

(12/10/00)

 

_________First Place__________

 

 midnight mass

an owl hoots

from the steeple

 

Carol Raisfeld

 

crescent moon-

the hushed flight

of a snowy owl

 

Sue

 ________Second Place________

 

moonrise -

white owl glides over

gravestones

 

Iris Pool

  

 _________Third Place________

   

 nearly dawn

the owl's call

changes pitch

 

Joann

 

 _________Below Third Place________

 

biology conference room

all eyes

on the stuffed owl

 

Yu Chang

 

estuary

the owl's wingbeat

out of sight

 

o

 

a walk in the woods

only the sound of an owl

keeps me company

 

pam

 

stormy weather

the owl arranges

his feathers

 

max verhart

 

frigid dusk--

the silent glide

of a hunting owl

 

Maleti (Mary Lee McClure)

 

evening gloom

a barn owl swoops out

swoops back

 

Marlene Egger

 

feathery snowflakes

float to the ground

the owl's silent flight

 

DeVar

 

woodland solitude

growing deeper with dusk

the call of an owl

 

christopher patchel

 

owllight ...

an oak leaf flutters

to the ground

 

an'ya

 

Sudden snow--

an owl peers at

empty tracks.

 

*Star*

 

sickle moon -

above the new development

cry of a screech owl

 

hilary tann

lying in the dark

I hear an owl call softly --

no answer

 

Helen

our last kiss--

the night call from an owl

to its mate

 

Kathy Lippard Cobb

 

cackling crows

perched on rooftop

plasticized owl

 

~Andrea Ramey

 

somewhere in the woods

the long call of a lone owl

collecting the dusk

 

Marjorie Buettner

big surprise

on the bird feeder--

tiny owlet

 

Billie Wilson

sleepless child

glares back in wonder

at the snowy owl

 

Carmen Sterba

 

    barred owl

(((who)))(((now)))

 shall count these

  dimpled ballots

 

copyright 12/5/2000 by Wendy C. Bialek

 

tonight old dark road

 the hoot owl and I

will keep you company

 

Bill Hudson

between life

and death

the cry of an owl

 

kathi

nursing home window

the old woman and owl

staring back

 

Lesley

 

wing prints

in fresh snow

where mouse becomes owl

 

Edward

 

deepening quiet

the owl's call

grows stronger

 

-roberta beary

 

moonlit night

the owl seeks his prey

who--

 

Patricia A. Laurent

at early dawn

yellow eyes in the snow

an owl winks

 

emile

 

momentary silence

of the fridge --

an owl hoots

 

Tore Sverredal

 

a manger straw stirs...

owl, full circle about-face

tho' only headwise

 

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