Peony

peony

(3/9 , 1997)

FIRST PLACE   At the open door,   her prized peony blossom   and one little hand                                      Ed Shaheen SECOND PLACE    peony blossoms    black ants explore    layered petals                                                          Yu ChangTHIRD PLACE     abandoned farm -     a passerby       gathers peonies                                                             Jeanne EmrichBELOW Third PLACEfresh-cut peoniescarelessly she flicksthe tiny ant                        Mark Alan Osterhaus    tree peonies bloom   so bright upon the hillside   she shades her eyes                                         ken kuniyuki        another        handful of earth;        peonies                          -willard   covered with dirt   he offers her a gift   unbedded peonies                                                             jean king   last bouquet  of grandmother's peonies-  grave flowers                              Neca       he has breakfast       on the patio:       her peonies                               Charles Trumbull    full pink peonies    tip, dripping -    Spring rain                           Margaret Lowmiller           peony blossom           the young ballerina           performs a pirouette                                                   Joann     her first kiss     beside the peonies-     sunlit blushes                                 Ferris   grandmother's garden   a boy tramples an ant trail   and the peonies                                 Tim Happel       crimson peonies       from wintered tangles of shrub       those cries still echo                                               Zoned Cat     reflected in     the blush of her cheek     a peony bouquet                                    --Susan  frolicking  in peony clouds  cherubs, or jishi?                                    Hilary Tann                                                                

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