Persimmon

persimmon

(11/12/01)

_________First Place__________

wild persimmons--

two old women speak

in foreign tongues

Kathy Lippard Cobb

 ________Second Place________

misty rain

a starling straddles

the persimmon

gary steinberg

 _________Third Place________

early morning

a blanket of fog above

persimmon trees

Earl Keener

_________Below Third Place________

small garden -

a propped tree heavy with

persimmons

ito

first date

a ripe persimmon

cools in the fridge

DeVar

rush hour -

a persimmon scarf

in the snow

Carol Raisfeld

first light--

a hint of turning

in the persimmon

-naia

snow-capped

the last persimmon

cradled by the moon

zuiho

from the temple roof

a monkey is eyeing

the last persimmon

Edith Muta

bitter tonic

sparrows have ravaged

the last persimmon

Darrell Byrd

on a gauzy bed

drying persimmons

covered with flies

emile molhuysen

coveting

not the neighbor's wife

but his persimmons

Bettina Davis

raining .....

using one hand as a cup

eating a persimmon

Rob Scott

persimmon tree

no one picking fruit

old farm

Patricia A. Laurent

haily moment

the last persimmon

falls

pam molhuysen

squirrel hunting trip

ends early

ripe persimmons

Edward

chipmunks gather food

under the persimmon tree

winter's on its way

dragonfly

damp morning

she picks out the red

in the persimmon cookie

SUE Torres

cup-shaped flowers

i think of ripe persimmons

and smile

kathi

six ripe persimmons

above the graveyard wall -

late afternoon

Horst Ludwig

at farmer's market

biting unripe persimmon

lips pucker

Gene Williamson

autumn anticipation

Mom waits for wild

persimmons to drop

R. Marie Stutts

a persimmon -

I've never had one

how about some grapes?

Marylouise Knight

sweet fall

children gather persimmons

in snowy fields

ana b

bright fall morning

absorbed in Li-Young Lee's

Persimmons poem

Janet Parker

the wings, crow's next pass

scarce a leaf left thin branches...

late blush persimmons

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