Phone
phone
(9/19/99)
_________First Place__________hearing itover the phone -her smileAlison Williams
________Second Place________after arguingthe heaviness of the phonein my handMarjorie Buettner
_________Third Place_________ dusksparrows begin to gatheron the telephone wiredennis h dutton
_________Below Third Place________
with herin the hot tubon the phoneCharlie Rossiter
end of summerat the mountain retreata phone keeps ringingYu Chang
telephone wires--the gray sprintof spring squirrelsCindy Tebo
on the mouthpieceof her telephone-a lipstick kissSue
The evening bus;a loud choir ofthe mobile phones.jjs
alone in the alleya man starts laughinginto his cell phonearkady elterman
across the waterabove the shoreline misttelephone wiresDon Wharram
on the cell phoneon the freewaya clown makes upPeggy
nose to tailtwo squirrels play tagaround the telephone poleJaloe
sparrows line upon the telephone wire --notes against the skyElaine Cleveland
Autumnal dawn.The neighbor's phone is ringingagain and again.Horst Ludwig
summer vacation -my collie listens tothe answer-phonehilary tann
the phone playsair on a g-string -again and againjohn
weathered wooda brown creeper blendsinto the phone poleJoann
the rotary phone--this strange familiar feelingdialing your numberebj
the sheriffphones me first- prom nightdoris kasson
Waitingfor the phone to ring -mind tricks.:Degasian
a flock of dovesperched on the phone linesthe setting sunbill lerz
the telephone breaksthe early morning silence~my heart knows he's deadGary Steinberg
a flock of sparrowslanding on the phone line-dah-dah dit-dit-dit...john bird
down the blocka telephone rings and rings --the cicadasCharles Trumbull
two empty cansthread tight between themmy first phoneEmile Molhuysen
she's got radio,television, telephoneand lonelinessMax Verhart
lost in the movie --that phone in her handbagstarts ringing!Betty
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