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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