Planting

planting

(4/18/99)

_________First Place__________spring planting -the water buffalodrags its shadow                     Yu Chang

 ________Second Place________that old couple -planting flower seedsonce againPenelope

 _________Third Place_________spring plantingthe dirt between fingersclean and coldMarjorie Buettner

_________Below Third Place________

spring plantingthe narrow strip of earthin front of my trailerdennis h dutton

planting seeds -in the treespatient crowsJaloe

newly plantedthe farmer's fieldwhite with gullsJoann

spring planting --gnarled handsgrip the spadeRoberta Beary

that ideayou planted last fall . . .not even dandelionsJoseph kirschner

breathing the rich fragranceof new planted rowsMaleti (Mary Lee McClure)

no seeds plantedthere by the doorpurple flowersalison

still mountain air--sprinkling my lover's ashesover newly planted seedsMichael Maiello

his first garden...finding the carrot topsfrom seeds he plantedBetty

cracked jar-planting marigoldsfor the porch.Douglas H. King

an elderly manplanting seeds on a gravehumming an old hitMax Verhart

trembling handsplant seedsthey will not harvest Stan Grotegut

bony fingersclasp pruned rootsbonsai plantingDon Wharram

John Deere capthe set of his jaw . . .planting timeCharles Trumbull

planting seeds --a profusion of poppiesafter her deathhortensia anderson

planting seeds -one eye on last year'swithered vinesdoris kasson

farmer turns skyward a silent prayer -planting seeds- m v ramki

planting yams ~African sun hardeningsoil crusted handsTimothy Collinson

sudden breeze:on either side of the furrowplanting seedsRob Krevitz

seeds I plantghosts of all the gardensthat were mineAlasdair Paterson

acres of cornhe remembers only the planting-willard

replanting gladsa forefinger holethrough my glovePaul MacNeil

terminal grandpaplanting a fruit treefor each of his grandsHazel

replantedin bright new windowboxeslast year's bulbshilary tann

planting seeds-where will we bewhen they flower ?Sue

in identical tentsplanted one after the otherdifferent people strippedcopyright 4/13/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek

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