Plate

plate

(12/6, 1998)

First Place   morning sun -   the pattern of cracks   in the old plate                      Alison WilliamsSecond Place   country church -   sunlight glints from   the collection plate                         hilary tannThird Place   blind date   she twirls her fettucini   on the dinner plate                        ~Susan Watkins   BELOW Third PLACE

river picnic -minnows schoolingamong paper plates                   Ferris

sitting zazenbefore the empty plate--abuzz with thoughts                     charlie

    first snowfall-half empty plates left     at the dinner table                            Kelly Donlan

in the dusk,blowing down the highwayone paper plate                     Rob Krevitz

Thanksgiving --my small cousin sharesher plate of grapes                      ==Leanne

Thanksgiving dinner:she sets out the Limoges platesfor herself and the cat                          Charles Trumbull

winter morningnothing to feed the dogbut a plate of beans                       Dennis H. Dutton

the children tucked in --arranging cookie crumbson Santa's plate                  Joann

roiling clouds -paper plates tumblingthrough the park                  Tim

    at her tablechecking out my hair     in my dinner plate                         Tom Williams

a plate of hot stewthe smell of winterenters my nostrils                    CoKa

more on my platethan I can handle;switching computers                     Joe Kirschner

copper shines throughon old Sheffield plategrandma's silver                   Patricia A. Laurent

white china platea black fly's footprintsin the maple syrup                     ~Dana

gold-plated foilbreathing fire in sunset sky --dragon kite              Don Wharram

visiting a friendyesterday's platesleft on the table                    paul m

dim dinner lightsacross the porcelain platethe shadow of his name card                              Carolyne

diamond-shaped baklavaa drop of honeyon the plate               Paul MacNeil

empty chair and plate -waiting for fathers returnagain this year                 soji

holiday spatplatefuls of fooduntouched            ~cindy bene

remembering --years of traditionon the Seder plate                     Betty

camping by the lakewatching the full moon risingsilver plate on clouds                        Elaine Cleveland

in spaded clodporcelain piece glints-plate too full to care    R. W. Richardson {c 12-01-98}

sooty fingersround the thrift store platebirdsong and chrysanthemum        copyright 11/29/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek

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