Pond

pond

(11/14/99)

_________First Place__________sunsetpink swansgliding home                                  R. Marie Stutts  

 ________Second Place________cloudless skybetween the liliesthe lines on my faceYu Chang

 _________Third Place_________    still pond -a crescent moon restson the bank's curveHarold

_________Below Third Place________

Sunlit pond;a pike' leapshatters the stillness.Sue

cascadingover the beavers' dam- autumn leaveshilary tann

secluded pondsurely this is howNick found his lilyJoann

yellow butterfly--drinking in the warmthof a sunlit pondCindy Tebo

pond landing  --a duck shattersthe morning sunsusan bond

Murky pond ~turtle slides intodarknessjoy

koi pond--cat eyes noteeach swirlMaleti (Mary Lee McClure)  

casting from the dock -a sudden swirlnear the lily padsEdward

morning starin a circle of ripplesa dabbling duckpaul conneally

this way and thatacross the pond -a maple leafpenny

old pond—the sound of waterbiding timeTimothy Russell

a dusty, dry windand the creak of the windmillfilling the stock pondCharles Trumbull

at Basho's pondchasing frogs for baitku fishermenOwenB

at waters edgebright yellow irises -a bullfrog blinksan'ya  

afternoon shadowsa hawk stands on a rabbitnear a frozen ponddon socha

autumn mist ~the sound of geesereturning --john.

little gum bootsstuck in the mudcattailsDeVar

moonlit padswater lilies hidethe waterarkady elterman

black water pond-a squadron of mallardstake to the airebj  

widening outwardrain splatters the dark waterspatterning the pond Elaine

sunlight glintson the edge of the ponda turtle slips insoji

old pondorange carp, coloringmy contemplationrj scott

the moonlit pondfilled with curled wavesfroggy's hiding placeEmile Molhuysen

it is just our feet that are making circlesin the old pondpam

in the silenceof the old ponda frog's croakMax Verhart  

ice skaters on topminnows underneathgoing nowhere peigi

full moonbright pond in meadowmidnight twinsPaula

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