Pussy Willow

pussy willow

(3/3/99)

First Place   snow slides    from the pussy willows -   spring wind                  Cindy ZackowitzSecond Place   honeybee's buzz   pussy willow catkins   tipped with sunlight                        Alison WilliamsThird Place   pussy willows   near a quiet pond   a frog croaks                    Patricia A. LaurentBelow Third Place

near sunset's endall the pussy willowsturning gold                Ferris

the builder...pussy willow hangsfrom his beak                Hugh Waterhouse

frozen bird batha nuthatch on the barepussy willow                -ito

pussy willoweach child takes a branch from the teacher's hand                         -willard

in the cornerwhere the scratching post waspussy willows                Charles Trumbull

first pussy willow bouqueton the blue vasea brown spider                 Edward

my mother's glass vasestill brought out for daffodilsand pussy willow                    Alasdair Paterson

my first ikebanapussy willow branchesweeks of happiness                    Emile Molhuysen

across the watersblooms a pussy willow-far from Japan                  ebj

pussy willowsin a Kyushan vaselasting spring                Don Wharram

remodelling -pussy willowsin the mud room                   Yu Chang

pussy willow on the dusted piano moonlight motif      copyright 2/23/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek

pussy willow and cattailsmy garden purrs                 J. Aloe

low clouds -pussy willow budshaloed in gold                 hilary tann

arranging  pussy willow -the cat's tail flicksbetween my legs                 doris kasson

in the softnessof pussywillow budspromises of spring                     Maleti (Mary Lee McClure)

pussy willowthe toes ofa grey kitten              - Linda Robeck

an old henhousethe catkins of a pussy willowstarting to open                  paul m

pussy willowover and overstroking the catkins                      Dennis H. Dutton

Pussy willows stillalong the creek - plantedonce by my father                    Horst Ludwig

moms cremationin a pussy willowthe first catkins                    Max Verhart

on the antique tablea new vase of pussy willows-yesterday's coffee stain                            Sue

soft pawsclimbing up brown stempussy willow               Meredith

the windleaves of the pussy willowshow white            Joe Kirschner

harbinger of Springice frozen pussy willowreviving indoors                  Elaine Cleveland

boots muddy, socks soakedpussy willowsfor Mom          Betty

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