Pussy Willow

pussy willow

(3/4/01)

_________First Place__________

dirty boots --

he brings pussy willows

for his mom

Betty

the widening grin

of the blind man

- pussy willow

doris kasson

 ________Second Place________

childhood home

the pussy willow

just as it was

Carmen Sterba 

 _________Third Place________

frost this morning;

clearing the bittersweet jar

for pussy willow

Ellen Compton

_________Below Third Place________

passing train--

water droplets cling

to pussy willows

Kathy Lippard Cobb

evening mist -

her ghostly shape

in the pussy willow

Earl

calloused hands

 he rubs pussy willow buds

against his face

soji

laid off

brushing the pussy willow

the wrong way

Linda Robeck

melting snow --

silver catkins blur

the pussy willow

MaryJane Turner

laughing boys

    the teacher points out a pussy willow

Gary Steinberg

a bluebird trills -

in the pussy willow

cat eyes glisten

Darrell

a kiss on

grandmother's cheek

pussy willow

Edith Muta

Soft pussy willows--

the grey wind has grown

both claws and teeth

Florence Vilå

drops of melting snow

fall in the brook -

pussy willows

Tore Sverredal

pussy willow

in the breeze

purring?

Nancy Stewart Smith

in this town

an absence

of pussy willows

Johannes Manjrekar

blue vase -

she dusts the

fuzzy pussy willow

Carol Raisfeld

pussy willow twigs

my son makes a new cross

for the pet hamster

Cindy Tebo

pussy willow time -

the cat's pregnant belly

rises and falls

Laurene

early spring warmth

first spider webs appear

in pussy willows

Edward

the blue jug

crammed with pussy willow -

another time

Marylouise Knight

cutting pussywillow

the cat twining around my ankles

Joanna Preston

counting

pussy willow buds

whipporwill

Debi Bender

doilied table

littered with furballs

pussy willow

SUE Torres

 caught in the rain

cat-tails and rat-tails

oh, pussy willow!

Mary Seabright

most beds still unmade...

as east wing pussywillow

comes to the table

art

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