Red
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(10/29/00)
_________First Place__________first snow - the glow of brake lights on the off-ramp hilary tann
________Second Place________a hummingbird hovers then darts away -- plastic begonia Angelikaorchard rain ~ baskets of ripe apples glisten hortensia anderson
_________Third Place________ fruit stand each cherry stem points to the sky Cindy Teboaugust heat- the screaming sirens of fire trucks Kathy Lippard Cobb
_________Below Third Place________
midnight fog lit only by the stop light R. Marie Stutts
fading light a few tomatoes still left at the vegetable stand Yu Chang
spaghetti sauce on her apron ... wine on his lips Carol Raisfeld
cool morning
a flame tree
blooms
Patrick
sunset - a blackbird takes a berry from the bush Alison Williams
produce section-- an old woman rejects hothouse tomatoes *Billie Wilson
moonset along the shorefront loon eyes an'ya
ocean tide the sunset washes in out ~kujira
at twilight
the hot rim of sundown -
leaves rustle
Marylouise Knight
empty beach the sun sets in a drunkard's eyes m2
warm tones of a rosewood guitar the wine's blush Christopher Patchel
hot embers at dawn remnants of last night's campfire glowing off cold hands Dana Florestano
gray morning --
on top of a dirt heap
a poppy
max verhart
on the white china plate only the stains of cherries Carla Sari
cutting my finger the towel no longer white Sharon Wahl
fuchsia flowers - intense in the blue light before rain Iris Pool
autumn picnic the giggle of preschoolers with ketchup smiles Edward
a load of apples
waits for the light to change --
autumn sunset
Earl
leaf viewing season stop and go traffic on the mountain road gary steinberg
the sun sets the water ablaze Lisa CHarles
crushed rose petals between yellowed pages~ her flushed face smiling AJae
her cherry lips sounds like a new season word to me emile molhuysen
colored dots
getting the hottest points
on the dominoes
pam
the Santa suit next to a vampire cape wide eyed grandchild soji
fireplace reminiscing~ with brandied blushes and an old boyfriend peigi
field of poppies now just picking one -micro lens copyright 10/23/2000 by Wendy C. Bialek
vivid as his tie
caught in lies, the candidate...
nigh on raspberry
art
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