Red Peppers

red peppers

(11/10 , 1996)

FIRST PLACE

 desert sunset   

amid dried red peppers   

a scorpion                      

--Yu Chang

SECOND PLACE

 after her marriage    

rings of red pepper    

on a bed of white rice                                         

 -- j. clement

THIRD PLACE

first snow....     

lined up against the window     

red peppers                           

--Jeanne Emrich

 the sharp bite            

of knife into cutting board            

red peppers                                  

--Susan

BELOW THIRD PLACE

red peppers in a bowl--   

the artist stops   

to remix her paint                                  

--Michael Dylan Welch          

red pepper:          

my thumbs break the skin          

spilling seeds                                   

--John Hudak              

rows of red peppers               

shimmering with raindrops--              

a cardinal sings                                         

--Ferris Gilli                     

she brings jam                     

pickled red peppers and books -                     

I give her pecans                                                   

--Laura Young 

Autumn morning 

Gleaning broken fields,  

Red peppers.                         

--Neca Stoller            

together             

wading through chill waters -            

we talk about red peppers                                                         

--doris kasson                     

under the eaves                     

a brace of red peppers                     

stroke white adobe                                                       

--Addie Lacoe      

busy market stall -        

rows and rows of red peppers            

and one green..                                         

--Harsangeet Kaur Bhullar                         

a red pepper grain                        

must have set me on fire                        

or was it her kiss?                                                         

--Ted                                

between trains                                

hot noodles                                

Ah, red pepper tears!                                                                     

...Zuiho

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