Seed

seed

(4/15/01)

_________First Place__________

planting seeds-

the smell of wet earth

on my skin

kirsty

________Second Place________

seedtime—

Amish buggies line up

at the bank window

an’ya

_________Third Place________

strange handwriting

on an unsigned card...

periwinkle seeds

Laurene

_________Below Third Place________

seeds blow past

the checkpoint -

no passport

Carol Raisfeld

no trespassing sign

the mourning dove feeding

on fresh sown grass

Janet Parker

A packet of seeds -

shaken out in my palm

a garden-to-be

Florence V.

rainwashed seeds—

a thousand colors blanket

the desert

•             naia

spring planting -

a robin pinches

a few seeds

Tore Sverredal

in the dust—

red pepper seeds sprouting

around irrigation pipes

MaryJane Turner

gentle breeze

the dandelion seeds

float away

James M. Thompson

still snow

unopened seed catalogues

on the mantle

DeVar

Easter Sunday

a seedling arises

from the rotten leaves

Victoria G. Pulgar

beach picnic

she quickly spits

a watermelon seed

Darrell

A man

A woman

The seed grows

Chance J

family picnic

the youngest pockets

a watermelon seed

Carmen Sterba

Halloween

munching pumpkin seeds

by jack-o’-lantern light

Eileen Blas Schaefer

antique store–

mother’s seed pearl locket

close to my heart

Kathy Lippard Cobb

unopened—

a bunch of seed packets

from nineteen sixty-eight

Earl

sowing in a flowerpot

the seed catalog’s

free specimen

max verhart

window sill sun-

three round yellow seeds

pressed into each pot

Dove

broad-casting seeds

thoughts of people

come and gone

Gary Steinberg

Tractor

the seeds have grown

time to harvest

brad richards

Small rebel

blows dandelion seeds

across the golf course

Bettina Davis

Overgrown seed pots

on a window ledge,

cold spring.

Carmel C. Lively

early spring

seed packs replace snow shovels

near check out counter

Edward

between glass bottles

a packet of seeds—

recycling bin

roberta beary

last day of school-

seeds of learning

scatter to the winds

mary seabright

a spring feast

for the doves and sparrows

newly seeded lawn

Becky Bunsic (Tukiko)

landing on my desk

what will grow out of it?

dandelion seed

Barbara Franz

stride the night gabbing

intake cold snap - april fool!

mouthing a seed flake...

art

Seed and seed again

maturity, then to seed

growing, grown, then sewn.

Chris Swift.

blue scylla...

blooming so far from your friends

with birdseeds

joyce maxner