Shooting Star

shooting star / meteor

(8/22/99)

_________First Place__________A quiet journey --tracing the falling star's pathwith my finger.penny

 ________Second Place________a meteor's streak and the stillness of stars Alison Williams

 _________Third Place_________       late at nightlost on a country road . . .falling starsJoseph Kirschner

_________Below Third Place________

eyes on the firefly - they miss the shooting stardoris kasson  

mountain lake -beyond the lily padsshooting starshilary tann

first dateshe pretends to seea shooting star-willard

waitingfor a shooting star -an apple fallsearl keener

reflectedin the still lake-a falling starSue

as I walk, mulling over the recent affair,a shooting starCharles Trumbull  

shooting starsfalling into grandpa’s pocketso the children thinkThom Williams

a  meteorsplashes  sea  waterskywardan'ya

headed homeafter signing the papers -a shooting starJoann

murmering voicesfrom the circle of chairs a falling starAC Missias

shooting star-the homeless man makesa sunny wish-ito

breathtaking wish --the evening sky releasesa shooting starcopyright 8/12/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek

falling starsstreak across the skymoonless nightPatricia A. Laurent

meteor showermosquitoeshumPeggy Lyles

head on the grassa falling star approachesdew on my neck.Tim

Blinking outbright meteorat its journeys end.Chris Williams

too fastfor little wishmakera falling staremile molhuysen

caughtin the tree branches -- a falling starBetty

in the August skyshooting stars chasing the moon --who will win the race?Elaine Cleveland

look oh looka falling star - I wishI had seen itMax Verhart

only the boy sees it--shooting across the sky,a long-dead stardennis h. dutton

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