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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