Sport

sport

(6/18/00)

_________First Place__________T-ball ~ the centerfielder chases butterflies  soji    

 ________Second Place________last lap the old man's  grimace  odd

 _________Third Place________    empty trackfield a bee crosses the finish line  Ann Krischusnight game beyond the floodlights no stars  hilary tann

_________Below Third Place________

butterfly stroke parting the clouds summer solstice  Marjorie Buettner

summer moon- dropping into the half-pipe again  Suzanne McIntire

jogging- on the trail  a deer  BarbBC

after the game the replay in the backyard  rjscott

river bend the setting sun catches my imitation fly  Lesley

a ball hits the pane         and then.... the empty yard  Hugh Waterhouse

target practice- all clay pigeons intact  Yu Chang

the triple jumper gracefully she slaps the sand from her bottom  max verhart

marathon runner a warm hug from those who finished before him  Cindy Tebo

sumo wrestlers in a sweaty embrace - stalemate  Jonathan Leask

a bowling ball the color of Earth-- father's day  timothy

an evening game  - shadows stretched out on brown grass  Alison Williams

reaching for the line drive my son grows before my eyes  Paul

backyard picnic--

shuttlecocks and a racket

in the branches

Mark Brooks

flying, flying my horse  and me  R. Marie Stutts  

pitcher-catcher mound conference - - diner decision made  Darrell

pale moon

above the belled pears -

going going gone

Earl Keener

a soft breath of wind~

the aikido-ka

disarms his opponent

Tore Sverredal

baseball stadium with the one hand that can  rooting from a wheelchair  copyright 6/13/2000 by Wendy C. Bialek

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