Spring

spring

(4/6, 1997)

FIRST PLACE     

spring breeze     

the willow shakes out     

a hint of green                                 

Susan Stanford

SECOND PLACE         

spring breeze         

across the broken fence         

my neighbor waves                                             

Yu Chang

THIRD PLACE            

spring thaw            

the wet sound            

of the river released                                                    

-willard

BELOW FOURTH PLACE  

raspberry brambles  

fence the lumber road -  

this second spring                                     

Paul MacNeil     

spring burial     

his twin stands up to read     

the eulogy                           

Laura Young       

flipping to the first page       

 - spring breeze                                      

doris kasson     

the noon sun gleams     

through a spring shower     

sandhill cranes dance                                             

Ferris       

on warm spring breeze       

laughter of children at play       

grandmother listens                                              

ken kuniyuki  

shuffling his feet  

he offers a pink crocus          

 -first blush of spring                                                  

jean king       

spring rain-       

on her lap, the cat      

is dreaming.                              

 -Mark Bird   

spring robin   

head cocked to one side   

another worm                              

Dave B.     

bright spring morning     

child's homemade breakfast     

blue bunnies and eggs                                             

Carolyne       

spring morning --       

daughter leaves the house       

before we wake                                     

 - Jim Mullins   

morning sun   

carressing fresh buds   

spring at last                             

 Fred     

from black soil     

gold crocuses--     

spring alchemy                                  

Joe Kirschner       

spring       

dust motes       

stained glass                                   

omeric  

spring evening  

one cicada  

on the hummingbird feeder                                                   

Hilary Tann     

a robin     

worms - spring from humus     

it listens                        

 -Loran       

yawning; spring dawning.        

foot   s t r e t c h i n g   

from bed, testing...               

s-s-s-till a winter floor!                                                               

Michael J. Peterson                                                               

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