summer
(for a greeting card)
(8/8/99)
_________First Place__________afternoon heat a new shift of royal guards freeze at the gate arkady elterman
________Second Place________the buzz of a flyfrom across the cathedral --summer afternoonCharles Trumbull
_________Third Place_________ not sheltering from it the summer rain Alison Williams
_________Below Third Place________
a pvc pipe holding up the apple branch bends deeper -ito
all of the poppies- a honeybee on the dandelion DeVar
empty chairs line the parade route-- Fourth of July Morning Joe Kirschner
alpine air white with butterflies paper thin an'ya
Our sand castle - more and more gets washed away with every wave Horst Ludwig
herb garden ~ colorful blossoms fly away elsie
swallowtail on the butterfly bush: a map of itself Timothy Russell
suburban heatwave the sprinkler keeps slapping a rainbow -- Jeffrey Winke
in its shade remembering the summer I planted this willow Thom Williams
hot rain ~ on the covered bridge sliding mist Don Wharram
home again - leaving our shoes at the door doris kasson
summer porch - listening to a katydid duet hilary tann
warm dry air lost blue fly in lace curtain emile molhuysen
shaded farmstand deep in the burlap sack damp fresh corn Joann
the fan hums a mechanical tune - lullabied to sleep randy keener
coral clouds tower above the gray ~ summer sunset soji
hill rolling - down through fresh mown grass children's laughter paul conneally
summer sun - on the asphalt faded yellow lines Harold
perspiring i push on into the sun dennis h dutton
open windows curtains billow music steve mason
fingernail moon in a powderblue sky - cloud dragons fight .... Degasian
dark clouds and thunder roll across the sky... the barbecue goes inside Betty
August breeze first quiver lost in silk kimono copyright 8/3/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek
NOTE
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