Summer (for a greeting card)

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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