Swing

swing

(2/9 , 1997)

FIRST PLACE

     toes to the sky      on the backyard swing      upside down smiles                                  Joann1125

SECOND PLACE

      hard ruts beneath the swing       carved       by little feet                               ken kuniyuki

THIRD PLACE

      at each creak       of the porch swing       a curtain flutters                                                  doris kasson 

BELOW Third PLACE

 two old housemates holding hands in the porch swing wait for falling stars                                 Ferris       home at last      a robin eyes me      from the tire swing                                                        Yu Chang          high swing         stretching to kick -         purple wisteria                                  Sue Stanford    a gull flies  out of the full moon -  empty swings                        Lee Lawton          porch swing glides -         the night flowers         or her perfume                                 Paul MacNeil     many morning suns    beneath the wooden swing    frost covered jonquils                                     Neca           deserted garden         once the swing gently moved         it was only the wind                                       fred flohr     eyes closed, lost in space    child at the top of his swing    buoyed by giggles                               Stephen M. Osborn         retired        extra-milage radial        now a swing                             Charles Trumbull      she waves to her shadow      from the swing -      a summer breeze                               Jeanne Emrich          september morning          and the squeak of a swing          ...oldtimer                               Elizabeth St. Jacques  solitary wooden swing joined at last by the woodpecker                           sara brant       belly laugh      flies up into the air      old man on swing                                 Susan Bond        vigil for the victims:       my daughters' swing       fills with snow                                 Marco Fraticelli    child approaches swing    studies wide puddle in drag path    walks away                        phavey             a charred swing            in the clearing            wild geraniums                                    Hilary Tann       all brushed off--       doll's right back up       on the swing                             chuck tuskey

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