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

NOTICE

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