Valentine

valentine

(2/23 , 1997)

FIRST PLACE

     valentine basket      the ripest blue cheese      and a single rose                                 Marco Fraticelli

SECOND PLACE

      faded valentine       between pages of a book       at a rummage sale                                  ken kuniyuki

THIRD PLACE

      old valentine       drops to the floor -       the heart flutters                                   Paul MacNeil

BELOW Third PLACE

   valentine's day   the road to the florist's   slippery                     Yu Chang waiting outside her room        he clutches a final valentine                                                 jean king   on Valentine's Day   "passion red" upon her lips            last year's tomboy                                       - Elizabeth St. Jacques        She twists her loose tooth        up and around--        Valentine beau yawns                                            Ed Shaheen     Valentine morning --  waking up to old worries                                         omeric      lover's message     on her Valentine card...     hummingbird wings                                      Zoned Cat         with the tears         on the headstone-         Valentine flowers                                       Neca   one small tree   dressed with valentine bows   morning in the snow                                   Joann  she unfolds the rough-cut valentine... magic marker                      Laura Young        dear John,       no love letter       on this Valentine's Day                                        Patricia A. Laurent   mirror image  valentine chocolates  uneaten                   Hilary Tann         laced in flowery prose         a tattling find -         mama's hidden valentine                                              doris kasson               sending valentine               the sadness of spring puddle               unable to stay the moon                             late Valentine's Day.....   balloon man's hands cramp                                          Hazel A. Witherspoon     the sound of a key     sliding into a lock     forbidding Valentines                                                         Mark Alan Osterhaus           nested box           within box, within box:           Valentine carob                                   Sue Stanford

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