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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