Walnut

walnut

(10/29/00)

_________First Place__________autumn wind ~a monk sweeps walnutsinto a pailhortensia anderson 

 ________Second Place________Indian summer--cracking black walnutswith grandpa's hammer*Billie Wilson

 _________Third Place________    perfect halvesboth father and soncracking walnutsCindy Tebowalnut treethe last leafspirals downDarrellautumn drizzle -the sharp crackof a walnut shellAlison Williams

_________Below Third Place________

morning drizzle-squirrels chatter softlyin the walnut treeSue  

business lunch -idly picking walnutsout of a fruitcakePatrick

cold October night

the old man roasts walnuts

beneath the bridge

~kujira

 the walnut tree

first nut after seven years

taken by a crow

- marius

grandfather's old handswith knuckles like brown walnutsstill touch me gentlyDana Florestano

shelling walnuts -a squirrel appearson the porch stepYu Chang

After the salemother's walnut deskunder new hands.~melanie brown~

old friends

on a park bench

sharing walnuts

Carol Raisfel

still clamped between wooden jaws--last year's walnutan'ya  

among the fallen walnutsa bluefingernailDavid Gerard

spring cleaning --finding last year's walnutsfor the second timemax verhart  

Boxing Day -the last walnut in the dishrattlesIris Pool

her father

before the walnut

cracking each knuckle

gary steinberg

after the storma walnut tree bendsin hazel eyesm2

walnuton the anvil --a rap at the door!Earl

in the X-Mas treewalnut shells filledlike fortune cookiesemile molhuysen  

pieces of walnutstuck in grandad's teethovernightpeigi

staccato squirrel

bits and pieces

of walnut shells

Christopher Patchel

walnuts - how nice and warmthey feel in my handspam

stashes of walnuts -unearthed by lush stands icingthe black forest cakeart  

Surprise!a walnut dropson my headR. Marie Stutts

walnuts, hazelnuts,

and pecans disappear

Brazil nuts remain

soji

halloween trimmingsdeep into black walnut barkwhite dracula fangscopyright 10/24/2000 by Wendy C. Bialek(*)

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