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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