Whale

whale

(3/9 , 1997)

FIRST PLACE   whale done in crayon   she needs another sheet   for its tail                        Charles Trumbull

SECOND PLACE    old whaler -    minnows in and out of    the rusty hulk                            Yu Chang

THIRD PLACE     milk-white beluga     trapped behind dirty glass     still seems to smile                                      Joann1125

BELOW Third PLACE  

for a moment-  flying with pelicans  a breached whale                               Neca     serene morning -     grey whales drift     in and out of clouds                                     Jeanne Emrich         baiting the hook        her whale pendant        swinging to and fro                                        Mark Alan Osterhaus     moonlit sea     gulls follow      the wake of the whale                                         -willard  right whales  breaching a gold sea  frame the last sun                                 Ferris       sailing leeward       in the company of whales       a following sea                                  ken kuniyuki    Akranes, Iceland   at the whale processing plant   lights burning all night                                         Tim Happel  Through boat-bucking waves--  the sleek sliding dive of  whales whaling                            Ed Shaheen       in the watch below       ghostly voices through the hull       whale songs from the deep                                                 Stephen M. Osborn     long journey     down the cold coast line     whales wail sad songs                                         Patricia A. Laurent  Playful whale  mightn't it strike you  your're too big?                            Maleti (Mary Lee McClure)       empty deck vats       the last whaler under sail -       floating museum                                   Paul MacNeil    caught by the spray    as we plunge starboard to port    sightseeing whales                                                          Zoned Cat  Cackling tourist boat  summer afternoon sun-  whales watching watchers                                                            Alan Raley

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