Winter Clouds

winter clouds

(2/9 , 1997)

FIRST PLACE

     grey winter clouds -      she buries her hands deeper      into her pockets                                  -acm

SECOND PLACE

      casting shadows       on the road ahead -       winter clouds                               doris kasson

THIRD PLACE

      chilly morning       winter clouds settle       in my tea cup                                 Yu Chang           water marks          staining the ceiling          winter clouds                                    --Jerry Reynolds

BELOW  Third PLACE

   your excuse,   your face against   these winter clouds                                   --Myotis Brown        rows of rose bushes       pruned back to stubs -       winter clouds                                Paul MacNeil  purple cyclamen on the windowsill,  i forgot the winter cloud                                        omeric       still no speaking       we watch the plane disappear       into winter clouds                                      Marco Fraticelli   at the edge of the ice   webbed feet   into winter clouds                                  Hilary Tann       the sun       now the geese       through low winter clouds                                              --willard child's drawing:            sunrays link                      winter clouds                                                ~Francine Porad     Mount Takayama     mantled in deep folds of snow     under winter clouds                                      Glen Keener         winter clouds-         three doves huddle         near a fire ant mound                                                              Ferris    sea and winterclouds   there, in between   no clouds no sea                                 marius geerts       lost in snow mountains       no sign of any landmark,       haunting winter clouds                                           -Michael Rubey   salt   for the kimchi   winter clouds                             Sue Stanford        Quiet summer river--        next winter's furious clouds.                                                  Maleti (Mary Lee McClure)           the cat with cancer           paused at the forest           winter clouds                                      chuck tuskey   longing for spring   tree tops yet shrouded   with winter clouds                                     Hazel Witherspoon     mourning sun     peeks through the winter clouds     melting yesterdays snow                                          Phil Metzger  silent moment  before sunrise,  winter clouds form.                                  Patricia A. Laurent       tasting spring       too brief the warmth       winter clouds                                  zuiho   butterfly kisses -   the grey winter clouds flush   palest lavender                                Laura Young 

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