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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