Winter Rain

winter rain

(12/26/99)

_________First Place__________damp socksin front of the fire-winter rainDeVar  

 ________Second Place________winter rainthe dog staresout the open door-willardWinter rain The old black coatslowly crossing the icy streethelge

 _________Third Place________    So quietlyit falls from the pitch pine -winter rain.Penelope Greenwell

_________Below Third Place________

winter rainthe wet eyes of a childwishing for snowCindy Tebo   

the hissof the old steam pipewinter rainYu Chang

winter rainthe streetlightflickers onLinda Robeck

winter rains..an old tree swirls downriverroots firstCarolyn

winter rain -the roar a mountain streamthrough the woodselsie

winter rain -the sky returnsto the melting ponderk

on my windshield -the sudden hush aswinter rain turns to snowhilary tann   

farm equipmentlined up for the auction -winter rainJoann

winter rainthe hedgerow dripsrosehipsKaren Lihou

clear skyafter the winter rain        water soundsebj

winter rainthe sidewalk santaa little more raggedgary steinberg

Winter rain;a rainbow lorikeetfluffs out her feathers.Sue

winter rain:dawn breaks on the only carin the parking lotCharles Trumbull   

sandals clappingthe old man sweeps the laundromatwinter raindon socha

winter rain:looking back at the strangerwith a walking stick-Jim P.

finding beauty at the marginswinter rainpaul conneally

winter rain -the bed in your absencestone-coldMarjorie Buettner

winter rainthe bum in the porticotakes another gulpMax Verhart

winter raina troop of wild turkeysin the sheep pastureTimothy Russell   

nimbusaround the moon the winter rainAlison Williams

the holly treeso brighteven in winter rainMaleti

melted snow --I find my lost pathwinter rainBetty

house lightsspill onto the roadwinter rainjohn

winter raineach window a childs faceempty school yardpeigi

Walking by the church -winter rain turning to iceon the manger sceneHorst Ludwig   

after winter rainfull moonon the equinoxbill lerz

Gloomy Winter rain melts my snowy yard --goodbye Snow Angels!  Adriene Egger

mutants seek shelteramid the ruinsnuclear winter rain- Aleron

splattering waveschildren's hand in winter rainthe gloomy puddleemile molhuysen

winter raindroplets suspendedon red maple branch                              soji

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