Winter Solstice

winter solstice

(12/20, 1998)

First Place   winter solstice   headlights   in both directions                      -willardSecond Place   winter solstice   the song sparrow   between songs                  Rob KrevitzThird Place   winter solstice   the mall santa's beard   slightly askew                     Ferris   BELOW Third PLACE

winter solstice -the bright flameof a white candle                  Alison Williams

       winter solstice        at dawn the rattle        of oak leaves                       Dennis H. Dutton           winter solstice --           talking our life stories           into morning                         roberta beary               winter solstice -               ripples at the water's edge               rebound                           hilary tann                   winter solstice;                   sky and snowclad fields                   in all shades of blue                                          tormod aagaard  two crows glide  over a single bare ash-  winter solstice                   Joseph Kirschner     winter solstice -     under bare grape vines     the empty blue skins                           Harold        winter solstice        on the ice rim a gull        sips from the lake                             Joann            drawn in by the lights            of the neighborhood tavern --            winter solstice                               Charles Trumbull                 on the cruise ship                 she jogs another lap                  -winter solstice                                   jean king                      winter solstice                      my first arrow strikes                      low in the target                                         Pardee                          winter solstice                          following hoofprints                          across an icy creek                                               paul m   winter solstice   my dead mother's sorrow   in a dark dream                     Timothy Russell        Winter solstice -        and no markers to lead me        on the way home                           Horst Ludwig             winter solstice...             just around the corner             should be summer                               Jon Leask                 Thin light                 long deep shadows                 Winter Solstice                                  -Rusty Scalf                      winter solstice                      the hyacint bulbs                      sprouting already                                          Max Verhart   winter solstice   shorten shadows -   bringing new life                       emile molhuysen       with the dawn, shadows       on the sundial reappear --       winter solstice                         Betty            winter solstice            two-person fish boat            arrives at sunset                                bill lerz                  winter solstice -                 even on her deathbed, she                 rips away my son                  copyright 12/15/1998 by Wendy C. Bialek                                                   

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