Wire

wire

(12/7, 1997)

FIRST PLACE

cable wirea squirrel walks acrossthe moon               -willard

SECOND PLACE

his last shirt-the tinklingof wire hangers                         Carolyne

THIRD PLACE

overgrownwith wild blackberries- barbed wire                       hilary tann

BELOW THIRD PLACE

a slow limpfrom house to barnsagging overhead wires                                       Mark Alan Osterhaus

marking the breakin the barbed wire fence-tuffs of white fur                            neca

deep snow -snagged in the wire fencean elk's antlers                         Harold

barn owlcaught in the barb wirecold autumn wind                            --jason

tugging on the wirestill trying to flya broken kite                      Maleti (Mary Lee McClure)

snowing;the fence wiretransformed                     Pardee

closing gapsbetween fence wiresmoonflowers open                              Ferris

A crow on the phone wire -conversations flyingbeneath his feet                           Margarita

on the wireswaying in the breezetwo chickadees                         Cindy Bene        

barbed wire fencethe only freedomis the wind                  Patricia A. Laurent

on the wireswallows gather;the first leaf falls                              Paul Blake

crossing Kansas -all the wires cladin tumbleweeds                         Glen L. Keener

traveling circus--a terrier on the high wirefour feet up                    Joann

One hundred starlingsSilouetted on a wireWinter sunset                       Jim Harrison

telephone wirestretches for miles ... suddenlya pair of doves                         Charles Trumbull  

December rain --from the telephone wirea single frozen drip                                -acm

red leaves on the patio-the piano tunerplucks one thin wire                                 paul m

bird clawson the frosted wireclenched              Susan Bond

on a hgh wirethe tight-rope walker pauses--two butterflies                         Joseph Kirschner

newly fallen snow -shadows of telephone wirescurve across the road                                    >N<

juniper bonsaiwire bent branchestrimmed back leaves                                  ken kuniyuki

bonsai silhouetteshaped with wire on bare branches--a moonlit Fuji                          bill lerz  

an old manslowly climbs the polebird on a wire                       tina

waves of prairie grasses lean,telephone wires humin the wind                  Peg Lowmiller

struggling vainlyagainst weeds onslaughtrusty barbed wire                             soji

between kisses-a rubber band and a wirehold back each toothcopyright 12/02/1997 by Wendy C. Bialek

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