swing

(2/9 , 1997)

FIRST PLACE


      toes to the sky
      on the backyard swing
      upside down smiles
                                  Joann1125 



SECOND PLACE


       hard ruts beneath the swing
       carved
       by little feet
                               ken kuniyuki



THIRD PLACE


       at each creak
       of the porch swing
       a curtain flutters              
                                    doris kasson  



BELOW Third PLACE


 
 two old housemates
 holding hands in the porch swing
 wait for falling stars
                                 Ferris 


      home at last
      a robin eyes me
      from the tire swing                     
                                   Yu Chang 


         high swing
         stretching to kick -
         purple wisteria
                                  Sue Stanford  


  a gull flies
  out of the full moon -
  empty swings
                        Lee Lawton 


         porch swing glides -
         the night flowers
         or her perfume
                                 Paul MacNeil 


    many morning suns
    beneath the wooden swing
    frost covered jonquils
                                     Neca  


         deserted garden
         once the swing gently moved
         it was only the wind
                                       fred flohr 


    eyes closed, lost in space
    child at the top of his swing
    buoyed by giggles
                               Stephen M. Osborn 


        retired
        extra-milage radial
        now a swing
                             Charles Trumbull


      she waves to her shadow
      from the swing -
      a summer breeze
                               Jeanne Emrich


          september morning
          and the squeak of a swing
          ...oldtimer
                               Elizabeth St. Jacques 


 solitary wooden swing
 joined at last
 by the woodpecker
                           sara brant 


      belly laugh
      flies up into the air
      old man on swing
                                 Susan Bond 


       vigil for the victims:
       my daughters' swing
       fills with snow
                                 Marco Fraticelli


    child approaches swing
    studies wide puddle in drag path
    walks away
                        phavey 


            a charred swing
            in the clearing
            wild geraniums
                                    Hilary Tann


       all brushed off--
       doll's right back up
       on the swing
                             chuck tuskey 

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