afternoon heat…
the slow blink
of the bullfrog's eyes

Ed Markowski
(3,5,6) = 25

old pond --
the speckled stone
becomes a frog

Carol Raisfeld
(0,6,6) = 18

afternoon calm--
a bullfrog leaps into
its reflection

Kathy Lippard Cobb
(1,3,5) = 14

frogs at the creek
a boy slips one
in his pocket

Carmel C. Lively
(1,2,4) = 11

one frog
after another
blue heron

ushi
(1,3,2) = 11

children's hospital --
in distant fields he chases
frogs and butterflies

Owen Burkhart
(0,3,4) = 10

reed section
the frogs forgetting
scales

George Hawkins
(1,2,2) = 9

spring drizzle
frog tracks vanish
on the patio

martin
(0,3,3) = 9

dawn
the frogsong
goes on

aom
(0,2,4) = 8

cloudless night --
the frogs' song spreads
along milky way

Tomislav Maretic
(0,3,2) = 8

the awkward silence
between us-
frog calls

Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(0,3,2) = 8

frog voices
the smell of water
and warm ground

Orel
(2,1,0) = 8

sunrise
a frog leaps
the ditch

Norman Darlington
(0,2,3) = 7

thinning mist…
the silence of a frog
and a large mouth bass

Robert
(1,2,0) = 7

restless night--
a frog's song drifts
from the shadows

David M. Faul
(0,1,3) = 5

spring greens
frogs and cucumbers
in the field

Patricia A. Laurent
(0,0,5) = 5

spring shower -
a stone frog sits
among daffodils

Audrey Downey
(0,0,5) = 5

dark lagoon
a frog announces
its presence

Darrell Byrd
(1,0,2) = 5

moonless night
a frog lands
in dry leaves

Mark Hollingsworth
(0,1,3) = 5

sharp-eyed crane
pond wading among young frogs --
how still the old ones . . .

Nancy Smith
(1,0,2) = 5

honoring basho-ki
listening to frog song --
one gray heron

Brenda Roberts
(0,1,2) = 4

ankle-deep puddle
thirteen frogs
maybe more

Johannes Manjrekar
(0,1,2) = 4

footsteps --
the frog burrows deeper
into the mud

Peter H. Pache
(0,0,4) = 4

mating season --
a few freezed frogs
on the highway

Flatline
(0,2,0) = 4

Against the dead tree
A woodpecker adds rhythm
To the frog chorus

Jhampa
(0,0,4) = 4

early morning -
mud frogs emerge
with loud burps

Carole MacRury
(0,1,2) = 4

green volkswagen--
origami frogs sun
in the front window

DeVar
(0,0,4) = 4

in a hurry
the frog and i
hop along

w.f. owen
(0,0,3) = 3

from across the pond
another bullfrog answers--
spring evening

Paul O. Williams
(0,0,3) = 3

spring rain
instead of my voice
frog croak

k montoya
(0,0,3) = 3

open mouth ~
the bronze frog poised
at poolside

Allen McGill
(0,1,1) = 3

evening of wine
in the garden two frogs
serenade

Don Baird
(0,0,3) = 3

rain falling --
all night
throaty frog songs

gerry bravi
(0,1,1) = 3

cold spring
on each desk a frog plucked
from formaldehyde

Earl Keener
(0,1,1) = 3

in the pond
at the 15th hole--
frogs silenced

oino sakai
(0,1,1) = 3

through the red sunset
a flock of wild geese -
tree frog croaking

Boris Nazansky
(0,1,1) = 3

old pond
a frog jumps
onto the ice

Tore Sverredal
(0,1,1) = 3

how that bullfrog swells up
and wails… in this pond
a dizzy gillespie!

art
(1,0,0) = 3

war memorial
young boy targets
a jumping frog

roberta beary
(0,1,1) = 3

photograph album
no one left to tell
their stories

Carmel C. Lively
(1,6,6) = 21

four generations
of the same nose--
family pictures

DeVar
(2,4,5) = 19

the Japanese gardens -
friends taking pictures of
friends taking pictures

Brenda Roberts
(2,3,1) = 13

Album of pictures.
Sometimes I am older
than my father.

Sergio Francisco Pichorim
(1,3,3) = 12

attic trunk --
father's photograph
wears my face

Owen Burkhart
(0,3,5) = 11

class pictures…
touching the face
with crooked teeth

George Hawkins
(0,4,1) = 9

faded pictures
in an antique locket
a scent of violets

Allen McGill
(2,0,1) = 7

deep into autumn--
photographs of a life
torn to pieces

Kathy Lippard Cobb
(0,2,3) = 7

Christmas pictures
relatives I don't know
on the mantle

Cliff Roberts
(0,2,3) = 7

home alone
headlights illuminate
her photograph

Darrell Byrd
(0,1,5) = 7

her photograph
the rain
doesn't help

Paul Pfleuger, Jr.
(0,2,3) = 7

passport photo
the inspector offers
"you've aged well"

roberta beary
(0,2,3) = 7

divorced
the outline left
by their picture

w.f. owen
(0,2,2) = 6

he calls me
by father's name--
yellowed pictures

David M. Faul
(0,1,4) = 6

"he loves me not" --
on a torn photograph
daisy petals

Laryalee Fraser
(0,1,4) = 6

old photograph--
just for a moment
outside the wallet

Orel
(0,1,4) = 6

photograph of you
sitting in my lap…
all I have left

Rose Marie Stutts
(0,2,2) = 6

old photographs --
the faces look
much thinner

Flatline
(0,1,3) = 5

guessing my sons' ages
from childhood photographs --
autumn evening

Zhanna P. Rader
(0,2,1) = 5

photograph-
her smile blossoms
one last time

James M. Thompson
(0,1,2) = 4

his aching fingers
clutching an old photograph
he misses her still

Harper Banion
(0,1,2) = 4

a dead friend
light reflects
on the photograph

Agnes Eva Savich
(0,2,0) = 4

puff of smoke --
grandpa's wedding picture
photographed in sepia

Robert Bauer
(0,1,2) = 4

burned house --
the old woman regrets mostly
the lost photographs

Tomislav Maretic
(0,0,4) = 4

An Army photo
the only thing left
to remember dad.

Adnil
(0,1,1) = 3

eye level -
an old photograph
in a new frame

Audrey Downey
(0,1,1) = 3

another wall
of pictures and poems . . .
still about war

Carol Raisfeld
(0,1,1) = 3

last year's calendar
I cut out the pictures
for this year's

Kurumi
(0,1,1) = 3

her photograph
fading now and worn
and still the magic

Mary Lee McClure
(0,0,3) = 3

family gathering -
hiding the photograph
of the ex son-in-law

Carole
(0,0,3) = 3

picture museum --
strolling down the country road
into a landscape

Nancy Smith
(0,1,1) = 3

identified
without the guide-book picture --
blooming skunk cabbage

ushi
(1,0,0) = 3

gaze up on bookshelf
a photograph shifts toward me…
the dalai lama

art
(0,1,1) = 3

old photograph
half in the sand
a desert treasure

Don Baird
(0,1,1) = 3