In the listing below, after each poem the author is listed, and then a three digit code revealing how many 3-point, 2-point, and 1-point points were cast for this poem by the other participating poets.
(214 = 12) would indicate that the poem above received two 3-point votes, one 2-point vote, and four 1-point votes.
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First Place -- 15 points
morning frost - Second Place -- 14 points
heavy frost Third Place -- 12 points
frost in the air Fourth Place -- 11 points morning frost the feral cat stalks an empty tuna can Ellen Compton 132= 11 pts window frost a childs finger traces the patterns Allen McGill 035= 11 pts Fifth Place -- 10 points evening snowstorm the window frost glistens in the candle light Tore Sverredal 131= 10 pts window frost the stovepipe damper rattles with each gust Darrell Byrd (123 = 10) bedroom window -- a child paints a face into the frost Peter H. Pache 042= 10 pts first frost - deer tracks on the fairway H. Gene Murtha 026= 10 pts Sixth Place -- 9 points first frost a black cat creeps toward the woodpile Joann 033= 9 pts Seventh Place -- 8 points frostbitten fingers clenching a piece of bread Afghan winter Edith 202= 8 pts waving goodbye - melted frost trickles down the window aruna 032= 8 pts November frost the stars looking so old Marjorie Buettner 032= 8 pts first frost the old wool sweater has new moth holes Carmel C. Lively 032= 8 pts Eighth Place -- 7 points almost covering the stone water basin -- frost moon hortensia anderson 120= 7 pts December morning; the bright red of the tractor dulled by frost Charles Trumbull 112= 7 pts frosty night-- long shadows vanish with the moon Sue 112= 7 pts frost morning sun lit my breath Dove 112= 7 pts bus stop frost on the bench where no one is sitting Cindy Tebo 031= 7 pts Ninth Place -- 6 points forever single - lime popsicles grow frost whiskers Gary Blankenship 111= 6 pts Diamonds sparkle on rooftops at sunrise - overnight frost Angie Kunath 111= 6 pts knitting by the fire - a frost garden grows on the window pane Carol Raisfeld 111= 6 pts frost predicted for higher elevations kelp washes ashore soji 111= 6 pts morning frost footprints in the grass lead away James M. Thompson 014= 6 pts Tenth Place -- 5 points drive-in steamy windshields frost over Patricia A. Laurent 021= 5 pts frost on her mittens-- the smell of outside in the child's hair DeVar 021= 5 pts Eleventh Place -- 3 points after company-- I scribble my name in the window frost Kathy Lippard Cobb 011= 3 pts hoar frosted old dog slowly turns his head tail wagging Linda P. 011= 3 pts black swans on a dark lake -- the shimmer of frost ron moss 011= 3 pts a seat at last by the coffeehouse window-- frosted glass Joe Kirschner 003= 3 pts |
First Place -- 17 points tundra winds~ downy feathers flutter from the empty nest Darrell Byrd 154=17 pts Second Place -- 15 points howling wind an abandoned nest clings to the moon Rob Scott 322=15 pts longest night the empty nest full of wind Marjorie Buettner 055=15 pts Third Place -- 14 points anniversary my mother's nesting dolls tucked within themselves Earl Keener 143= 14 pts autumn leaves - children crowd around the fallen nest Carol Raisfeld 046= 14 pts Fourth Place -- 13 points empty nest we watch old movies undisturbed soji 134= 13 pts nothing left to say an empty nest fills with snow roberta beary 126= 13 pts Fifth Place -- 12 points leaving my home . . . a sparrow's nest, half finished under the eaves Naia 044= 12 pts Sixth Place -- 10 points boxing day - the empty nest full of snow sheila 034= 10 pts the nest we couldn't find now empty in the naked oak Janet Parker 034= 10 pts Seventh Place -- 8 points somewhere in the thicket our dog's hair lines the wren's nest Joann 016= 8 pts Eighth Place -- 7 points herb tea by the telephone-- empty nest Linda P. 023= 7 pts holiday company gone, the cat nests between us Gary Blankenship 023= 7 pts Ninth Place -- 6 points abandoned tree house-- I clear a few cobwebs from the sparrow's nest Kathy Lippard Cobb 111= 6 pts wedge-tail eagle returns to its nest -- the rising moon ron moss 103= 6 pts one feather from the empty nest sleeping cat James M. Thompson 022= 6 pts Tenth Place -- 5 points the solemn pines -- an empty bird nest fills with snow hortensia anderson 005= 5 pts Eleventh Place -- 4 points a bird's nest tangles with my hair strong wind kirsty 101= 4 pts Hurricane cleanup a fallen squirrel nest and four gray babies Theolyn Brock 101= 4 pts a bird's empty nest in December; cleaning the children's room gillena cox 020= 4 pts thick morning fog - bare treetops and nests disappear Marylouise Knight 020= 4 pts creaky loft the cone of light reveals a wasp's nest Tore Sverredal 004= 4 pts Twelfth Place -- 3 points lining the empty nest - first snow aruna 011= 3 pts who~ owl defends his nest against predators Patricia A. Laurent 011= 3 pts new leaves parakeets occupy the woodpecker nest Johannes Manjrekar 011= 3 pts blustery day a nest rides birch branches Marlene Egger 011= 3 pts homeless winter settles in a bird's nest Jessica Stampfli 011= 3 pts cacti --- a wren's nest within Peter H. Pache 011= 3 pts sunny spot on the tree that fell a robin's nest Cindy Tebo 011= 3 pts |
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