_________First Place__________

	somewhere above 
	  the burning heath 
	    a lark

	Hugh Waterhouse

 ________Second Place________

	obscured by smoke
	from the burning hillside
	rising moon

	soji

  ________Third Place________

  burning alfalfa--
	old farmer pelted by
  fleeing grasshoppers

 -Michael Maiello.

	above
	 burned
	  fields
	   cries
	 of departing
	geese

	hilary tann

_________Below Third Place________

	Spring burning-
	the old scarecrow
	safe in the shed

	Sue

	spring burning -
	new clothes
	for the scarecrow

	doris kasson

	spring burning--
	waiting for the windsock
	to settle

	susan bond

	burned field
	the gopher tortoise eats
	a green shoot

	Paul MacNeil

	wisps of ash
	above the burning field
	purple martins feed

	Ferris

	daybreak...
	burning blackberry vines
	grandpa coughs

	Pam Rivera 

	burned field
	beneath darkened stones
	traces of green

	Yu Chang

	beyond burning grass -
	one brown cow stands
	in the waterhole

	Joann

	fields burned brown  -
	green shoots
	                       right through it
	                                   
	hortensia anderson

	smoke rises
	from the burning prairie
	gray skies

	Patricia A. Laurent

	yellow jacket-
	burning through a thick spring mist
	the sun's rays

	ebj

	dawn -
	a dog is pissing
	in the burned field

	Douglas H. King

	morning fog --
	still the hills burn
	down to the lake

	Leanne

	teenage niece baking
	scent of burning muffins
	wafts down the street

	Hazel

	burning gorse
	crackle of world news
	by the sheep pen

	Alasdair Paterson

	rustles and squeaks
	small critters flee
	burning cane fields

	Maleti (Mary Lee McClure)

	burned fields
	but little specks of green
	come peeping through

	Max Verhart

	burning fields –
	planting seeds
	in the ashes

	- Linda Robeck

	Waking up to cough.
	Someone's still burning things in
	a rough spring night.

	Horst Ludwig 

	mother plays violin
	girl follows forced
	boy is burning papers

	emile molhuysen

	lightning strikes
	the Everglades burning
	skies awash with color

	Betty

	after the flames-
	still burning
	the blaze of publicity

	copyright 4/22/1999 by Wendy C. Bialek 

	a lone scarecrow
	in burned field
	new life guard

	peigi

	after cloudless night
	frost on blackened grass
	spring burn off

	DeVar Dahl

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