-----GRAND PRIZE ---

173.
whiteness
the water falls
into its sound

64pt
Dorota Pyra

---------2nd --------

376.
valentine's day -
a glimpse of the shop girl's
red bra strap

51pt
Paul Hodder

----------3rd------

465.
green coin
in the fountain
a forgotten wish

47pt
Susan Sanchez-Barnett

----------4th---------

490.
For a moment
a monk carries the orange moon
on his back.

46pt
Alexis Rotella

------------5th-------

38.
after confession white petals on the path

41pt
Scott Mason

502.
out of the blue
into the blue
a whale's breath

41pt
Josh Wikoff

-----------6th-----------

498.
winter river
a heron takes the whiteness
into the dark

40pt
Matt Morden

-----------7th---------

25.
children's ward window
the blue sky clouded
with nose prints

33pt
Melissa Spurr

------------8th ---------

238.
her crayons...
the red one smaller
than the others

30pt
K. Ramesh

793.
red tailed hawk
its autumn shadow
touches mine

30pt
Billie Dee

-------------9th----------

284.
snowmelt
the curled red fingers
of a lost glove

29pt
Carole MacRury

------------10th-------

342.
sleet storm
her needles clicking out
a red mitten

28pt
Catherine J.S. Lee

------------11th ---------

23.
kyuu yuu to
momoiro tsubaki
takara na ri

27pt
charlie smith

-----------12th---------

14.
silver moon
sometimes I'm happy
for no reason

26pt
Melissa Spurr

497.
donating
my son’s cello—
red leaves in the wind

26pt
Cherie Hunter Day

569.
nothing
but a memory
white lily

26pt
James M. Thompson

-----------13th---------

507.

between the sky
and the open-mouthed boy,
a red balloon

25pt
Ito

556.
orange peel
in a single curl
the new year

25pt
Deb Koen

-----------14th--------

62.
white graveyard-
Mr and Mrs Snowman
melt into each other

24pt
Winona Baker

319.
first light--
a duck flaps out
of all the gold


24pt
H. Gene Murtha

450.
road to the beach
wave after wave of blue
hydrangeas

24pt
Elaine Riddell

----------15th---------

128.
the White Empire-
chrysanthemum garden
under the snowfall

23pt
Vasile Moldavan

294.
stitching a line
across the setting sun
. . .black loons

23pt
Carole MacRury

325.
after fireworks
we find it again
the yellow star

23pt
Lorin Ford

368.
midwinter night -
my white breath drifts
into the Milky Way

23pt
Paul Hodder

565.
pitch black
I stub my toe
on the planet

23pt
Deb Koen

-----------16th--------

223.
in the center
of the buttercup--
more yellow

22pt
Terri L. French

302.
the thin whiteness
of a coyote's call
. . .deep winter

22pt
Carole MacRury

----------17th----------

103.
morning fog
the brief white lines
of breaking waves

21pt
Christopher Herold

732.
a cicada
in amber . . .
yellow silence

21pt
'Li Ree'

---------18th ---------

55.
shadows . . .
an orange koi
swims the curves

20pt
Don Baird

63.
deep red
the first cry of
the newborn

20pt
Elena Naskova

219.
a broom sweeps up
its yellow straws
evening sunlight

20pt
Earl Keener

620.
autumn river
his red notebook
left in the canoe

20pt
Francine Banwarth

----------19th---------

5.
border fence
a white-winged dove
between rusty barbs

19pt
Melissa Spurr

125.
heat shimmer
the fragrance
of purple sage

19pt
Tom Painting

402.
last potato to peel
a pale shade of indigo
below one eye

19pt
Harvey Jenkins

228.
train journey...
mother's white hair
on the page

18pt
K. Ramesh

-----------20th---------

346.
first snow...
pouring deep-red
into the inkstone

18pt
Pamela A. Babusci

601.
yellow moon
the onion
full of tears

18pt
Francine Banwarth

644.
laundromat--
her red socks dancing
in the suds

18pt
Ruth Powell

687.
on the spring lawn---
small blue flowers
I didn't plant

18pt
John Soules

-----------21th --------

117.
a day by the window
black branches
bud with rain

17pt
Natalia L. Rudychev

177.
wolf willow
the white breath
of a doe

17pt
Linda Pilarski

580.
black and white-
memories of the seasons
before we met

17pt
Páll Ingi Kvaran

752.
a soldier
coming home –
the green fields below

17pt
'Li Ree'

----------22th  -------

134.
abandoned hut
a red carp streamer
bleached in the sun

16pt
Carmel Lively Westerman

149.
packing up
a big black dog
licks my hand

16pt
Roberta Beary

 
174.
spring sunlight
an emerald sheen
on the starling's head

16pt
Andre Surridge

229.
empty summer day-
at 4 P.M.
I break the green beans

16pt
Janelle Barrera

----------23th--------

396.
the fortress moat
a girl in pink
skates backwards

15pt
Marlène Buitelaar

554.
winter storm-
the yellow crayon
worn down to a stub

15pt
-Devika

719.
junked cars -
the old gray cat rubs his chin
along a bumper

15pt
Sharon Hammer Baker

769.
moon-viewing concert
the girl in a yellow kimono
takes a bow

15pt
Hilary Tann

---------24th ------

47.
spring equinox
a frisbee
out of the blue

14pt
Scott Mason

54.
golden green
the light livens
our tea

14pt
Merrill Ann Gonzales

206.
rising tide . . .
the white backs
of birds at sea

14pt
Patrick M. Pilarski

251.
yellow moon-
add cheese
to shopping list

14pt
John Irvine

279.
will the hibiscus
on the other side of town
bloom the same wild red

14pt
Elsa Colligan

286.
silver threads
of rain... stitching
sky to grass

14pt
Rose Marie Stutts, EdD

673.
white lies
the changing shape
of icicles

14pt
Jennifer Corpe

----------25th --------

8.
winter light
a child’s white breath lingers
on the playground

13pt
Martin Gottlieb Cohen

93.
no longer green
all the weeds pulled up
by their throats

13pt
Christopher Herold

124.
a bridesmaid again
her blue eyes
green

13pt
Carmel Lively Westerman

263.
lady bug
on a bare white wall
moving day

13pt
jim kacian

329.
blackened prairie...
a blind man describes
the color of rain

13pt
H. Gene Murtha

537.
blue sky
one lone cloud
hides my shadow

13pt
Jeff Hoagland

----------26th --------

56.
alfalfa bales
shelter us from the wind--
white faced cows

12pt
DeVar Dahl

237.
mid day heat --
the little red balls
on the sombrero’s trim

12pt
Terry Ann Carter

290.
moon-lit lake—
silver droplets dripping
off her silhouette

12pt
Curtis Dunlap

305.
a blue moth
from the chicory flowers...
morning star

12pt
Lorin Ford

564.
surfing
beyond the breakers
a black orca fin

12pt
Trish Fong

634.
autumn pond
amidst the red and yellow leaves
an old face

12pt
Richard Burri

760.
lunar eclipse
the white of my thumb
in the viewfinder

12pt
Paul Cordeiro

---------27th--------

45.
how red!
our cheeks are
at meeting
11pt
Merrill Ann Gonzales

71.
lush green lawn
together an old couple
push their mower

11pt
Winona Baker

140.
purple ink:
Bill’s signature poem occupies
a folding fan’s rib

11pt
Dennis M. Holmes

248.
to a blind friend
I describe the purple asters
as less

11pt
Janelle Barrera

336.
for his ashes...
blue moonlight
on the river

11pt
Pamela A. Babusci

350.
summer night
an ambulance
pulses red

11pt
BILL KENNEY

352.
our baby's first kick . . .
mist rises from the river
in the pink dawn

11pt
Catherine J.S. Lee

367.
deep white drifts --
this snow that fell
while I slept

11pt
Helen Baker

663.
sunrise
the red maple
ablaze

11pt
Gael Bage

744.
next to your grave
a black rectangle of dirt
a new neighbor

11pt
S.E. Carlisle

----------28th ----------

17.
he has blue blood too...
that red blooded butterfly
crazy on the flight

10pt
Adina Enachescu

31.
red dragonfly
the gait of the drunk
following behind

10pt
Ed Markowski

53.
peach glow...
the embers
of a year

10pt
George Hawkins

111.
freshly plowed field--
purple wildflowers
outside the fence

 10pt
Adelaide B. Shaw

252.
bare trees
I sip green tea
from her favorite cup

10pt
Peggy Willis Lyles

363.
red dress
winter wind animates
an abandoned doll

10pt
Lech Szeglowski

434.
she offers me
a cup of green tea -
relax she whispers

10pt
Mike Montreuil

460.
one brown leg
swinging out of the hammock
an old love song

10pt
Sandra Simpson

473.
snowy Sunday
a pink cupola
inside a limpet shell

10pt
paul m.

508.
Strawberries –
the blind child is tasting
the red color

10pt
Eduard TARA

532.
high surf
white foam darkens
the sand

10pt
Jane Reichhold

675.
blue sky-
another year the old house
without paint

10pt
Tom Clausen

717.
school girls
released into summer-
green apples

10pt
Beth Powell

742.
in front
of Kandinsky
I can hear red

10pt
'Li Ree

749.
october rain
a puddle of yellow
under the maple

10pt
Ed Schwellenbach

763.
sleepless...
bulbs burst into
white peonies

10pt
ito

794.
pitch black night
they wonder where
the next bomb will drop

10pt
Victor P. Gendrano

-- under 9pt  (without sorting)--

1.
frog song stops
the fall of yellow leaves
from his book

9pt
Brenda Roberts

2.
Cerulean skies
Dotted with white cotton-wool –
A Maltese springtime

3pt
Tanja Cilia

3.
red faced
she pushed her cart
market time

5pt
terrytip

4.
singularity
phenomenon unmatched
black hole

5pt
Tom Connally



6.
white on the mountain
after last night's storm
all rained away

Paul O. Williams

7.
Grandma's house-
even the red geranium has aged
beyond recognition

7pt
(Don Basilio) aka Constantin Stroe



9.
the blue of the sky...
and a white butterfly
crazy on the flight

4pt
Adina ENACHESCU

10.
dog-eared book
red camellia
rests on top

5pt

charlie smith

11.
black sky
another star
on the heavens

7pt
Brenda Roberts

12.
Fuchsia; amaranth;
Carnation; rose; lavender;
Blooms, or shades of pink?

Tanja Cilia

13.
white blanket of snow
a soft wet covering
muddy footprints

1pt
Tom Conally



15.
spots of blood
on the grass still green-
red leaves

4pt
Don Basilio (aka Constantin Stroe)

16.
winter noon
a crow pecks at the black ice

2pt
Martin Gottlieb Cohen



18.
on your book
red camellia
falls from vase

7pt
Charlie Smith

19.
gray beards wiggle
in old renga style
I count syllables

3pt
Brenda Roberts

20.
Red is for passion;
Courage, blood and sacrifice...
Anger, sin, and guilt.

Tanja Cilia,

21.
a small brown bird's nest
blue and white speckled eggs
miracle of life

Tom Conally

22.
darkened field
the ice glows red on the sycamore

2pt
Martin Gottlieb Cohen



24.
the room dark,
then suddenly
a cat's yellow eyes

6pt
Paul O. Williams



26.
the land darkens,
clouds still full of pink light--
today's last birds

3pt
Paul O. Williams

27.
white roses
finally fade
winter chill

3pt
terrytip

28.
birthday stroll...
a bright red berry
in the raven's beak

3pt
Scott Mason

29.
etching red hieroglyphs
into a sunset sea
lone sailboat

Pris Campbell,

30.
no farmer to point
with a white turnip  -- but
bill Higginson

9pt
miriam chaikin



32.
A red dragonfly
rests above the front doorway,
a summer breeze blows.

1pt
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson

33.
Perfume lingers,
red roses wither,
like lost love long gone.

Mrs. Jean Lewis

34.
the sun dissolves
into a golden sea
with the day

5pt
Ignatius Fay

35.
twilight
the leaves of the saijiki
are gold

1pt
George Hawkins

36.
2008
ends in a blizzard
of white

5pt
Merrill Ann Gonzales

37.
autumn art . . .
a stirring of red
in the gust

3pt
Don Baird

39.
the other gulls
gather around this one gull
red droplets on white

5pt

Pris Campbell

40.
unfolding...
blue morning glories face
my pale face

1pt
Ed Markowski

41.
Vermillion sunset
black wings curve low to descend,
ripples on the water.

5pt
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson

42.
Peaceful red koi glide
in temple white reflection,
watched by summer sun.

5pt
Mrs. Jean Lewis

43.
under the rainbow
splashes of color
traffic sounds

0pt
Ignatius Fay

44.
beyond blue
a new country
of images

George Hawkins

46.
graffiti –
a palette of blues
mixed on cement

4pt
Don Baird

48.
blue and gold
remain from the wild bird's visit
daybreak

Pris Cambell

49.
falling star
a voice fades into
the blackness before me

6pt
Ed Markowski

50.
Silent snowflakes swirl
in the purple twilight sky,
warm candlelit room.

6pt
Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson

51.
Trees pierce blue sky
in tones of red and orange.
Autumn's dress is bold.

Mrs. Jean Lewis

52.
leaves red and yellow
skitter in the chill gust
long-sleeved shirt

Ignatius Fay

57.
blue iris
erratic dragonfly flight
stone Buddha laughing

5pt
Carol Borges

58.
blushed skin--
flushed to red
taking us into ravines

Ed Higgins

59.
after the war
a flock of bluebirds
glitters on the grass

1pt
Penny Harter

60.
Shades of green
islands rise from the sea--
does diversity matter?

David McMurray

61.
my fluttering kite
a red tailed hawk stroking up
into a huge sky

Garry Eaton

64.
new years morning
waking up from a dream
of white butterflies

4pt
Jerry Gill

65.
Drumming stillness
Rain dripping from leaves and eaves
Rainbow puddles

James Sawer

66.
on an oar
a red dragonfly
mountain gazing

Darrell Lindsey

67.
yellow sunflowers
girl on a swing
father pushing too high

Carol Borges

68.
salty-blue sky
dawn rising
you retrieved all morning

Ed Higgins

69.
coca-cola can
green tea cup
sweating together

Penny Harter

 
70.
100-year red oak
again in my deepest dream
100-year red oak

David McMurray



72.
African drum
her red high heels rolling
downhill

5pt
Elena Naskova

73.
four white ducks
single file
in winter rain

6pt

Jerry Gill

74.
Unmade
Tangled white sheets...
Abandoned bed

James Sawer

75.
late spring
another cough
pierces the red blossoms

Darrell Lindsey

76.
green convertible
white leather seats
memories glide past

1pt
Carol Borges

77.
noon's yellow sun
line-dried towels
rubbing across her shoulders

Ed Higgins

78.
morning gray sky—
wild geese settle on
the nursing-home lawn

Penny Harter

79.
Red cherry
pits on the stone wall--
young thieves

3pt
David McMurray

80.
ms finished-
the poplars have lost
most of their gold leaves

Winona Baker

81.
gray sky
snowflakes falling in the
dancing child

Elena Naskova

82.
first winter moon
stray black cat
meowing...meowing

3pt
Jerry Gill

83.
The river flows
Moonlight across stones
Into blackness...

5pt
James Sawers

84.
a poet rests
in red blossoms
mellow spring

Darrell Lindsey

85.
cold dawn light
a black cap chick asleep
on the feeder perch

5pt
Garry Eaton

86.
a sunlit window bowl
the goldfish gasping
on the kitchen floor

2pt
Garry Eaton

87.
sounds of the new year-
orange, green, gold
fireworks

6pt
GILLENA COX

88.
first morning--
all along the shoreline
all the white caps bow

3pt
Tish Davis

89.
along the wall
bougainvilleas
all dressed in fuchsia

2pt
Bill Hudson

90.
the fast-moving
grey wisp of cloud
a skein of geese

Duncan MacLaurin

91.
After the repair
pink paint grows molds on the wall--
autumn breathlessness

R K Singh

92.
White color of me cries do not turn back to black

Wojciech Cybulski



94.
the afternoon quiet--
before a twisted oak
rows of red tulips

Adelaide B. Shaw

95.
new year's day
the fireplace's red-hot flame
from last year's twigs

Audrey Downey

96.
red geraniums
within the cells' white-
vesper bell

5pt
Serban DENK

97.
new year morning rain-
red bracts of the poinsettia
sparkling

GILLENA COX

98.
pivoting on blue
the first dance of the
red breasted robin

1pt
Tish Davis

99.
around, back and forth
the hummingbird investigates
an unknown redness

3pt

Bill Hudson

100.
the flight of swallows
a puff of black smoke
from fireworks

1pt
Duncan MacLaurin

101.
Red with shame
the sky at sunrise
her new kiss

3pt
R.K.SINGH

102.
My white loneliness keeps me away from purple war

Wojciech Cybulski

104.
spring rain
streaming toward the valley
yellow poppies

1pt
Adelaide B. Shaw

105.
winter river
a pair of snow white swan
bobbing along

Audrey Downey

106.
kiskadee's beak-
a twig with green leaves
swaying

Gillena Cox

107.
in black and white
the soldiers anguish
deepens

6pt
Bill Hudson

108.
Sea waves
roll from faraway
white peaks

R.K.SINGH

109.
Black mother says I do not have white milk anymore

Wojciech Cybulski

110.
forgetting myself
I speak out of turn—
the purple orchid

8pt
Christopher Herold



112.
peace on earth
blue paper cranes all over
her children's tables

2pt
Audrey Downey,

113.
autumn deepens
so many birds
in a fine red sky

John Stone

114.
art contest
a small hand selects crimson
from the crayon box

Carmel Lively Westerman

115.
new coolness
a touch of yellow
in the aspen

8pt
Tom Painting

 
116.
Pink peonies -
missing not a petal,
the tiny ants.

6pt
Zhanna P. Rader



118.
At the last flat
of a grey skyscraper
red geranium

3pt
Vasile Moldavan

119.
blue sail
reflecting across the water
                 blue sail

9pt
Andrew Shimield,

120.
the calico color
of the cat’s coat crinkles —–
Bill’s last book’s earmarks

Dennis M. Holmes

121.
the seasons sing
red, yellow and green
forever changing

Betty Kaplan

122.
clematis flower
joining on pergola
the blue dusk

Tomislav Maretić

123.
sakura eve
blue eyes search the trees
for Issa's ghost

7pt
John Stone





126.
Blood-red horizon -
among the returning ships
one is missing.

2pt
Zhanna P. Rader

127.
full moon
spilt all over
red wine

9pt
Natalia L. Rudychev,



129.
snowmelt -
alpines bloom
on the soft green hill

Andrew Shimield

130.
Winston-Salem --
the silver shimmer of summer
lifts in his hokku

Dennis M. Holmes

131.
cushioned
in the robin's nest
three blue eggs

7pt
Betty Kaplan

132.
a primrose field
the wind plucks off one yellow…
butterfy

9pt

Tomislav Maretić

133.
black orchids
the spiders silken strand
in a summer breeze

John Stone



135.
Texas sky
wind turbines
out of the blue

Tom Painting

136.
Fragrant clover field -
reflected in his eyes,
the blue sky.

Zhanna P. Rader

 
137.
a paper white
unfolds
eclipse of the moon

5pt
Natalia L. Rudychev

138.
Girl in the gloaming-
little by little her white paper cranes
become grey

2pt
Vasile Moldovan

139.
my garden teaches me
the meaning of
cerise, vermillion ...

4pt
Andrew Shimield,



141.
pushing up
from under the snow
a white snowdrop

6pt

Betty Kaplan

142.
in the winter sun
now green, now blue -
the mallard's head

2pt
Tomislav Maretić

143.
highway in the mist -
a red sport car flies
out of the sky

Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka

144.
brown leaf
more thin and dry than last year
so too your skin

7pt
Peg Duthie

145.
The blind old pilgrim:
I hear a white lark twitter
high near the sun.

Horst Ludwig

146.
in the pond's calm
where others lie waiting
sinks a red leaf

"tori inu"  (John Holt)

147.
Violet time,
snow trickling on the graves,
on my way home.

Horst Ludwig

148.
A temple bell rings -
flurry of pink cherry petals
fade away, too.

6pt
Daniela Bullas



150.
Illuminated
vermilion shrine gate --
Orion

Yukiko Yamada

151.
over mudflats
the winter light pinpoints
a boat's blue hull

5pt
Matthew Paul

152.
white gauze mesh
shrouds the young lettuce
rising moon

5pt
Ferris Gilli

153.
exhausted autumn
the leaves turn dark yellow
father is gonna die

Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka

154.
rain-rounded headstones:
stubby gray erasers
against slate sky

1pt
Peg Duthie

155.
yellow sunset--
orange leaves
now more red

"tori inu"  (John Holt)

156.
a wild duck mother
crossing the super highway
with her golden brood

Horst Ludwig

157.
Am I dreaming?
A Shinkansen comes and goes
on the azure skyline.

1pt
Daniela Bullas

158.
spring puddle
my red rainboots
bigger now

Roberta Beary

159.
yellow straw
the feathery scent
of hatching eggs

2pt
Ferris Gilli

160.
nearing dusk -
white goose feathers drift
across road dust

6pt
Nadaskic Diordievic Jasminka

161.
my sandals crack
sheets of ice
the snow a soft, warm white

Peg Duthie,

162.
winter night--
on an old wooden altar melts
a yellow candle

6pt
"tori inu"  aka John Holt

163.
cold snap --
shock of white
in my hairbrush

7pt
Shelley Krause

164.
Noon on Lake Kawaguchi -
A path with stars of white light
shows the way to Mount Fuji.

Daniela Bullas

165.
red-haired girl out outglowing fireflies

7pt
Roberta Beary,

166.
a foal's first steps
deep in red clover
morning sun

7pt
Ferris Gilli

167.
the pink speckles
in foxglove corollas…
midsummer snooze

3pt
Matthew Paul

168.
gypsies dancing
in my yard--
orange day lilies

6pt
jill lange

169.
snowflakes
on her eyelashes -
sunset pink

Gautam Nadkarni

170.
Green scent of seaweed
Sea creature bites spinning past
Sushi carousel

Patricia Lammers

171.
teenage remains
a junk shop kimono
black, ochre ...some yellow

Helen Buckingham

172.
white-out
one eye
rises

Ernest J Berry




175.
ocean breeze
flutters her robe--
a flash of pink thigh

1pt
Charles Rossiter

176.
Small red lips
smile at granddad's joke
The sun shines.

Trevor Camp



178.
afternoon tea--
her favorite white cup
with hand-painted violets

2pt
jill lange

179.
silver moon -
drop by drop it turns
the ocean milky

Gautam Nadkarni

180.
Turquoise bands of blue
Nestling in purple grey clouds
Smoky winter sky

Patricia Lammers

181.
the gerbil's claws
Shocking Pink--
cactus in bloom

Helen Buckingham

182.
temple bell
rainbows falling
from waterfowl

Ernest J Berry

183.
the little girl's
yellow raincoat
dotted with blossom

Andre Surridge

184.
spring buds,
the bright red
of her sweater

2pt
Charles Rossiter

185.
Every night,
deer tracks in the snow.
Blue street lights.

Trevor Camp

186.
apricot sky
long shadows
on the snow

5pt
Linda Pilarski,

187.
winter trees
burnt umber and gray
under a pale moon

1pt
jill lange

188.
winter moon -
the silver phantom
rides the sky

Gautam Nadkarni

189.
Silver skim coating
Mirrored likeness of the sky
Freezing winter pond

Patricia Lammers

190.
Darwin's two hundredth...
a pink iguana
ours for the saving

1pt
Helen Buckingham

191.
reconciled -
her little white heart
on my latte

2pt
Ernest J Berry

192.
olympian -
she tests the gold medal
between her teeth

8pt
Andre Surridge

193.
another gray day,
my new red pen
writes brightly

4pt

Charles Rossiter

194.
Green apples
on the orchard floor.
Deer feeding.

4pt
Trevor Camp

195.
telltale stance…
yellow stains
in the snow

Linda Pilarski

196.
cherry petals
even pale pink of her dress
moves me to a whisper

Dorota Pyra

197.
childhood landscape
in the colorful patchwork
patch by patch

4pt
Dorota Pyra

198.
mowing the lawn
a darker green
underneath

1pt
David Grayson

199.
all the red leaves
still I challenge
the precipice

1pt
Hans Jongman

200.
Yellow sticky note -
Memory of my friend
Becoming worse

Andrzej Dembończyk

201.
siesta
the yellow palo verde
hums with bees

4pt
Earl Keener

202.
in a paddock
of yellow clover
a picnic blanket

Patricia Prime

203.
fall gold drupelets
the burning bush of Moses
wild raspberry

Stephen Rojcewicz

204.
Yosemite bound-
beside the old stagecoach trail
a pink cherry blooms

susan delphine delaney

205.
long night's drive
ahead in red neon--
Open 24-hours!

1pt
Terri L. French



207.
white tissues
becoming a grey mound
myeloma

4pt
Mr. Kim Chamberlain

208.
mixing red and yellow paint
my son discovers
fire

8pt
David Grayson

209.
blue dragonfly
hovers the length of the oar
a frog kicks away

Hans Jongman

210.
Valentine's Day
a red starfish
in the tidal pool

5pt
Earl Keener

211.
whittling wood
from a black pencil
my father’s penknife

Patricia Prime

212.
massive gilt framework
nuanced tones, stark black
Whistler in winter

Stephen Rojcewicz

213.
newly bare branches
watching the indigo sky
fill with pink contrails

2pt
susan delphine delaney

214.
january rain
discarded Christmas tree
still green

4pt

Terri L. French

215.
bleached snow
an eternity
of white

3pt
Patrick M. Pilarski

216.
two cranes blush
leaving the meadow
red sunset

Mr. Kim Chamberlain

217.
testing twelve brands
of pink champagne—
their first wedding

David Grayson

218.
puddles
a child's blue galoshes
turn turtle

Hans Jongman

220.
gum trees
dusty leaves disguise
a brown moth

1pt
Patricia Prime

221.
amaryllis
deep crimson and orange
the season prolongs

Stephen Rojcewicz

222.
this winter morning
the lunar mountains echo
the dusky blue sky

susan delphine delaney



224.
bleached snow
an eternity
of white

7pt

Patrick M. Pilarski,

225.
the color of chaos
is a yellow——
daughter’s room

Mr. Kim Chamberlain

226.
goldfish prints
on her Kimono sleeves
dissolves into the circle dance

4pt

Motoko Satoh

227.
we whisper
in the room with white coffins –
a light snow falling

8pt
Terry Ann Carter





230.
becoming  autumn-like,
a white star
on the horse's forehead

1pt
hajimu hirakita

231.
yellow on yellow
pine siskin on witch hazel
late winter color

1pt
Deirdre Godwin

232.
aniseed café:
spider web
in the green fennel

John Irvine

233.
Snap
of a red pepper:
winter moon on Shiki's shoulder –

6pt
Kurt R. Westley

234.
red leaves
I hold the ladder
while he climbs

6pt
Peggy Willis Lyles

235.
white table
in a white cup--
black coffee

2pt
Tanya Dikova

236.
in new year's sky
the white tail of kite whirling
children's sighs

Motoko Satoh




239.
pink rose mallows
the tiny baby
snores...

3pt
-Janelle Barrera

240.
a red winter cap
on a latchkey kid
playing  with  his own shadow

4pt
hajimu hirakita,

241.
fluffing its feathers
finch sits by a Christmas light
red ones are warmest

Deirdre Godwin

242.
kotoku in the lagoon:
its black legs longer
than my camera lens

6pt
John Irvine

243.
red hibiscus
satellite images
of a hurricane

2pt
Peggy Willis Lyles

244.
reddish violin
in her little hands
a delicate tune

Tanya Dikova

245.
single yellow leaf
only colored in the garden
now catches a beam of morning

Mtoko Satoh

246.
pink rosebuds
on her casket
“for grandma”

3pt
Terry Ann Carter

247.
the tailor's daughter crawls...
pink cloth pieces
all around

K. Ramesh



249.
the seashore in summer
an old woman  playing
with some blue marbles

3pt
hajimu hirakita

250.
early morning light
a time too soon for colour
when all cats are grey

3pt

Deirdre Godwin





253.
far gone day
on a white bed-
a bird's shadow

Tanya Dikova

254.
mowing
the grass
greener

4pt
jim kacian

255.
black wing
white moon
first frost

Mary Meriam

256.
grey winter dawn
suddenly-
a hundred sparrows!

2pt
maikindazen (William Sorlein)

257.
from the back
of the snowy mountains
a golden hearse

Minako Noma

258.
red leaves’ thrilling—
scent of smoke­
has gone

Jerzy Małysz

259.
a scarlet rose
glowing with fire in the sun
midsummer heat

natalia kuznetsova

260.
letting go
now it's just a dot--
the red balloon

2pt
Linda Marucci

261.
volcano erupts
red lava shoots in the air
brown island is formed

Joseph Spence

262.
Blue moonlight -
Forked black shadows
on the snow.

Lex Joy

264.
red pears
green glass bowl
let her go

Mary Meriam

265.
as my Granma did
I crap to the sunrise
from the yellow rice fields

3pt
Minako Noma

266.
whitecaps and seagulls
fading into morning mist
grey skies above

5pt
natalia kuznetsova

267.
your brown eyes gone
transparent tears now drip
missing your red lips

Joseph Spence

268.
Thought it was a frog
until it did not jump up...
A wrinkled green leaf.

4pt
Lex Joy

269.
the orange glow
of a tossed cigarette
Hallowe'en

8pt
jim kacian

270.
cherry tomatoes
teardrops of
a lonely old fool

3pt
Mary Meriam

271.
at his gravestone
I leave white smokes of incense sticks
New Year's Eve

Minako Noma

272.
a red maple leaf
quivering on the first snow
autumn retiring

2pt
natalia kuznetsova

273.
blue sky, white clouds dance
reflecting the spring of life
nature turns green

Joseph Spence

274.
A closed white gate
but he climbs over -
the black beetle.

Lex Joy

275.
full cold moon
startled by his shadow
the white hare

2pt
Maikindazen (William Sorlein)

276.
withered birch
hidden amidst green pine
mistaken for ghosts

3pt
Maikindazen (William Sorlien)

277.
red rays of light
caress the evening sky:
island sunset

Keith A. SIMMONDS

278.
Under sorrel skies
yew trees and a hermit's urt
with satellite.

Wendy Videlock



280.
Blue Monday—
the tea pot whistles
a wake-up tune

Curtis Dunlap

281.
hunters' moon
the melancholy red wine
    a wrist

Jeff Hanson

282.
backyard play
the yellow jacket chases
a black kitten

Edward Dallas

283.
fall winds
twisting leaves
reveal red tops

Noel Sloboda



285.
inside my black diary:
all my days
and dreams

5pt
helge t.

287.
a butterfly
on a pink rose
meditating

3pt
Keith A. SIMMONDS

288.
With words to spare
a red-tail sails through
No Thoroughfare.

Wendy Videlock

289.
summer's end...
deadheading
my mother's red roses

3pt
Elsa Colligan



291.
purple sage
under december's new moon
gray

Jeff Hanson

292.
mother’s red roses
the garden club nemesis
green with envy

Edward Dallas

293.
spilled birdseed
black on the snow
suddenly disappears

Noel Sloboda



295.
green dewdrops
on quivering leaves
a silky sun

1pt
Keith A. SIMMONDS

296.
Child, may you know
the holy, difficult slope
and pink begonias.

Wendy Videlock

297.
white water lilies by Monet, or in the pond, alive...

4pt
Elsa Colligan

298.
the night thick
with the day's heat—
amber moon

5pt
Curtis Dunlap

299.
summer heat
a green leaf floats to the earth
I go pick it up

Jeff Hanson

300.
gray sky. . .
sky mind
of the winter gull

Billie Dee

301.
yellow sky
descending
tornado season

Noel Sloboda



303.
quicksilver snowflakes
meld into one
evening patio

RJ Clarken

304.
under
"Tavern on the Green"
the green

Mykel Board (Basho_Not_Quite)



306.
see-through umbrella--
the shimmering raindrops
and this red leaf

Ellen Compton

307.
rap music
behind two closed doors
red and black

Joseph Kirschner

308.
ruby sun
on the twilight sky
a spring breeze

4pt
Narayanan Raghunathan (Vishnu Narayanan)

309.
buffalo plains
an artist's
white canvas

5pt
H. Gene Murtha

310.
a green tree-top
whitened
since yesterday

Dusko Matas

311.
New Year's morning –
white footprints to the church
in the virgin snow.

9pt
Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic

312.
spring breeze
in a grand finale
falling pink sakuras

4pt
john tiong chunghoo

313.
night sky portrait
dark canvas with white brush strokes
impressionistic

RJ Clarken

314.
I've outlived
the black-framed note tells me
another doctor

1pt
Mykel Board

315.
power blackout –
lightning switches on
white irises

9pt
Lorin Ford

316.
peonies
their petals color
the wind white

8pt
Ellen Compton

317.
a black butterfly
hovers over the stage . . .
Taiko drumming

6pt
Joseph Kirschner

318.
a wild field
of cosmoses
a rainbow

Narayanan Raghunathan

320.
a white dot
from the blueness of sea
grew into the sail

Dusko Matas

321.
from the wardrobe
flying towards me a blue
lavender fragrance.

2pt
Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic

322.
centuries old stone buddha
on his grey shroud now
splotches of green and white

john tiong chunghoo

323.
gray sidewalk
slush-blanketed path stones
retreating footsteps

RJ Clarken

324.
right-left-right
under the wiper blade
a wet red leaf

2pt
Mykel Board



326.
the red hills--
sunlight becoming
pinot noir

7pt
Ellen Compton

327.
a black plastic bag
tumbles down the empty street
Christmas Eve

Joseph Kirschner

328.
dew-drop on
the white flower
a pink butterfly

Narayanan Raghunathan



330.
on the tomb stone
always only
a yellow rose

Dusko Matas

331.
a warm night
chopped with the black of shutters
the full moon

1pt
Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic

332.
after taking my ill fortune
the lotuses now
stiff, grey and falling

john tiong chunghoo

333.
orange sunrise
over a frosted world
a robin sings

9pt
Jo Pacsoo

334.
red light
a few petals blow in
and out

4pt
Jan O'Loughlin

335.
just look!
another oil puddle gleaming
blood red

Doris Kasson


337.
first snowing
black zebra crossing lines
Disappear

Boris Nazansky

338.
frozen pond
blackbirds turning leaves
the child inside her

4pt
Gryta Wansdronk (Kees Wansdronk)

339.
whiteout
and yet more whiteout
my mind's stillness

Bruce Ross

340.
snow crust
a gray squirrel
nibbles blankness

BILL KENNEY

341.
icy moon--
the stillness of winter
on White Mountain

3pt
John Daleiden



343.
through frozen trees
the brown and blue flutters
of jays

Jo Pacsoo

344.
forest cycling all day breathing green pines

Jan O'Loughlin

345.
playing it safe
in the nursery
...one wall pink

Doris Kasson



347.
old washwoman's hair
carrying late autumn away
white wave crests

Boris Nazansky

348.
the old lady smiles
a redbreast brightens
her winter garden

Gryta Wansdronk

349.
the snowstorm
has covered almost everything
these gold-green weeds

Bruce Ross



351.
white narcissus
beside a steaming tea pot
our rendezvous

John Daleiden



353.
just spring
the bay lies calm
and silver

Jan O'Loughlin

354.
yes he can
brown-eyed runt of the litter
runs fast

Doris Kasson

355.
maroon calla lilies
holding moonlight---
i release a prayer

5pt
Pamela A. Babusci

356.
red sunset
mirrored in the ripply lake
breeze in my curtains

Boris Nazansky
357.
no fingerprints
a trace of pink blossom
he left us, the thief

Gryta Wansdronk

358.
morning whiteout
the slender leafless trees
so empty

Bruce Ross

359.
a young priest
in rose vestments
his mother in white

BILL KENNEY

360.
red sunset
on a warm winter day –
icicle reflections

John Daleiden

361.
grandpa's farm –
only a leaning shed
and yellow lilies

4pt

Catherine J.S. Lee

362.
in just one night
the red maple drops its leaves--
I still need summer

oino sakai (Lloyd Daub)



364.
just as the frost
blooms on my window
cyclamen lipstick red

8pt
Ie Suzume Shi

365.
The yellow
Lotus rises
the stars crown

Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black

366.
condolence letter--
snowlight
on a sheet of white paper

7pt
Kristen Deming





369.
clasping his hands
the wind whistles
into the black starless night

Renee Loke

370.
a red butterfly
on a yellow water lily  -
what a summer day!

Virginia Popescu

371.
white hedge
no snow
hoar-frost

Cornelia de Brabander

372.
50th birthday
and half of my life gone--
blue skies ahead

oino saka

373.
fish on the river
spring
the white sound of water torn

Ie Suzume Shi

374.
green reeds
turn brown
Summer sun smiles

Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black

375.
wooden crosses
brown leaves mounded
into graves

5pt
Helen Baker



377.
between the grey window
the wind chime tings--
welcoming me home

Renee Loke

378.
autumn sunset -
pink, red, violet clouds
staining the blue sky

4pt
Virginia Popescu

379.
harvest moon:
the pumpkins
are even more orange

2pt
-- oino sakai

380.
waxwings drunk on blue
juniper berries laugh
flounder in the snow

Ie Suzume Shi

381.
Rainbows color
Red to violet
Dance from clouds

4pt
Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black

382.
a long depression --
painting her bedroom
apple green

Helen Baker

383.
another argument
the rose petal's
burgundy edge

5pt
Paul Hodder

384.
looking up
between the golden leaves
makes me remember my first autumn

Renee Loke

385.
night with frozen stars -
golden full moon shining
on the vault of heaven

Virginia Popescu

386.
drove of black umbrellas -
still standing
by your name

4pt
Lech Szeglowski

387.
grave green leaves -
trying to be here
a little longer

9pt
Lech Szeglowski

388.
the strength of red neon
in blustering snow

OPEN

2pt
Lin Geary

389.
flamingos –
flaunting their pink
or quiet contemplation?

Jyothirmai Gubili

390.
so much left to say...
black grapes burst
on the way home

6pt
carol pearce-worthington

391.
against a blue sky
long tail trailing in the breeze
flies a child's red kite

Todd Eddy

392.
past promise of spring
store front red wagon appears
in my best friend’s yard

1pt
Harvey Jenkins

393.
Ink-blue river
seamed with clouds of daisy-white,
mermaids embark my dream.

Beate Conrad

394.
(Left Blank)

2pt

395.
yellow flowers-
a meeting in the garden
face to face with the sun

2pt
Jadwiga Gala Miemus



397.
snowcapped
beige and brown and reddish
chrysanthemums

Max Verhart

398.
one white hair
the poet and his father
share the mirror

Lin Geary

399.
not enough to cover
red crabapple fruits –
first snowfall

2pt
Jyothirmai Gubili

400.
winter skaters
the blue glow
of a boom box

2pt
carol pearce-worthington

401.
cold grey morning
blizzard of emotions
love lost in winter

2pt
Todd Eddy

403.
the temple's shadows
deepening blue tempting
violets and grapes

Beate Conrad

404.
cancer ward-
he colours all the butterflies
with red

5pt

Rita Odeh

405.
oblivious work-
eyes of the bee covered
with yellow pollen

Jadwiga Gala Miemus

406.
purple data cables
hanging from the ceiling-
spring in the building

Marlène Buitelaar

407.
carefully arranging
white roses in a vase --
a drop of blood

Max Verhart

408.
fresh nasturtiums
in the smooth green bowl
our waiter clicks his heels

3pt
Lin Geary

409.
red lehua blossom
on fresh lava –
Soliloquy

Jyothirmai Gubili

410.
a flash of orange
minnows
summer's end

carol pearce-worthington

411.
chilly mountain stream
reflecting blue sky of
april, when snow melts

Todd Eddy

412.
Nepalese morning
her red sari glows
against mud walls

1pt
Harvey Jenkins

413.
The sun smiles:
All white the ice princess dressed
now in rainbow light.

Beate Conrad

414.
winter morning-
the greenness of that meadow
from grandma's window

Rita Odeh

415.
autumn rain
changes the moonlight
into silver drops

Jadwiga Gala Miemus

416.
on the rear shelf
her silver cowboy hat
waiting for the weekend

Marlène Buitelaar

417.
pink dawn
slowly the grass turns
green again

8pt
Max Verhart

 
418.
spring green
like no other
young

Penelope Sargent

419.
a white plastic bag
caught in a bare winter tree
windsome buddies

Mr. Paul R Cassidy

420.
bristling pine -
fox tracks
in the red snow

4pt
GEORGE DORSTY

421.
she secures
her day with blue ink
autumn winds

4pt
Mary Davila

422.
adrift in the bay:
man in a red boat
fishing

1pt
MAUREEN IRVINE

423.
painting class -
just white and blue
for a winter mood

Israel Lopez Balan

424.
rolling over
into a green dream
morning rain

2pt
Ann K. Schwader

425.
pink storm
whirling schoolgirls
sakura smiles

Jon Espen Vassbotn

426.
Sunday morning -
her red eyes reveal
the night before

4pt
Mike Montreuil

427.
black on white
winter starlings
drink snow

3pt
ruthanne price

428.
white hair frames mother's face
brown eyes
smiling

Penelope Sargent

429.
yellow dust -
the tractor's engine
Overheats

GEORGE DORSTY

430.
orange bowl
reflections of the moon
in the owl's eye

Mary Davila

431.
silver fish jump——
in the shallows
a dancing heron

4pt
MAUREEN IRVINE

432.
morning heat
a swallowtail drifts
into the blue

7pt
Ann K. Schwader

433.
my son watches the rain
a white glimpse of hope in his eye
snowchrystalshaped

Jon Espen Vassbotn



435.
red hats, pink shorts
grandmother and granddaughter
stroll through summer

ruthanne price

436.
clumsy guest
burgundy stain
on white cloth

--Penelope Sargent

437.
nor'easter -
high on the bluff
I make a red fist

7pt
GEORGE DORSTY

438.
awakening
to the scent of a red rose
winter thaw

Mary Davila

439.
the tide recedes:
old red boat
sinks into the mud

2pt

MAUREEN IRVINE

440.
yellow leaves --
the old tortoiseshell
glares back

2pt
Ann K. Schwader

441.
a yellow post it note
on the fridge door gallery
~ memento mori ~

Jon Espen Vassbotn

442.
a red paper clip
appears on my desk -
noon-time nap

4pt
Mike Montreuil

443.
every light but two red

- ruthanne price

444.
winter wind -
the traffic light
turns red...

Israel Lopez Balan

445.
misty day -
the old yellow radio
still works...

3pt
Israel Lopez Balan

446.
the last dregs
of her fortune
cup of green tea

Susan Sanchez-Barnett

447.
at night
the floating whiteness
of Nippon Daisies

9pt
Karen Klein

448.
the orange glow of the city...stretching into night

colin stewart jones

449.
sunshine petals
against the widow's weeds
yellow dandelion

Ruth Arnison

451.
your lips
on the inside of my wrist
two blue veins

Sandra Simpson

452.
first kiss-
her cheeks
become red

5pt
Katarzyna Predota

453.
Curled tightly alone
Thrown wrenching upward, skin red
Dripping awake, birth

5pt
Saxony Olivia McArthur

454.
Shades of winter
cacti at my window
with red flowers

3pt
Magdalena Dale

455.
red winterberries
even the crow
looks content

3pt
paul m

456.
fresh strawberry
from the garden
a taste of red

2pt
Susan Sanchez-Barnett

457.
Bryce Canyon
tiny red manzanita
at its very edge

Karen Klein

458.
red ink
stains the page
a transfusion of words

3pt
Ruth Arnison

459.
cherry blossom
surrounded by pink
the bride wears white

5pt
Elaine Riddell



461.
homecoming-
he wipes fleck of red lipstick
from the neck

5pt
Katarzyna Predota

 
462.
Absorbent visions
lurk a red lit hallway
dark shaded heart

Saxony Olivia McArthur

463.
Blue skyline --
a red ball falls in the sea
the moon rises

8pt
Magdalena Dale

464.
New Year's Day
silver threads of tinsel
on a discarded fir tree

paul m.



466.
a brown leaf
frozen on my windshield
hospice parking lot

6pt
Karen Klein

467.
fisherman
hooking a shark
out of the blue

Ruth Arnison

468.
spring hillside
a green mist rises
through bare branches

Elaine Riddell

469.
last year's
supermarket pumpkin -
this yellow flower!

Sandra Simpson

470.
violet dress-
with every move you make
smell of heather

Katarzyna Predota

471.
Pink cocktails, drunk
ripped racecar red denim jeans
green puke, night over

Saxony Olivia McArthur

472.
In no time
the white flower loses
all the petals

8pt
Magdalena Dale

 
474.
washing
my ex-blue jeans --
end of summer

3pt
Valeria Simonova-Cecon

475.
metallic grey sky-
the dip and swell of pigeons
on a telephone cable

Angelee Deodhar

476.
sharp raps on glass
crows separate from black
sunflower seeds

gourdman

477.
All day rain
the ruin, the rust
of autumn.

4pt
Alexis Rotella

478.
from the black dot
in the blue sky
the skylark's song

2pt
Grzegorz Sionkowski

479.
Among the beard's hair
Not a single black shadow -
The winter has come

3pt
Ioan Marinescu-Puiu

480.
seated behind him
his white hair blue
in the moonlight

Jerome Cushman

481.
The warm orange hues,
Flow serenely to a close,
Create a vision.

Julianne Marie Gatt

482.
just like that
summer shower
blue sky blue road

Robert Seretny

483.
hospital window-
purple wisteria shadows cross
the counterpane

Angelee Deodhar

484.
Snow shakes
off green bamboo that sways
with red cardinals

gourdman

485.
This all white world --
signatures of birds
crisscross morning snow

3pt
Alexis Rotella,

486.
bright morning--
the meadow turns yellow
with dandelions

4pt
Grzegorz Sionkowski

487.
slanted sun light
reflects gold off
the limestone wall

3pt
Jerome Cushman

488.
fading light-
a fruit vendor's son bites into
an unsold red persimmon

2pt
Angelee Deodhar

489.
blackness
in the womb of a sweat lodge
red rocks glow

3pt
gourdman


491.
red oak--
white with snow
black with crows

6pt
Grzegorz Sionkowski

492.
snowdrifts
roll red in the
Sunrise

Jerome Cushman

493.
Heaven in the puddle
A blue flower nearby -
What competition

Ioan Marinescu-Puiu

494.
Although faded
It still lights up our nights
The lonely white rose

Ioan Marinescu-Puiu

495.
tall oak in summer
holly pine and spruce nearby
so many colors of green

Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr.

496.
overcast sky
red geraniums
even redder

5pt
Marylouise Knight




499.
A skylark –
how deep can be
the blue

4pt
Eduard TARA

500.
the horizon –
meets the sky’s blue
and the sea’s blue

Maria Tirenescu

501.
asking where to go
my blue eyes passing hers
out to sea

4pt
Werner Reichhold



503.
my hook in the sea
watching for signs of a bite
brown pelican

Tom Genovese

504.
tundra swans
gathering on the green
winter tourists

2pt
Barbara Snow

505.
bitter cold morning--
red silk poppies
in the chinese vase

2pt
Marylouise Knight

506.
war news—
rubble the same gray
in any country

7pt
Cherie Hunter Day

509.
it’s snowing hardly –
the wild beast foot-marks
at the white surface

Maria Tirenescu

510.
after death
the surfer's eyebrows
waving green

Werner Reichhold

511.
persimmons --
all the western faces
white with frost

Josh Wikoff

512.
stained glass window
in the old church...green grapes
still ripening

7pt
Tom Genovese

513.
in the chapel
a shaft of spring light
greening up her hair

Barbara Snow

514.
slowed-down air --
thick green silence drifts
in from the plains

4pt

Marylouise Knight

515.
Winter moonlight –
her long hair turns silver
for the first time

5pt
Eduard TARA

516.
a breeze –
the red petals
under the shaken poppy

Maria Tirenescu

517.
voyage
blue light in your eyes
goes star to star

Werner Reichhold

518.
winter birth
crimson steam flickers
in the lamplight

Ron Moss

519.
...to the left
...or to the right?
pink petal carpet

Barbara Snow

520.
grey morning…trees sway.
birds take shelter in the boughs.
she died yesterday.

2pt
Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr.

521.
Gold finch rests on spruce
Through fog seagull flies…on rocks
Sound of ocean surf

Anthony T. Nasuta, Jr.

522.
among stars
the sun of haiku reveals
white echoes

4pt
Jane Reichhold

523.
a white heron
pecking in the stream
cold morning

Takizawa Takayasu

524.
pink shell
on the way to
unknown world

Kitahashi Mitsuko

525.
blue porcelain
fresh from the kiln
bright winter morning

2pt
Tarumi Hideo

526.
Winter sky
the beauty of White Pieta
took my breath away

Yamauchi Sakae

527.
first green
in spring garden
only weeds

Jeff Hoagland

528.
white~out -
the buzzard waits
for road kill

2pt
Sara Winteridge

529.
half a dozen
swans are their own
whitecaps

Michael Nickels-Wisdom

530.
From the night
the light of some
white flower.

4pt
LJUBOMIR RADOVANCEVIC

531.
blue again
my foot scratches
a sock indent

Jon Baldwin



533.
white narcissuses arranged
welcome in
the New Year

Takizawa Takayasu

534.
blue poppies
long for the ocean
for ages

Kitahashi Mitsuko

535.
blue
flashes past like a thrill
a kingfisher

5pt
Tarumi Hideo

536.
biting a green lemon
though
sweeter kiss

Yamauchi Sakae


538.
a black scratch
over snowy fields -
the telegraph

5pt
Sara Winteridge

539.
ragged patch
of pale blue sky;
unseen lilacs

Michael Nickels-Wisdom

540.
Red petals
falling off as soon
as picked up – the poppy.

LJUBOMIR RADOVANCEVIC

541.
in the shadow
of the lighthouse
crimson entrails

3pt
Jon Baldwin

542.
white water
above the wave
wind

3pt
Jane Reichhold

543.
ruby-red sunset
the flocks of crows
the castle garden

Takizawa Takayasu

544.
mother's physical therapy
getting orange sunshine
late summer

Kitahashi Mitsuko

545.
the scent of purple wisteria
suddenly rich
now that people are gone

1pt
Tarumi Hideo

546.
the sound of bees
brilliant yellow
goldenrod flowers

Jeff Hoagland

547.
frozen pond
by degrees gives up
the scarlet koi

4pt
Sara Winteridge

548.
as many
bluets in the ground
as bullets

Michael Nickels-Wisdom

549.
Next to each other
a review of white crosses.
Army cemetery.

4pt
LJUBOMIR RADOVANCEVIC

550.
blackbird off
into the spiral
of his song

5pt
Jon Baldwin

551.
violet sky
cold breath
as he forms words

Garry Gay

552.
white is a robe the Saudi wears
hospitality flows out
like a river

Stella (Guillory)

553.
long sickness
a blood red talon
on the snow

Ron Moss



555.
sunrise ~
threads of gold paint
in the water jar

5pt
Trish Fong


557.
spring fever
new piglets nestle
into pink

Marilyn Appl Walker

558.
moon on the fencepost
around the brown wood
wire loops turn silver

Frances McCarthy

559.
August sweet william
your ribbons all in tatters
white and red and rose

Stephen Collington

560.
rain subsides
from the cloudy sky
--- sudden blue

James M. Thompson

561.
red moon
a glowworm crawls
along my finger

7pt
Garry Gay

562.
his most favored ginger scraper
earth tone shard
an abandoned rice bowl

Stella

563.
tiny blue shoes
mourners drift past
the snowdrift

Ron Moss





566.
first flurries
I white-out
my name

4pt
Marilyn Appl Walker

567.
sky blue triangle
morning fills
the curtain gap

Frances McCarthy

568.
golden orb-weaver,
goldenrod, golden summer
sun in September

Stephen Collington


570.
the yellow
of a banana slug . . .
along my walking stick

Garry Gay

571.
a red urge
like a piano
a gift from mother

Stella

572.
sudden gust
ripe purple plums sway
thud thud thud

2pt
Trish Fong

573.
I place a little Buddha
with the pinks in my planter
first day of spring

Marilyn Appl Walker

574.
midwinter grey
dusk coming home
on the early bus

5pt
Frances McCarthy

575.
and now October
passing, and with it passing
yellow red brown gold

Stephen Collington

576.
strange flowers?
yellow and fuchsia
tennis balls

James M. Thompson

577.
small black cat
leaves large hole in my life
when gone

2pt
Oriane Stender

578.
plop!
white pebble
turning blue

3pt
Dejan Pavlinovic

579.
dusting off his book
again
crow black trees begin to caw

David Boyer



581.
blue moon ::
the xray
of a tumor

9pt
Timothy Russell

582.
World in grey
waiting
for days to come

4pt
Ashi

583.
blue ridges
becoming darkness
the tail of a deer

8pt
John Barlow

584.
true blue
ten kilo walk makes me
sing a lot

mae hiroya

585.
white clouds come and go--
yet what color
is the wind?

6pt
Bruce Kennedy

586.
Black boats paddle
on choppy blue waters.
Wintering Coots.

Bonnie Hudson

587.
white warp set
loom waits for color
life begins

Oriane Stender

 
588.
after a leaf
to the yellow carpet
a chestnut

Dejan Pavlinovic

589.
on the broken branch
leaves turn red--
he never had a chance

David Boyer

590.
summer sunset
the color of her skin
after the long nap

3pt
Páll Ingi Kvaran

591.
Grey clouds rule
nevertheless I know
blue sky remain above

2pt
Ashi

592.
streaming yellow
weavers leave behind
the silence

John Barlow

593.
a dog lies
on pathway full of
purple blooms

mae hiroya

594.
one white snowflake
after another...
great laughter

Bruce Kennedy

595.
indigo warp
rose weft ends before achieving violet
life cut short

Oriane Stender

596.
red eye
amidst the blue-
sea sunset

Dejan Pavlinovic

597.
blue after the storm--
the dumpster
overflowing with balloons

David Boyer

598.
the mangrove creek
brimming with blue sky-
leap of a fish

5pt
John Barlow

599.
white morning
one of kids has just
cried out

mae hiroya

600.
Slivers of rainbows
exploding into the air
from her third finger.

2pt
Bonnie Hudson



602.
night sky--
I look up to the whites
of my father's eyes

4pt
Tim Singleton

603.
country lane –
the mail lady’s blue
rubber glove

1pt
Karen Cesar

604.
the broken crystals
white, soft glitters in the night -
my frozen tears

5pt
Posnaies Oana Aurora

605.
garden nandina
scarlet clustered berries
winter feast

Ginny Leidig

606.
full strawberry moon
shines on plump, ripe, red berries...
gatherings of june

1pt
Pat Geyer--needs address

607.
at sunset
an odd red cloud -
the shape of someone's soul

Ludmila Balabanova

608.
cabbage white and I spring meadow

2pt

Christopher Patchel

609.
strong wind
pieces of blue sky
on the driveway

4pt
Origa, (Olga Hooper)

610.
vermilion blood
stains broken streets
the dead of winter

Cathy Drinkwater Better

611.
red hibiscus . . .
what comes
from the heart

8pt
Francine Banwarth

612.
at the red dot "You Are Here" map
a slight breeze blowing
this way

Tim Singleton

613.
feathers
under the feeder…
shades of gray

Karen Cesar

614.
white cherry-flower
is falling down in child's hand -
unexpected gift.

Posnaies Oana Aurora

615.
wrapped in tattered gray blanket
feeding squirrels in the park
he laughs

4pt
Ginny Leidig

616.
color of flowers
bright pattern of butterflies
like spattering paint

Pat Geyer

617.
December wind
all colors go back
into the white

2pt
Ludmila Balabanova

618.
under the wings
of a Peacock butterfly
grey shadow

4pt
Origa

619.
rain-soaked schoolyard…
bouncing down the street
a red umbrella

Cathy Drinkwater Better



621.
three inches long
three inches away
a black-capped chickadee

Tim Singleton

622.
Black and Tan
more dead soldiers
along the road

2pt
Karen Cesar

623.
that late night moonlight
gleams upon a blacksmith's forge
and cools red embers

Posnaies Oana Aurora

624.
strong gusty winds
strip yellowed leaves from branches
a straggler clings

4pt
Ginny Leidig

625.
young green tree leaves grow
up to wear an old fall coat
of many colors

Pat Geyer

626.
first snow
we watch tonight
a black-and-white film

1pt
Ludmila Balabanova

627.
fresh snow...
in each deep footprint
blackness

3pt
Origa

628.
as shadows lengthen—
rust and orange
chrysanthemums

Cathy Drinkwater Better

629.
new year's day
pale pink sunrise
ancient earth

April Serock

630.
morning moon
white cream rising
in the white milk

5pt
Michele Root-Bernstein

631.
burnt orange skyline - a sunset missed

Ken Saunders

632.
summer fair--
a child's pink face
in cotton candy

5pt
Rita Gray

633.
who left the cap off
the blue-tongued lizard
soaking in the sun

Christine Allinson

 
635.
a red-crowned vulture
wings spread to the sun
Easter morn

Renee Owen

636.
white flowers cradled
in her small stained hands -
bloodroot

5pt
Don Holt

637.
campfire smoke
the sky as grey...
cold silence

Ruth Powell

638.
freedom of airs--
on a green field
rows of white crosses

Isabel Pose

639.
summer sunset
we decide to paint
the town red

4pt
Michele Root-Bernstein

640.
give body heat
animal to mineral
blue rock in my bed

Ken Saunders

641.
trickle of water
over moss, over stone
deep forest green

2pt
Rita Gray

642.
evening rain
a snail by the curb
caught in traffic light colors

Richard Burri

643.
a rain-splattered newt
...red feet slowly circle
the autumn lake

Renee Owen



645.
the wind has entered
in the void temple--
red petals fall

5pt
Isabel Pose

646.
the blue hour--
inhaling a sweet smell
of bruised peach

5pt
Michele Root-Bernstein

647.
nosebleeds
on white wad
unfold - bright paper chains

Ken Saunders

648.
summer morning--
a white moth
in a spider's web

1pt
Rita Gray

649.
april morning jog...
pacing my dew-wet shadow
a yellow butterfly

Richard Burri

650.
after the fire--
a spool of green fern
unfurls in the sun

6pt
Renee Owen

651.
blue bottle
on the windowsill
spring tonic

5pt
Ruth Powell

652.
the wounded deer
has dyed red
the dew of the dawn

Isabel Pose

653.
winter gloom
two vibrant goldfinch
lift my mood

3pt
Gael Bage

 
654.
white sky
the rumble of snowblowers
deepens

Jennifer Corpe

655.
November rain
gray-hoofed horses rush
across cobblestones

Sherry Weaver Smith

656.
counting winter stars with a gray finger

Dana Duclo

657.
breaking trail-
some little red berries
have stained the snow