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Winning Poems: The Moods of Summer

The old man slowly ascends

Flaying his humble donkey before him.

The magpies dart their quicksilvered tongues

At a sleepy old hare

And wild geese shiver in the moonlight.

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The emperor's children dream in a garden

The fisherman rises to watch his sea

Glitter in the first sun

A fisherman breaks with the small prow of his boat

The last ice of winter.

The quiet leaves of autumn rustle about the heart.

Noble scholar beneath a willow.

Honorable Mention John Paden

On Our Last Remeeting

Your front tire was flat as a nail-head,

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