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NON-PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY FIRST PLACE POETRY SANPITCH HAGGARD ONES Annette Van Laar 22111 River Road Escalon, California 95320 Gnarled, crooked and bent they grew each smidgeon of water the desert released. They captured precious morsels of moisture, then curled back into hibernation 'til the next shower spilled delicious drops on the wretched beings. Stripped siblings were abducted from their home. They wore neither a skirt nor overalls, these untiring uni-legged ones. they now are clothed in silken silver-gray always changing or viewed in glittery, snow-packed evening apparel. Patiently they stand entrenched Now their warted knots bulge. claw and act as barbs against cattle leaning to graze past these misshapen boundary guards. Still they faithfully serve, marking the ground, these beautiful haggard fences of Sanpitch. I |
