Seen From the Asphalt Road Premiere Contest Winner

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On the fringe of the morning

              the neat rows of wheat fields, 
              
              with  sweet fragrant grasses,

              are caged with barbed wire 

              reflecting the fire

                                      of a tangerine sun


Fences and grain 

              still damp from the rain

              are home to the masses

              of rodents and rabbits
                
              where the sage used to grow

                                    and the wind sweeps the plains...

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008



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Date: 2/20/2018 4:25:00 PM
Congrats! Carrie in winning first place in the contest!
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Date: 2/20/2018 11:12:00 AM
Wonderful write Carrie, congratulations...
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Date: 2/20/2018 5:55:00 AM
Congratulations, Carrie! I love the layout and the images are beautiful!
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Date: 2/19/2018 11:48:00 PM
Love this write, Carrie ... such wonderful imagery and flow! Gorgeous - congrats on your win! :-)
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Date: 2/19/2018 7:37:00 PM
Lovely. Congrats on your win, Carrie.
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Date: 2/19/2018 7:36:00 PM
WOW, Carrie, I had never seen this one before. Fantastic imagery....sights, sounds, and smells, lift off the page and transport the reader.....Well deserved top spot
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Date: 2/19/2018 7:10:00 PM
So moving and descriptive, Carrie. CONGRATS! Janice
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Date: 2/19/2018 6:41:00 PM
Pretty! Congrats on your top win, Carrie :)
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Date: 2/19/2018 6:31:00 PM
Carrie, I experienced your poem with my senses and my heart. A moving write. Congratulations on your top win with this beauty! ~Susan
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Date: 7/18/2012 5:43:00 AM
Congratulations on you win in Brian's "Contest # 189" contest Carrie. Love, Carol
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Date: 7/17/2012 5:50:00 PM
Very descriptive work..Enjoyed reading a winner..Congrats..Sara
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Date: 7/17/2012 4:22:00 PM
congrats Carrie on a first place win for this dynamic poem luv.. awesome write too..
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Date: 7/17/2012 2:39:00 PM
Carrie, it's as tho I am walking this very descript scene with u...format is strong and inviting! luv, gwendolen
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Date: 7/17/2012 12:31:00 PM
Very skillful and colorful description. Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce
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Date: 7/17/2012 12:23:00 PM
carrie, congrats on your win..love this and the format..David
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Date: 7/17/2012 11:57:00 AM
Beauifully descriptive images. Congratulations.
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Date: 7/17/2012 11:48:00 AM
Very nice descriptions... Congratulations on your big win! Terry
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Date: 9/28/2008 5:21:00 PM
A poetic painting. Vince
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Date: 9/27/2008 6:39:00 AM
you must be a real country girl to be able to write this. good work. jhl
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Date: 9/27/2008 1:01:00 AM
'Sunrise glistens dew kissed grasses' great imagery Carrie.Rgds Brian
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Date: 9/26/2008 9:35:00 PM
I can't help but think you are speaking of Vina, over by Corning and Gerber. If so you be careful in them parts I know some bad folk there. That said I just loved your poem. Autumn is a bountiful time of year and you captured that perfectly. Sorry about the way this comment opened I just know bad things about that area - God Bless
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Date: 9/26/2008 2:14:00 PM
The perfect poem for an autumn read, beautiful. :) oh, and about the old barn - I LOVE old things- I mean really really get off on old things, relics, timeless artifacts...I cannot get enough! So the old barn I work in is a constant source of inspiration, Love Kristin
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Date: 9/26/2008 11:30:00 AM
a warm and wonderful poem about my best time of year.
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