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Our subscribers enter ALL our contests for FREE!	Poetry Contest #8 . . . Results! May 15, 1992 Bonnie Black, Thunder Bay, Ontario -- Nana's Silver Spoons (displayed below) Wendy Chivers, Surrey, British Columbia, The Scent of Spring (displayed below) Roxanne Guise, Langley, British Columbia, Rains Serenity Florence E. Brewis, Burnaby, British Columbia, Illusion Florence E. Brewis, Burnaby, British Columbia, Study in Yellow Esther Steeves, Maritimes, Morning Alicia De Leon, Delta, British Columbia, Nocturnal Roxanne Guise, Langley, British Columbia, Infants Florence E. Brewis, burnaby, British Columbia, The Party's Over Esther Meerschaut, Nepean, Ontario, Summer Weekends Thomas Zerohn, New Westminster, British Columbia, Bones of Earth Tammie R. Rapp, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Never Too Old. Honourable Mentions: None. FIRST PLACE POEM Nana’s Silver Spoons By Bonnie Blake Thunder Bay, Ontario Nana listened her wide blue eyes meeting mine. Every curled white hair a lesson in patience. Every winding wrinkle a map of journeys complete. She welcomed this grand-daughter-in-law with coffee and hot buns and corduroy footstools. Her third-floor apartment like a sturdy log cabin against the winter wind. Now, the cold prairie squalls curve over her grave. I polish her silverware in silent swirls. My hands mimic hers. The spoon an inverted mirror. My eyes widen when I glimpse her blue ones reflected. Copyright (c) 2004 for the author, all rights reserved.   SECOND PLACE POEM The Scent of Spring By Wendy Chivers Surrey, British Columbia Driving across the bridge with the window down I get an overwhelming scent of spring The smell of the fresh budding cottonwoods remind me of a time long forgotten a time beyond my consciousness a time of softly flapping sun dried sheets out on the line a time of nuzzling my face into the smooth woven cloth a time of deeply inhaling the familiar calming scent of utter freshness The unfolding resiny cottonwood leaves burst and release in me a scent of life renewed. Copyright (c) 2004 for the author, all rights reserved. LATEST DEADLINES Contact Information Telephone (email is Preferred) 604-591-6095 (We Return Long Distance Calls COLLECT) FAX (Not Accepted) Postal address TICKLED BY THUNDER FICTION MAGAZINE 14076 - 86A Ave., Surrey, British Columbia, Canada V3W 0V9 Electronic mail (Only SUBSCRIBERS can SUBMIT MANUSCRIPTS ONLINE) General Information/Advertising/Webmaster: info@tickledbythunder.com or FEEDBACK Copyright © 1999 / 2004 Tickled by Thunder Publishing Company