AWARDS: San Francisco International Rengay Contest, 2023

 The Tour Boat’s Wake 
        Michael Dylan Welch and Billie Dee

San Diego Zoo—

a slow line
for the pandas 

a row of make-out cars
at Sunset Cliffs

         the Coronado Bridge
         curving over sailboats. . .
         the tour boat’s wake 

         sun glint on bay chop
         we paddle our kayaks past
         the USS Midway 

low-riders on parade
in Old Town 

orchid show
the Spreckels Organ
shakes Balboa Park  

Honorable Mention, 2023 (Judge: Gary Gay)