Cradled Moon.

Fossombrone, Italy. Photo credits: Oana Maria Cercel.

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

CMJ Touchstone Nominations for 2025

Congratulations! 

rescue boat
a boy's request
for one more trip
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
deep winter
the flashing red lights
at her bedside
Richard L. Matta
reeds until
they move
heron’s legs
Ravi Kiran
cursive writing —
grandson’s thoughts fly
beyond the margin
Neena Singh
country roads
all of us singing
of home
Jamie Wimberly
mother’s belongings
in boxes
gathering clouds
Alvin B. Cruz
a
puzzle
missing
piece
childhood
Robert Witmer
cold shower
the nettles
erect
Tony Williams
flashes of red
in the rose bush
a touch and go robin
Katie Montagna
far from home
the familiar language
of a robin
Ravi Kiran
divorce day
mold on the bread
getting darker
Hifsa Ashraf
the many dialects of silent treatmentRavi Kiran
jisei book
learning to write
the last page
Oscar Luparia
harvest time
the village waits
for grandma’s dinner
Aleksandra Rybczyńska
stout beer
not too warm
not too cool
this autumn night
Bryan Rickert
bruised fruit
she says
she fell
Joseph P. Wechselberger
another lie
told to the wife
ice fishing
Mircea Moldovan
washing my hands
with French-milled soap
after scattering her ashes
John J. Dunphy
Gaza Strip
even the sparrows
starving
Pitt Büerken
free at last ritesSusan Burch
sudden remembrance
of an empty crib
gentling rain
John Hawkhead
at both ends of winter burning leaf scentBryan Rickert
a year after—
my mother's closet
just her scent
Nicholas Gentile
winter rain
we choose to say
remission
Doug Belville
rain bow
sun above
rain below
Pitt Büerken
softly
this conflagration
of wings
Stacy R. Nigliazzo
petrichor
the room overflowing
with his laughter
Mohua Maulik
tangled roots–
clinging to the walls
of a broken home
Jagajit Salam
spring moon
father's laugh
some where
Manasa Reddy Chichili

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