Eugeniusz Zacharski

sparrows take the place

of crows in my haiku…

winter’s end

—Eugeniusz Zacharski

Eugeniusz Zacharski

lingering war

dark energy

in the void

—Eugeniusz Zacharski

lightning—

an even more visible

blackness of the night

—Eugeniusz Zacharski

diagnosis—

the spring wind disperses clouds

about the sky

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migrating geese

yarn that weaves

the landscape

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Eugeniusz Zacharski

ancient battle

the sea reflects the glare

of the gold armor

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milky way

the distant road

to the void

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Nominations for the 2025 Pushcart Prize (Poetry)

 

 

Mar 26:

periodic table

the stars that flow

through us

Eugeniusz Zacharski

Apr 5:

closed clinic

another choice

terminated

Scott Wiggerman

Apr 9:

gentle dawn ...

the haiku remains

unfinished

Samo Kreutz

Apr 22:

losing the path

deep in the forest

I find myself

deep in the forest

losing myself

I find the path

losing the path

I find myself

deep in the forest

Belinda Behne

Oct 6:

long weekend

the news comes

on a friday

Jerome Berglund

Oct 12:

fake profile —

why would anyone

want to be me

Susan Burch

 

Big congratulations to our six Pushcart nominees!

Nominations for the Touchstone Awards are underway, so please remain patient. Uploading the data for 30 poems is taking considerable time and effort. It's a lengthy process, but the Touchstone announcement will be posted at the journal once everything is finished.

Eugeniusz Zacharski

sunlight

bit by bit

blossom

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dead of night

an octopus turns off the valve

on the gas pipeline


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in a trench

a quarrel between soldiers

over a property line

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Eugeniusz Zacharski

silent night—

a spider slides down

from the hunter's moon

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full moon—

even the light that guides the thief

is stolen

Eugeniusz Zacharski

Eugeniusz Zacharski

low tide

life comes out of the sea

again

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killer heat

at the watering hole

a pack of wolves

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mild breeze

mother's hand

caresses my face

Eugeniusz Zacharski

Touchstone Award Nominations (January through April 2024)

Announcing the Touchstone Award nominations from CMJ:

traffic slows

I move the dead rabbit

to safety

Tom Clausen

if peace

were a sound

snow angels

C.X. Turner

my inner bear

begins to hibernate

cold moon

Alfred Booth

a leafless tree

raises arms to the sky

praying for peace

Neena Singh

grunting

I try not to be an animal

but I am

Tony Williams

it could be winter or it could be worse

Robert Epstein

periodic table

the stars that flow

through us

Eugeniusz Zacharski

power outage

learning the shapes

of familiar things

Helen Ogden

his first recital

a round of applause

for all the pink

Barrie Levine

claiming the American dream an American gun

Susan Yavaniski

windstorm

reading a letter

not meant for me

Ruth Holzer

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time of war...

a formation of geese

splits into two

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Eugeniusz Zacharski

between

silt and sleet

carp season

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periodic table

the stars that flow

through us

Eugeniusz Zacharski

Eugeniusz Zacharski

astral light—

poetry emerges

from the void

Eugeniusz Zacharski

eagerly waiting

for the solar eclipse

to end...

cherry blossoms

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Eugeniusz Zacharski

billions of neutrinos

passing through me...

all alone

Eugeniusz Zacharski