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empty pharmacy

an echo of knocks

awakens the neighborhood

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a glass of water

the chopstick bends

without bending

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heading home

the horse’s hoofs hardly

touch the ground

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More Touchstone Award Nominations

Congratulations to these talented Cold Moon Journal poets for their 2024 Touchstone Award nominations:

Biswajit Mishra

Stacy Taylor

Bipasha Majumder (De)

Bryan Rickert

Sharon Ferrante

Mark Hendrickson

Jerome Berglund

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Sharon Martina

Rita Melissano

Alvin B. Cruz

Scott F. Parker

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Jay Friedenberg

Susan Burch

Alaka Y

Mohua Maulik

Wendy Cobourne

Adrian Bouter

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fitful sea-breeze

snatches of sailors’ song

waft to my ears

Xiaoou Chen

Xiaoou Chen

slow knitter

the boy outgrows his

future sweater

Xiaoou Chen

Xiaoou Chen

thickening fog

a bell strikes ten from

an unknown tower

Xiaoou Chen

Xiaoou Chen

daybreak

the grey clouds

fringed with gold

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full gallop

the clatter of arrows

in the quiver

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Xiaoou Chen

deserted bedroom

her nightdress carries

a faint scent still

Xiaoou Chen

Xiaoou Chen

marshland

the calf’s lifted foot

hangs in the air

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Xiaoou Chen

frog in well

admiring the moon

two circles

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Xiaoou Chen

slowed-down pace

the raindrops no longer

beat on my face


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Xiaoou Chen

rushing forth

the war-horses’ legs

become invisible


Xiaoou Chen

Xiaoou Chen

solar eclipse

splashing black ink

up to the sky

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inundation

floating markets

in downtown

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Xiaoou Chen

quiet pond

drawing some stars

before day breaks

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Xiaoou Chen

subsiding wind

leaves take occasion

to change partners

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Xiaoou Chen

vertical ladder

his fear increases

step by step

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Xiaoou Chen

grand migration

of myriad butterflies

solar eclipse


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