The second set of Cold Moon Journal nominations for the 2022 Touchstone Awards have been submitted to The Haiku Foundation (for poems published July to December 2022).
Congratulations to these 12 talented poets:
Amrutha Prabhu
Andrew Markowski
Bisshie
Eavonka Ettinger
John J. Dunphy
Keith Evetts (2)
Mike Gallagher
Orrin PréJean
Saumya Bansal
Susan Burch
Tony Williams
Tuyet Van Do
Good luck to all!
falling snow
a void impossible
to
fill
Alvin B. Cruz
*
folded blanket
a sky
full
of dreams
Alvin B. Cruz
*
mother's
quilt
i follow the thread
of
her story
Alvin B. Cruz
abandoned
mall a mannequin wears layers of dust
Andrew Markowski
*
a child scribbles
on the wall
drawing
attention
Andrew Markowski
*
quiet
coffee shop— the barista drops a dollar into the tip jar
Andrew Markowski
too many nights
dad visited my bed
and told me not to tell —
too many mornings
before I realized
mom already knew
Susan Burch
two seagulls
flapping into the calm
before
the storm
Mike Gallagher
*
full moon
a long shadow
for
company
Mike Gallagher