Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Touchstone Individual Poem Short List 2021

Two Cold Moon Journal contributors are among The Haiku Foundation's short list for the 2021 Touchstone Award.

Congratulations to Pat Davis and Helen Ogden!

Their poems:

ancient syllables
the forest alive
in birdsong
Pat Davis, Cold Moon, October 7, 2021
 
ancient wisdom —
naming negative space
in the night sky
Helen Ogden, Cold Moon, October 22, 2021 


This marks the second round of the award procedure. 

Final results will be announced on Haiku Poetry Day, April 17, 2022.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

By Réka Nyitrai

early spring

a shark cloud loses

its fin


Réka Nyitrai

By Kristen Lindquist

morning fog

the loud clear song

of the fox sparrow


Kristen Lindquist

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

By Keith Evetts

what it takes city bird

Keith Evetts

Monday, April 4, 2022

By John J. Dunphy

southbound

the haiku I scrawled

on a boxcar

John J. Dunphy

By Barrie Levine

luggage stickers

where we went

when we were going

Barrie Levine

Sunday, April 3, 2022

By Ray Spitzenberger

rock

paper

scissors

joy

happiness

pleasure

joy beats pleasure


Ray Spitzenberger

Saturday, April 2, 2022

By Keith Evetts

midnight only half there

Keith Evetts

By Barrie Levine

frantic u-turn across the living room and back what just happened

Barrie Levine

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

morning sun

the fold in your pillow

casts a shadow


Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Devoshruti Mandal

i in the moonlight sequestered self


Devoshruti Mandal