prayer
the yellow taste
of pumpkin soup
Mircea Moldovan
crimson leaves
losing myself in the swirl
of his guitar
Louise
Hopewell
*
winter
sun
catching shadows
in her butterfly net
Louise Hopewell
shamelessly
on power lines
sparrows
Mike Gallagher
*
winding
river
a sluggish snake slithers
along the bank
Mike Gallagher
as above,
so below
fog
Kerry
J Heckman
*
winter solstice approaching a bend in the river
Kerry J Heckman
moonflower
mistress of the night
unfurls
in white
Eavonka Ettinger
*
delight
in their eyes
shooting
stars
Eavonka Ettinger
*
a sharp caw
crow remind me
who
is boss
Eavonka Ettinger
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