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
two cats stare—
opposing paws slap
the
mirror
Stephen J. DeGuire
*
on treadmills—
man during the day
hamster
at night
Stephen J. DeGuire
*
thought bubble
dot dot dot
loss
for words
Stephen J. DeGuire
on my first flight
nearer to God . . .
air
turbulence
Sreenath
*
cobwebs, shadows, darkness
invading the brain
Alzheimer's
Sreenath
night bus—
we move
with
the moon
Govind
Joshi
*
in
okra blooms—
ants
on
a tour
Govind Joshi
aquarium
nephew and goldfish
in
a staring game
Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo