Joseph Howse

the snow moon in the fox's eye ... chiaroscuro

—Joseph Howse

Emil Karla

echoing

the streetlamp

full snow moon


Emil Karla

Herb Tate

snow moon

a well-lit face

in the diner window

Herb Tate

clear water

a stone through a memory

of a ripple

Herb Tate

alarm clock

the time that tells

when the rooster crows

Herb Tate

By Hege Anita Jakobsen Lepri

snow moon

erasing the tracks

of the wolf


Hege Anita Jakobsen Lepri

By Helen Ogden

snow moon

thoughts drift

back to you

Helen Ogden

Carmela Marino

solar eclipse

​in a box

the wedding ring

—Carmela Marino

beauty salon

​the wall clock

is back two hours

—Carmela Marino

snow moon

my mum’s silence 

turns to ash

—Carmela Marino

By Paula Sears

Valentine’s Day

a cardinal’s wings

on winter wind

Paula Sears

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crowning every picket

of our fence . . .

snow moon

Paula Sears

By Elena Zouain

late mowing —

no more bees in the hive

Elena Zouain

snow moon over sea —

one more journey in solitude

Elena Zouain

Chen-ou Liu

last shift over

my shadow walks alone

with the snow moon

Chen-ou Liu

By J. D. Nelson

Jupiter follows

the half-moon across the sky . . .

black dog in the snow

J. D. Nelson

By Barrie Levine

the cat’s dish full of snow drifting moon

Barrie Levine

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

in your snow the Lydian moon rises

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Melissa Laussmann

waves gently lapping

a child brushes

her long hair

—Melissa Laussmann

no longing

I lean into the night

snowdrop

—Melissa Laussmann

first snow 

mountain and moon

become one

—Melissa Laussmann

Joanna Ashwell

day moon

just a fable

in darkness

Joanna Ashwell

 

night lantern

the wishing star

of a dream

Joanna Ashwell

 

snow dark

the inner silence

of a wish

Joanna Ashwell

By Manoj Sharma

melting snow

the full moon

over the snowscape

Manoj Sharma

Touchstone Award Nominations (January through April 2024)

Announcing the Touchstone Award nominations from CMJ:

traffic slows

I move the dead rabbit

to safety

Tom Clausen

if peace

were a sound

snow angels

C.X. Turner

my inner bear

begins to hibernate

cold moon

Alfred Booth

a leafless tree

raises arms to the sky

praying for peace

Neena Singh

grunting

I try not to be an animal

but I am

Tony Williams

it could be winter or it could be worse

Robert Epstein

periodic table

the stars that flow

through us

Eugeniusz Zacharski

power outage

learning the shapes

of familiar things

Helen Ogden

his first recital

a round of applause

for all the pink

Barrie Levine

claiming the American dream an American gun

Susan Yavaniski

windstorm

reading a letter

not meant for me

Ruth Holzer

Nitu Yumnam

teacup ring

on the bedside table

cold moon

—Nitu Yumnam

overthinking—

all the cauliflower florets

cling-filmed

—Nitu Yumnam

medication cup

half empty

half full

—Nitu Yumnam

 

late winter storm 

the trembling pulse

of a spider web

—Nitu Yumnam

snow-laden 

branch 

the 

weight 

of 

unsaid

—Nitu Yumnam

By Mircea Moldovan

the moon fallen on thoughts after snow


Mircea Moldovan

fingers slipping

on the piano keys

long winter wind


Mircea Moldovan

 

 

John Hawkhead

ghost moon

over silent snow

the slow fall

—John Hawkhead

care home register

no one left to talk to

on the winter beach

—John Hawkhead

By Nisha Raviprasad

snow fall

a half-eaten moon

in the sky

Nisha Raviprasad