Touchstone Award Nominees Issue IV
Announcing and Congratulations to all Touchstone Award Nominees for the Shadow Pond Journal Issue IV Stefanie Bucifal Alvin B Cruz Oana Maria Daly Eavonka Ettinger Jahnavi Gogoi Jimmy Pappas Nalini Shetty Kay Syrad Steliana Cristina Voicu Amber Winter cloud-shaped the unfathomable forms of forgiveness Stefanie Bucifal her relapse a crocus bud opens in false spring Alvin B Cruz flowing into every tear autumn rain Oana Maria Daly bitter wind the faltering flutter of a butterfly Eavonka Ettinger sour jujube signing divorce papers on a winter's night Jahnavi Gogoi entering the water I stand in the rivers of a river Jimmy Pappas zero-waste grocery— shopping for morals by the ounce Nalini Shetty the buzzard’s talons yellow as daffodils... one eye snowdrop white Kay Syrad autumn way to work… when does God read all his emails? Steliana Cristina Voicu purple gallinule her briefcase full of dreams Amber Winter