SHADOW POND JOURNAL

  Touchstone Awards Nominees  For Issue V of the Shadow Pond Journal  sake - melts on our tongues no transcripts available Laila Brahmbhatt, India  half-moon night     chiaroscuro of my dreams  Lakshman Bulusu, USA  ge(ode) to a star Susan Burch  deeper water a mermaid shows me her colors Lee Hudspeth, USA  cut a caper . . . mellow in mulmul  red vermilion summer  Monica Kakkar, India/USA  coca leaves the shaman unfurls into the cupid Ganesh R, India  love me love (me) knot that unbreakable bond(age) Bonnie J Scherer, Alaska twilight in Santorini - the mix piper shades of our relationship Steliana Cristina Voicu, Romania  hazy moon the voices of tree frogs searching for mates Joseph P. Wechselberger, USA snowflakes melt slow kisses in the open mouth of the sea Robert Witmer, Japan