Douglas J Lanzo, USA

Introducing  : Douglas J Lanzo  is an award-winning author whose Newbery-nominated, debut novel, The Year of the Bear, won the 2023 Ames Awards for Young Adult Books, was just shortlisted for the Hawthorne Prize, and was a 2022 Firebird Award winner.   

He is also the author of a military romance suspense novella entitled I Have Lived that will be published later this year.  Doug’s poetry has been published in 69 literary journals and anthologies in the U.S., Canada, Caribbean, England, Wales, Austria, Mauritius, India, Japan and Australia. 

He and his award-winning haiku poet twin sons enjoy nature, fishing, tennis, snorkeling and hiking.  His Author’s website is at www.douglaslanzo.com.

water lilies
pinpricks of color
ripple under brush

May 25th 2023

rustling leaf
a refugee boy wakens
trembling from his dreams

November 24th 2023 

Māori song
the soothing sound
of whales

May 30th 2024

too threadbare
to separate their dreams
twin refugees

November 24th 2024