Touchstone Awards Nominees Issue III 2024

The Poems 

out Matisse's window 

a preponderance 

of blues 

Jerome Berglund, USA

white koi

under the moon bridge

under the moon

Ruth Holzer, USA

round table peace conference the forest in pieces

Lakshmi Iyer, India

silence since yesterday

on both sides of the bridge

wives with flowers

Wiesław Karliński, Poland 

communion

of dust-bathing sparrows

ceasefire

Lorraine A Padden, USA

en plein air

prairie grass brushes

a watercolour sky

Julie Warther Schwerin, USA 

grandmother crochets

a white circle wreath

bloodless petals

Sue Spiers, UK

the aurora

a wolf’s breath becomes

 part of it

Debbie Strange, Canada

darksome, the tight-lipped wind and dog emerge a mountain of leaves

Alan Summers, UK

war dust...

that white dove

still visible

Ali Znaidi, Tunisia

The Poets 

Jerome Berglund, USA

Ruth Holzer, USA

Lakshmi Iyer, India

Wiesław Karliński, Poland

Lorraine A Padden, USA

Julie Warther Schwerin, USA

Sue Spiers, UK

Debbie Strange, Canada

Alan Summers, UK

Ali Znaidi, Tunisia