Issue V Touchstone Awards Nominees 2025

 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