Touchstone Award Nominees Shadow Pond Journal Issue VI

THE POETS

Boryana Boteva, Bulgaria 

Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez, Venezuela

Lee Hudspeth, USA

Linda Lee Ludwig, USA

Rita R Melissano, USA

Martina Matijević, Croatia

                                       James Penha, Indonesia 

                                         Debbie Strange, Canada

Alan Summers, UK 

Robert Witmer, Japan

THE POEMS

yin and yang
on the chessboard
another draw

Boryana Boteva, Bulgaria 

coitus interruptus a jumping spider catches one of the flies

Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez, Venezuela

unrequited summer crush petroglyphs in shadow

Lee Hudspeth, USA

black echo

the toxic breath

of fear

Linda Lee Ludwig, USA

rising through the snow rose 

Rita R Melissano, USA

morning fog my fears in sfumato

Martina Matijević, Croatia

new red rice weeps like an adolescent willow

James Penha, Indonesia 

snow-eater wind

an ensō forms around

your headstone

Debbie Strange, Canada

startled crows of Buddha laughter the harvest rains 

Alan Summers, UK 

ungendered nouns

linguists

on the politics of love

Robert Witmer, Japan