Congrats to the 2025 Touchstone Nominees
Revisiting 30 poems
Sending Off Summer
Signing off with a range of haiku
August Slips Away
Haiku by Boryana Boteva, Diane Webster, Kila Lim, Nicoletta Ignatti, Valorie Woerdehoff, Nancy Orr, Betsy Hearne, Rupa Anand, Susan Lee Roberts, Wilda Morris, and Sari Grandstaff
Beach Bodies
Haiku by many poets (I have once again exceeded the subheader character limit)
One Last Picnic
Haiku by many poets (they exceed the character limit for the subheader)
Cicada Concerto
Haiku by Alanna C. Burke, Maya Daneva, Miriam ZombieHotflash Solon, Nalini Shetty, Swarna Bopali, Sherri J Moye-Dombrosky, Monica Kakkar, Mariya Gusev, Nicoletta Ignatti, and Mona Bedi
Pestilence
Haiku by wanda amos, Wilda Morris, Jo Balistreri, Sari Grandstaff, Erin Castaldi, Sandra Simpson, Ruth Holzer, Anju Kishore, and Amber Winter
At the Old Ball Game
Haiku by Sari Grandstaff, Sharon Martina, Miriam ZombieHotflash Solon, Nancy Brady, Wilda Morris, Valorie Woerdehoff, Caroline Wermuth, and Kathryn P. Haydon
Golden Years
Haiku by Betsy Hearne, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Miriam Sagan, Diana Raab, Fatma Zohra Habis, Wilda Morris, Anju Kishore, Rupa Ananad, Tuyet Van Do, Joy Hallinan, and Amber Winter
Spin & Bloom (Connection & Bright Encounters)
Haiku by Rupa Anand, Roberta Beach Jacobson, and Mary McCormack
Sweet Notes (Summer Fruits & Music)
Haiku by Bonnie J Scherer, Tina Mowrey, and Mariel Herbert
The Taste of August (Garden & Kitchen Light)
Haiku by Sumitra Kumar, Michele Rule, and Morag Elizabeth Humble