Dave Read — Touchstone Award Winner

Dave Read is a recipient of a Touchstone Individual Poem Award for 2016 for his poem

darkness . . .
her name slips
into it

It first appeared in Acorn 37.

See the complete list of winners of both Individual Poem Awards and Distinguished Books Awards in the Touchstone Archives.

Mary Kendall says:
April 23, 2017 at 3:15 am
Perfection in eight syllables. Congratulations, Dave!
~ Mary
Dave Read says:
April 22, 2017 at 7:56 pm
Thank you very much everyone!
Don Baird says:
April 22, 2017 at 11:23 am
Nailed it!
gennady Nov says:
April 22, 2017 at 6:32 am
Well done, Dave – and well deserved!
Grace Galton says:
April 21, 2017 at 11:25 am
Congratulations, Dave.Well deserved.
Marion Clarke says:
April 21, 2017 at 7:09 am
Well done, Dave – and well deserved!
marion
Jackie Phifer says:
April 20, 2017 at 9:20 pm
Striking.
Frank J. Tassone says:
April 20, 2017 at 5:19 pm
Congratulations, Dave!
Carmen Sterba says:
April 20, 2017 at 2:35 pm
Well deserved, Dave!
Mojde says:
April 20, 2017 at 10:16 am
Beautiful!
Darkness,
There will be no
Mirage
Alan Summers says:
April 20, 2017 at 9:08 am
This was one of my favourites too, delighted it became a winning poem!