Vanishing Weight
weight of winter
vanishing in mountain streams
as snowcap melts
refreshing wildflowers
with springs of forgiveness
Pan-fried Visions
pan-fried visions
fly fishing in soft dawn light
from rain-dappled streams
flowing with otter pups
frolicking down mud banks
Normandy Remembrance
tears of loved ones
water graves above sea cliffs
marked by rows and rows
of white marble crosses
etched with their heroes’ names
Douglas J. Lanzo
Doug is an award-winning author whose debut novel, The Year of the Bear, won the 2023 Ames Awards for Young Adult Books and was named a Finalist for the 2023 Hawthorne Prize. His second book, I Have Lived, was named Best Novella of 2024 by the American Book Fest Awards and a double gold medal winner at the 2024 Firebird Awards. His 50-poem poetry collection recently won 3rd place in Voice & Virtue's 2025 poetry manuscript competition. Doug’s poetry has been published in Ariel Chart, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Cafe Haiku’s sharing my solitude anthology, cattails, Chrysanthemum, folk ku journal, Frameless Sky, Frogpond, Haiku Commentary, Presence, Shadow Pond Journal, tsuri-dōrō, the Wee Sparrow Haiku Nook and other distinguished literary journals and anthologies, 84 in all, across the U.S., Canada, Caribbean, England, Wales, Austria, Mauritius, India, Japan and Australia. He and his haiku poet twin sons enjoy nature, fishing, basketball and sno