The nominations for the Pushcart Prize for 2022

Score for a Hot Night in August by Mary Jo Balistreri
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/scor.html


Gemini by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
http://www.quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/gemi.html   

Last Word by Wesley Sims
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/last.html


The Scent of Rain by Kathy Cotton
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/scen.html

Where First Memories Were Formed by Carolyn Chilton Casas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/wher.html
 
In a World of Turmoil by Mary Jo Balistreri
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/worl.html

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Runners-ups:

Acceptance by Maralee Gerke
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/acce.html

Alice Encounters a White Rabbit by Paul Buchheit
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/new2.html

Black Water Suite by Lenora Rain-Lee Good
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/blac.html

Deep Autumn Provoked Deep Longing by Bing Hua, Translated by Yingcai Xu
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/deep.html

Everything Is Walking On Your Heart by Claire Scott
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/ever.html

The Fairy Floss of Plum Island by MFrost Delaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/fair.html

The Green Boat  by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/gree2.html

Hands by Miriam Aroner
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/new4.html

In the Arid Air of Winter by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/arid.html

In the Botanical Gardens by Ingrid Anderson
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/new5.html

Last Plum Island Wave by Michael Escoubas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/last.html

Late Winter by Nancy Cummins Bierman
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/late.html

The Love Passed Down by MFrost Delaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/love4.html

Love: Chance or Choice?  by Jane Lang 
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/love6.html

Love Me Tender by Candace Turner
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/love5.html

Marriage Vow by Karen Loeb
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/marr.html

'Midst Green Grass and Dew-steeped Flowers by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/mids.html

Milkweed Trail  by Candace Armstrong
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/milk.html

A Mother and Her Son by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/moth2.html

Ode to A Writer’s Retreat by Elayne Clift
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/writ.html

Putin’s Daughter by Candace Armstrong
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/puti.html

Return by Sheri Lindner
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/retu.html

Rosemary and Roux by Robert Beveridge
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/rose.html

Sestina of Blue Shoes by Karen Melander Magoon
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/sest.html

Sunset on Plum Island by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/suns2.html

Watchman by B.J. Buckley
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/new.html

What I Would Have Missed by Gillian Nevers
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/inte.html


Honourable Mention:

A

Absent and Present by Rodica Stan
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/new2.html

Admit by David Whyte
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/new3.html

After Mother Remarried by Wilda Morris
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/afte.html

After Viewing Kerouac’s Original Scroll  by Christine Swanberg
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/afte.html

Alice Encounters a White Rabbit by Paul Buchheit
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/new2.html

A Postcard from Lanzarote by Annie Jenkin
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/post.html

Aria by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/aria.html

A Sailor’s Lament by Lynne Hjelmgaard
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/inter.html

Ask Me, Dear Heart, about Death and Dying by Carole Mertz
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/dear.html

At Home Among Friends by Michael Escoubas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/home.html

At the Edge by Helga Kidder
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/edge.html

Austrian Retreat by MFrost Delaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/aust.html
 
B

Beneath the Taos Sky by Michael Escoubas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/bene.html

Bequest, by Melanie Claire Blinn Eulberg
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/bequ.html

Between Stone and Cloud by Greg Gregory
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/betw.html

Boathouse at Otto’s Landing at End of Season by Michael Escoubas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/boat.html


C

Christmas Morning by Sheri Lindner
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/chri.html
 

Construction of a Pie  by Judy Clarence
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/cons.html

Contented Rescue by Tobi Alfier
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/cont.html
 
Covers  by Greg Gregory
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/cove.html

Cycle by Shakira Croc
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/new3.html

D

Da Capo Al Fine by Maja Trochimczyk
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/capo.html

Dawn by Michael Escoubas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/dawn.html

Deep Snow  by Richard Greene
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/deep.html

Desperate Beauty by Gail Goepfert
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/new3.html

Dog Days  by t. wagner
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/days.html

E

Equinox by KB Ballentine
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/equi.html


F

Faith by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/fait.html

February’s Rose The Sunflower by Bing Hua
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/new3.html

Fifth and Morrison, 1927 by Judy Clarence
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/fift.html

Fly Away Woman by Lenora Rain Lee-Good
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/away.html

Fragrance of a Friend by Scott Shaffer
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/frag.html


G

The Geometry of Faith by Lois Parker Edstrom 
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/book.html

Global Warming in the Galápagos Lucille Lang Day
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/book3.html
 
The Golden Time of Honey by Maja Trochimczyk
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/gold.html
 
Great Lake Shore in Winter by D.R. James
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/grea.html

The Green Boat by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/gree2.html\

H

Hallstatt by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/veil.html

Her Sax Man by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/hers.html

I
 
If I Could Lunch with Frida I’d Tell Her Why
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/book.html

Ingrid Loves White Orchids by Wilda Morris
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/inte.html

In the Garden Shed by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/gard.html

In the Room of the Impressionists by Andrea Potos
 http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/room.html

I Pick Up an Acorn and Put It in My Pocket by Wilda Morris
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/pick.html

Is Anyone There? by Claire Scott
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/anyo.html

I’ve dreamed of trees . . . by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/drea.html

J

Joseph’s Coat Rose–Triolets for Mom by Melanie Claire Blinn Eulberg
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/jose.html

K

Kindness in Wintern by Sally Nacker
 http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/kind.html

L

Leave It Raw by Shakira Croce
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/book3.html

Let Morning Come by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/morn.html

Lingering Memories  by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/ling.html

Listening to Gwendolyn Brooks by Kate Hutchinson
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/new2.html

M

Maine Boulders by Scott Shaffer
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/main.html

Mariposa Monarca by Pilar Quintana
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/mari.html

Marriage Vow by Karen Loeb
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/marr.html

Memories of Michael by Candace Turner
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/memo.html

Messenger of Joy by Annie Jenkin
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/mess.html

The Milk Room by Marcel Duclos
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/milk.html

Mineral Healing by Melanie Claire Blinn Eulberg
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/mine.html

Missing by MFrostDelaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/miss.html

Missing by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/miss.html

Mojave by Greg Gregory
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/moja.html

Morning Glories by Paulette Demers Turco
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/morn.html

N

New England's First Chill by MFrost Delaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/engl.html
 
Night Snow by Sally Nacker
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/nigh.html
 
O

October Contentment by MFrost Delaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/octo.html

Ode to the Lighthouse at Charlevoix by Michael Escoubas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/ligh.html

Ode to El Camino de Santiago by James Green
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/new.html

Ornaments by MFrost Delaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/orna.html
 
P

Painting Gramma’s Nails by Michael Escoubas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/pain.html

Passages by Vaughn Neeld
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/pass.html

Picasso Died this Morning by William Marr
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/April2022/new.html

Pilgrimage to Mont-Sainte-Victoire by Mary Jo Balistreri
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/pilg.html

Prairie Grass in Sunlight by Michael Escoubas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/prai.html

R

Rainy Season by Bill Marr
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/book3.html

Reclaiming the Aura by MFrostDelaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/recl.html
 
Reflections by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/refl.html

Rembrandt’s Questions by Scott Shaffer
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/remb.html
 

S

The Scent of Rain by Kathy Cotton
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/scen.html
 
Sea of Sighs by Candace Turner
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/nigh.html

Seeking on Hollow’s Eve by MFrost Delaney
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/seek.html

Sixtieth by Greg Gregory
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/sixt.html

Snowfall  by Richard Greene
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/snow.html

Solitaire by Carolyn Chilton Casas
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/soli.html   

Springing Back by Melanie Claire Blinn Eulberg
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/June2022/spri.html

Starter Angels by Michael Maul
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/new2.html

Summer Acrobats by Annie Jenkin
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/new2.html


T

Thanksgiving Dinner by Wilda Morris
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/than.html

The Potting Shed by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
https://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/pott.html

Tuscany 2019 by Sharmagne Leland-St. John 
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Feb2022/tusc.html

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by Sheri Lindner
http://quillandparchment.com/members/memberink.html

U

The Unraveling by KB Ballentine
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Sept2022/unra.html
 
 V

Visiting the Graves by Andrea Potos
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Oct2022/visi.html
 
W

Walk in Beauty  (hozho naasha) by Sharmagne Leland-St.John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Dec2021/walk2.html
 
Weather Coming by Vaughn Neeld
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/weat.html

We Heard the Cicadas Sing  by Victor Riehl
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/August2022/hear.html

When Apple Blossoms Arrive by Don Kimball 
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/March2022/when.html

Where I Come From by Mary Jo Balistreri
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Nov2022/wher.html
 
Why I Became Black Dragon Canyon by Nancy Takacs
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/May2022/new4.html


 Widow's Weeds by Sharmagne Leland-St. John
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/July2022/wido.html

 
Winter Stillness by Gretta Barclay
http://quillandparchment.com/archives/Jan2022/wint4.html


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