Mother’s Lullabies
gentle song
soothes the whale calf’s morning
with soulful notes
of mother’s lullabies
unfiltered through blue sea
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, was named a Finalist for the 2023 Hawthorne Prize and was a 2022 Firebird Award winner. Doug’s poetry has been published in Ariel Chart, Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Chrysanthemum, Frameless Sky, Frogpond, Presence and other distinguished literary journals and anthologies, 74 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, tennis, snorkeling and hiking. His Author’s website is at www.douglaslanzo.com