Thursday, June 30, 2022

2022 Dwarf Stars Award Nominees


Congratulations to these talented poets nominated for the 2022 Dwarf Stars Award:


Julie Schwerin

Pippa Phillips

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams


Their poems from Cold Moon Journal will be published in the upcoming anthology.


Good luck to the 120 poets who will appear in this anthology, topping out the 1371 poems considered. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) will announce the winner after August.

By Lucia Cardillo

old window ...

the silent embroidery

of a spider


Lucia Cardillo

By Elena Malec

solo guitar

living on a shoestring

budget


Elena Malec

By Marilyn Ashbaugh

resting in the frog's throat summer rain


Marilyn Ashbaugh

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

under the sea

yesterdays of time

soaking in the wash


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Herb Tate

silent workshop

grandfather still

at the lathe


Herb Tate

By Anda Marcu

clear summer night

beneath the floral canopy

a toy left behind


Anda Marcu

By Alvin B. Cruz

snow angels

our wings

almost touch


Alvin B. Cruz

By Susan Burch

blending in

with the curtains

at the party

always the wallflower

never the life


Susan Burch

By C.X.Turner

however low

the sun persists…

rising daily


C.X.Turner

Saturday, June 25, 2022

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

raindrops

rolling down windows—

still the sparrows 

 

Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Refika Dedić

the sky over Ukraine

in the basement silence

rain of bullets


Refika Dedić

Friday, June 24, 2022

By Karen A VandenBos

Cup of jazz flavored

With a shot of muddy blues

Setting lips on fire.


Karen A VandenBos

By Tiffany Liz Mackay

sleepy seaside—

a seagull

announces its presence


Tiffany Liz Mackay

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

By Nancy Brown

rain lilies

in a nearby field

brief constellations


Nancy Brown

By Tffany Shaw-Diaz

to be

a woman

to be

the sea

 

Tffany Shaw-Diaz

By Jim Niffen

everything

becomes nothing   but

your picture


Jim Niffen

By Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

the air feels

less heavy

smog disappearing

since the day

you walked out of my life


Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

Monday, June 20, 2022

By Zdenka Mlinar

memory

of St. John's torches

summer solstice


firefly

on my palm


‪‪‪Zdenka Mlinar

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

within my grasp the echo of Saturn


Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Jerome Berglund

pink undershirt –

laundered by a lady

who likes lipstick


Jerome Berglund

By Lafcadio

deserted island

tell my family I'm lost

and cannot be found


Lafcadio

By Shae Krispinsky

Shuddering, brilliant

in a skin of azure light:

No god can stop me.


Shae Krispinsky

Saturday, June 18, 2022

By Daniel Birnbaum

haze on the mountain

yet

nothing is made easier


Daniel Birnbaum

By Paula Sears

knee-deep

in clouds

great blue heron


Paula Sears

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

By Sébastien Revon

rhubarb crumble

the reason of our argument

forgotten


Sébastien Revon

By Daipayan Nair

loadshedding—

fireflies buzz around

the power box

 

Daipayan Nair

By Nicoletta Ignatti

deserted classroom—

a butterfly flies undisturbed


Nicoletta Ignatti

By Barrie Levine

travel photos

no one there knows

who we are


Barrie Levine

By David Kāwika Eyre

spring dusk

still hearing

the quiet of

the old folk


David Kāwika Eyre

By petro c. k.

an army of leaf blowers

moves in on a peaceful morning


petro c. k.

By Tuyet Van Do

on the footpath

shelters for the homeless

cardboard boxes


Tuyet Van Do

By David He

the nurse

lifts her mask

for some fresh air…

a sickle moon creeps

into the tent crack

 

David He

Monday, June 13, 2022

By Jim Niffen

kyiv

your smoke

fills the moon


Jim Niffen

By Kamil Plich

on the bus

the hair on our legs

touch


Kamil Plich

By David He

moonrise...

I remember

the Buddha




David He

By Erica Dionora

A foaming tide

washes over the wet sand

filling in foot craters


Erica Dionora

By John J. Dunphy

dad's hummingbird feeder

now outside

his hospice window


John J. Dunphy

Sunday, June 12, 2022

By Chen-ou Liu

distant sirens ...

blood stained carved hearts

in a school desk


Chen-ou Liu

Friday, June 10, 2022

By Satyanarayana Chittaluri

nothing

to think

sunset


Satyanarayana Chittaluri

By Douglas J. Lanzo

sea-blown winds

hints of bagpipe

through pleated rock


Douglas J. Lanzo

By Choupie Moysan

mother's day

she smiles

from the frame


Choupie Moysan

By Nika

waning moon

we discuss the need

to budget

 

Nika

By Algo

White butterflies sing

Temporary arias

To their broken wings.


Algo

By Joshua St. Claire

empires

the fanfare and fade

of fireflies


Joshua St. Claire

Thursday, June 9, 2022

By Deborah A. Bennett

always

somewhere a war

first lemons


Deborah A. Bennett

By John Pappas

waving wild switchgrass how little we know


John Pappas

By Ruth Holzer

our footsteps

clattering on the stone bridge

together

in unwelcome dawn

we go our separate ways


Ruth Holzer

By Helen Ogden

second amendment

bearing the weight

of hindsight


Helen Ogden

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Break in Kiev

A soldier paints birds in flight

June cadre



Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

chalk drawings

the mailman jumps over

her rainbow


Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Chen-ou Liu

Pride Parade

the way he looks at me

with kerosene-blue eyes


Chen-ou Liu

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

By Maya Daneva

moon path

just enough to fit

the sharp-nosed boat


Maya Daneva

By Joanna Ashwell

mid-hour

finding time

inside silence


Joanna Ashwell


By Pippa Phillips

ginko walk

the imperfect medicine

of time


Pippa Phillips

By Arvinder Kaur

a lullaby

in the fragrant breeze

hometown


Arvinder Kaur

By Katherine E Winnick

featherlight jewel

at the nape of her neck

containing arsenic


Katherine E Winnick

By Mona Bedi

quagmire walk

the situations i try

to avoid


Mona Bedi

By Mircea Moldovan

the easy step

of a courier

morning glory


Mircea Moldovan

By Ray Spitzenberger

clay

pot

bleeds

red

lilies


Ray Spitzenberger

Monday, June 6, 2022

By John Pappas

even in the driving rain her red lipstick


John Pappas

By Keith Evetts

agreeing with each other shrunken heads


Keith Evetts

Sunday, June 5, 2022

By Chen-ou Liu

100 days

she's been gone with no trace

the bar of soap

still shaped by her hand

that once caressed me


Chen-ou Liu

Saturday, June 4, 2022

By Samo Kreutz

silent movie ...

another conversation

with teenage daughter


Samo Kreutz

Friday, June 3, 2022

By Elena Malec

roles

choosing between king

and joker



Elena Malec