table for two
the melting candle
between us
—Alvin B. Cruz
cherry blossoms
in late spring
the tree i planted
though i will not sit
in its shade
—Alvin B. Cruz
another home
in ruins
winter deepens
—Alvin B. Cruz
the letter
that never reached you
wisteria blossoms
—Alvin B. Cruz
strumming
her ex-lover's guitar
silent
rain
Alvin B. Cruz
one year sober
a dozen roses
in
a wine bottle
Alvin B. Cruz
claw machine
all the ways
of
letting go
Alvin B. Cruz
another year...
yesterday's rain
in
the wheelbarrow
Alvin B. Cruz
day moon
the fear of being known
inside
out
Alvin B. Cruz
on a train looking out
the window
I wonder
how much of life
has
passed me by
Alvin B, Cruz
Congratulations to these talented Cold Moon Journal poets for their 2024 Touchstone Award nominations:
Biswajit Mishra
Stacy Taylor
Bipasha Majumder (De)
Bryan Rickert
Sharon Ferrante
Mark Hendrickson
Jerome Berglund
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Sharon Martina
Rita Melissano
Alvin B. Cruz
Scott F. Parker
Xiaoou Chen
Jay Friedenberg
Susan Burch
Alaka Y
Mohua Maulik
Wendy
Cobourne
Adrian Bouter
news
of a friend's passing summer clouds
Alvin B. Cruz
bedtime stories
grandma reads
the
palm of my hand
Alvin B. Cruz
clouds
drifting further tests
Alvin B. Cruz
folding
paper dolls
mother tells me
what it means
to
be a man
Alvin B. Cruz
his twin sons
coming out
double
rainbow
Alvin B. Cruz
enough
said soundless wind chimes
Alvin B. Cruz
words
we said too late lilacs
Alvin B. Cruz
insomnia
yesterday’s rain
still
falling
Alvin B. Cruz
rain
after a long drought mother’s remission
Alvin B. Cruz
in the woods
a loneliness silenced
by
birdsong
Alvin B. Cruz
hospice window
moonlight enters
without
permission
Alvin B. Cruz
used poetry book
a skeleton leaf
on
a love poem
Alvin B. Cruz
writer's block
he stirs his cup
of
tea
Alvin B. Cruz
heavy snow
her bereavement leave
runs
out
Alvin B. Cruz
sand between my toes...
i carry the sound
of
waves
Alvin B. Cruz
what
i really meant to say false spring
Alvin B. Cruz
death poem
pouring my last
cup
of tea
Alvin B. Cruz
Our Nominations for
the Red Moon Anthology of
English-Language Haiku 2023
January:
improv
class
a student makes up an excuse
for being late
Andrew
Markowski
February:
mating
hedgehogs
we tell our little kids
they love each other
Keith Evetts
March:
frayed
jersey —
those
knitting classes
i never took
Rupa
Anand
April:
slow
hop
outpacing
the snail
Jenn Ryan-Jauregui
May:
earth
day…
dandelions decorate
the lawn
Nancy Brady
June:
hailstorm
alley-drinkers
take refuge
in a dumpster
John J. Dunphy
July:
washing line
a tiny spider snug
in the spring
of a clothespin
Ingrid Baluchi
August:
half-empty cinema –
a moth flutters in and out
of the projector beam
Roman Lyakhovetsky
September:
After midnight
the spider and I don't want
a
cricket in the room
Dejan Ivanovic
October:
buzz
cut
we get it before
chemo does
John Pappas
November:
warrr
Adrian
Bouter
December:
in no particular
order falling leaves
Alvin
B. Cruz
war
death toll climbing roses
*
an eye
for an eye
in war
nothing but
darkness
my blind date
a no show —
total
eclipse
Alvin B. Cruz
*
summer
love unfolding my umbrella
Alvin B. Cruz
Update (Feb 23, 2025) New email for submissions: journalcoldmoon(at)gmail(dot)com Founding editor: Roberta Beach Jacobson Current editors: ...