tipsy snow
whenever a car passes
I flinch
—Jerome Berglund
(December)
fleeting sweetness of the world baklava
Ruth Holzer
(November)
thumb, forefinger
disentangling
the leaves
Jerome Berglund
(October)
eating the last piece
of bread in the world
nuclear toast
Stephen Jarrell Williams
(September)
orange
crush
the long line to buy
MAGA hats
Adele Evershed
(August)
cold tea my life wasted on work
Timothy Daly
(July)
in
the night
croaks from the old pond
all alike
Keith Evetts
(June)
an old man
gazing up to heaven
wondering when
Stephen Jarrell Williams
Major congratulations to these talented poets.
forced perspective
finding pockets
in
the shallows
Jerome Berglund
thumb, forefinger
disentangling
the
leaves
Jerome Berglund
beneath
the clouded surface
glimpses
of movement
Jerome Berglund
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
Mar 26:
periodic table
the stars that flow
through us
Eugeniusz Zacharski
Apr 5:
closed clinic
another choice
terminated
Scott Wiggerman
Apr 9:
gentle dawn ...
the haiku remains
unfinished
Samo Kreutz
Apr 22:
losing the path
deep in the forest
I find myself
deep in the forest
losing myself
I find the path
losing the path
I find myself
deep in the forest
Belinda Behne
Oct 6:
long weekend
the news comes
on a friday
Jerome Berglund
Oct 12:
fake profile —
why would anyone
want
to be me
Susan Burch
Big congratulations to our six Pushcart nominees!
Nominations for the Touchstone Awards are underway, so please remain patient. Uploading the data for 30 poems is taking considerable time and effort. It's a lengthy process, but the Touchstone announcement will be posted at the journal once everything is finished.
stripping off
soaked garments
socks
still dry
Jerome Berglund
kingdom builders
roofing
and
gutters
Jerome Berglund
bustling stillness
— how is
your
vacation?
Jerome Berglund
pouring night
possum darts sheltered
beneath
eaves
Jerome Berglund
sprig of parsley
along the back steps looking
almost
intentional
Jerome Berglund
gradually the light
leaves us… our eyes adjust
so
we don’t notice
Jerome Berglund
waving
away the gnats
half
dandelion
Jerome Berglund
crushed sun hat
mosaics
form
a point
Jerome Berglund
down the aisle
bird sanctuary
Jerome Berglund
ventriloquist
throws voice across valley
dandelions
Jerome Berglund
frosted shadows
searching for the
cause
of death
Jerome Berglund
dissecting
the revenant
thunderstorms
Jerome Berglund
*
angry baby’s
apparition intermittent
lightning
flashes
Jerome Berglund
moths
on
a lampshade
this blemished moon
Jerome
Berglund
*
liminal
highway
all the lights
come on at once
Jerome
Berglund
Update (Feb 25, 2025) New email for submissions: journalcoldmoon(at)gmail(dot)com Founding editor: Roberta Beach Jacobson Current editors: ...