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Showing posts with label Jerome Berglund. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Jerome Berglund

transparent

garbage bag

avert your eyes

Jerome Berglund

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Our Nominations for The Red Moon Anthology (2024)

(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.

Monday, November 25, 2024

Jerome Berglund

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

Monday, November 11, 2024

More Touchstone Award Nominations

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

j rap

Sharon Martina

Rita Melissano

Alvin B. Cruz

Scott F. Parker

Xiaoou Chen

Jay Friedenberg

Susan Burch

Alaka Y

Mohua Maulik

Wendy Cobourne

Adrian Bouter

Monday, November 4, 2024

Nominations for the 2025 Pushcart Prize (Poetry)

 


 

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.

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Jerome Berglund

long weekend

the news comes

on a friday

Jerome Berglund

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Jerome Berglund

deepfake

seeing old friends

in the quicksilver

Jerome Berglund

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Jerome Berglund

stripping off

soaked garments

socks still dry


Jerome Berglund



kingdom builders

roofing

and gutters

Jerome Berglund

Monday, July 8, 2024

Jerome Berglund

bustling stillness

how is

your vacation?

Jerome Berglund



pouring night

possum darts sheltered

beneath eaves

Jerome Berglund

Thursday, June 6, 2024

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

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Jerome Berglund

crushed sun hat

mosaics

form a point

Jerome Berglund



down the aisle

bird sanctuary

 

Jerome Berglund

Friday, April 5, 2024

Jerome Berglund

ventriloquist

throws voice across valley

dandelions

Jerome Berglund



frosted shadows

searching for the

cause of death

Jerome Berglund

Monday, February 5, 2024

Jerome Berglund

wand of heaven

listing

major chords

Jerome Berglund

Monday, January 1, 2024

Jerome Berglund

orchestra swells

tomorrow

rain

Jerome Berglund

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Jerome Berglund

dissecting

the revenant

thunderstorms

Jerome Berglund


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angry baby’s

apparition intermittent

lightning flashes

Jerome Berglund

Monday, October 30, 2023

Jerome Berglund

house settling

or something more

forgotten frost

Jerome Berglund

Monday, October 2, 2023

Jerome Berglund

moths

on a lampshade

this blemished moon


Jerome Berglund


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liminal highway

all the lights

come on at once


Jerome Berglund

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Jerome Berglund

hummingbird

calling for

an encore


Jerome Berglund

Saturday, July 1, 2023

Jerome Berglund

in the rapids

amongst sticks and rocks

a pair of tangerines

Jerome Berglund

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