lost in the bush
the call-response
of wattlebirds
—Louise Hopewell
granite peak
the jagged edge
of kookaburra song
—Louise Hopewell
lost in the bush
the call-response
of wattlebirds
—Louise Hopewell
granite peak
the jagged edge
of kookaburra song
—Louise Hopewell
dog park
all the owners
off
leash
Louise Hopewell
murky
pond
a child scatters crumbs
by the no feeding ducks
sign
Louise Hopewell
river
beach
overlapping footprints
of birdsong
Louise
Hopewell
wishing
well
the orange question mark
of a koi
Louise Hopewell
droning
cicadas
a fairy wren flits
shadow to
shadow
Louise Hopewell
river walk
our path
wends
through frog song
Louise Hopewell
*
the blue
tip
of a dragonfly’s tail
day moon
Louise Hopewell
Congratulations to these Cold Moon Journal poets for their 2023 Touchstone Award nominations:
Brad
Bennett
Susan Burch (2)
Keith
Evetts
Mark
Gilbert
Louise
Hopewell
Govind Joshi
Ellen Kom
M. R. Pelletier
Good luck, all!
(Last update, Apr 17, 2025) New email for submissions: journalcoldmoon(at)gmail(dot)com Founding editor: Roberta Beach Jacobson Current edi...