Cold Moon Journal

by the time my thoughts are written on fresh paper they are meaningless r soos

polished and plaited high stepping filly’s parade haute couture dressage JL Huffman

crimson petals the full bloom of his touch Patricia Hawkhead

ballerinas  the azaleas bending  with the pull of wind Rp Verlaine

moonlight folding around her curve John Hawkhead

quarter moon - the unspoken in a breath Maria Teresa Sisti

turning leaves i reach the funeral too late Richa Sharma

mother’s shadow shortening in candlelight Sherry Grant

women’s day I buy another bottle of pepper spray Vandana Parashar

o nce upon a time a little girl and the sea -- the seeds of wind Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

after the thunderstorm bird nest in the split tree Kristina Todorova

white noise what’s left of my dreams Barrie Levine

only in dreams our goodbyes never end Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

painted ladies float like fall leaves on a capricious wind spin around me in a color cyclone Ginny Short

cuckoo -- her tone ripens with mango blossoms Teji Sethi

holding myself grateful for these arms Cynthia Anderson

I wrap my arms around her softness cotton moon Barrie Levine

field of stars when i read the poems of Mary Oliver Tiffany Shaw-Diaz