Cold Moon Journal

pandemic dreams . . . the Paris café in her takeout cup Barrie Levine

rain-filled glasses after the wedding a toast Pippa Phillips

of course the mountain wasn’t always Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

new moon in the temple's pond lilies and stars Tsanka Shishkova

funeral a blackbird's song nearby Mirela Brăilean

empty garden a robin sings to midday silence Zahra Mughis

sound of a siren only a sparrow alarmed Samo Kreutz

waiting for … cherry petals on the meadow Daniela Misso

U nder the moon peonies open gently Kyoko Bengala

before dawn only voice the wind from afar Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

gestures the words without syllables Vincenzo Adamo

lying in the sun the rattlesnake changes its skin Vasile Moldovan

lost blue moon I read old love letters by a dying light Rp Verlaine

spring buds the bushes burst into bird song Marilyn Ward

midnight buzz a shadow crawls by the lampshade Zahra Mughis

Crickets speak Cricket A lonely man takes a bath Jay D Filan

A life rocked in the cradle of lockdown, dozing every so often. Priti Khullar

fog... the things I've lost Ana Drobot