Cold Moon Journal

the ballerina twirls her tutu... pink Oleander Marilyn Ward

mid-sentence a slow-passing comma GRIX

autumn wind- I walk with dreams still in your pocket Vincenzo Adamo

paddling the stars in the dark sky I dream of heaven beyond my reach Lakshmi Iyer

orange hour sun sinks into a cloud of dust Teji Sethi

mid snore… his hand still rubbing my back Kayla Drouilhet

coffee at midnight smoke in a starless sky Pippa Phillips

mountain lake ... clothed in moonlight prom date and me Chen-ou Liu

we jump in drunk and naked college fountain Lori A Minor

grief surfaced I saw its face dying moon Madeleine Vinluan

last breath three generations bid farewell Mona Bedi

lockdown blues the parrot beats its wings against the cage Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

my bibliophile friend an unread book beside him in the coffin John J. Dunphy

nibbling bread crumbs under the Zen garden bridge a school of koi Joe Sebastian

lawn mown — the distant hum of a wildflower meadow Claire Ninham

blots in my notes the poems found in clouds Keith Evetts

c loudbusting, I loosen the rainbow’s colors GRIX

graveside service a mourner's umbrella too red John J. Dunphy