Cold Moon Journal

extra lunchbox I carry snacks for city pigeons Zahra Mughis

copperhead coiled on my doorstep unwelcome mat JL Huffman

Chopin the rhythm of midsummer rain Zahra Mughis

in his arms i become the rain Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Solitude -- among a thousand people we without words Kyoko Bengala

temptress... a dusting of starlight falls across my chest Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

sink sank sunk our friendship Roberta Beach Jacobson

because we have nothing left the sun Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

desert gardener planting seeds in my father’s shadow Cynthia Anderson

traversing a galaxy of lichen . . . terrestrial snail GRIX

trees standing in the fog-- all I can see Lafcadio

nightbird a memory takes flight Cynthia Anderson

watching the night fall from grace Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

vaccination centre at the coffee cart I ask for a double shot Louise Hopewell

behind this silence a twilight in flames Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

fading sun ... an eagle’s screech pierces my melancholy Teji Sethi

eustasy the rise and fall of old feelings GRIX

social mixer her drunken smile full of Gouda Lori A Minor