Cold Moon Journal

winter morning the sound of an orange peel tearing away   Brad Bennett

Covid fatigue a coastal town screams at the sea Alvin B. Cruz

n o frost yet the neighbor’s power drill whines at dawn Allyson Whipple

o ld friends too old to pick up where we left off Cynthia Anderson

wind chimes releasing ice melt into her silence John Hawkhead

complementary dining buffalo feeding egret topiary Nudurupati Nagasri

Christmas dinner for two the click, clank, click of my teenager’s chopsticks Chen-ou Liu

at our table having the best time those asleep Roberta Beach Jacobson

christmasupstairstumblingdowns tairssugarplums Mariel Herbert

Christmas Eve the moon comes riding on a reindeer Lakshmi Iyer

homeless camp a Christmas ornament on a bare branch Helen Ogden

full of lights the Christmas tree in the bagel shop Helen Ogden

a jar of holly... Christmas thoughts by the fireplace Mariangela Canzi

a night of joy without a face mask a smile shines Refika Dedić

newly-divorced man his first Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant John J. Dunphy

hazy moon electric lamps outline a minaret Agus Maulana Sunjaya

the need to solve mysteries Milky Way Maria Concetta Conti

Montana the Milky Way drapes our big sky JL Huffman