Cold Moon Journal

singing bowl tracing the circle of my sorrow Pippa Phillips

sitting on our new couch how supportive you are in front of other people Susan Burch

red candles and fireworks Gong Xi Fa Cai Nani Mariani

stethoscope chill the doctor tells me the good news first John Hawkhead

another friend lost in this new wilderness — a distant foghorn Mark Meyer

dropping like flies... all the film stars I had crushes on Ruth Holzer

mainly by email my peer group dying Alan Peat

wild rye gone to seed long-haired poodle Mariel Herbert

in my dad's dream I'm barking up the wrong tree Florin C. Ciobîcă

house sparrow out of the house sparrow Hifsa Ashraf

sideways rain — contemplating em dash in haiku Nudurupati Nagasri

the only walker with no best friend dog park Louise Hopewell

first dance— the fragility of a dog rose Ingrid Baluchi

winter wind slicing through bare branches … alone again B.A. France

second week of January our outdoor Christmas decorations still frozen in the ground John J. Dunphy

awakening inside your dream . . . dragonfly Veronika Zora Novak

leaving us to imagine . broken pencil Peter Jastermsky

possibly a sparrow or a tsunami Tiffany Shaw-Diaz