Cold Moon Journal

always somewhere a war – first lemons Deborah A. Bennett

waving wild switchgrass how little we know John Pappas

our footsteps clattering on the stone bridge together in unwelcome dawn we go our separate ways Ruth Holzer

second amendment bearing the weight of hindsight Helen Ogden

Break in Kiev A soldier paints birds in flight June cadre Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

chalk drawings the mailman jumps over her rainbow Joseph P. Wechselberger

Pride Parade the way he looks at me with kerosene-blue eyes Chen-ou Liu

moon path just enough to fit the sharp-nosed boat Maya Daneva

mid-hour finding time inside silence Joanna Ashwell

ginko walk the imperfect medicine of time Pippa Phillips

a lullaby in the fragrant breeze hometown Arvinder Kaur

featherlight jewel at the nape of her neck containing arsenic Katherine E Winnick

q uagmire walk the situations i try to avoid Mona Bedi

the easy step of a courier morning glory Mircea Moldovan

clay pot bleeds red lilies Ray Spitzenberger

even in the driving rain her red lipstick John Pappas

agreeing with each other shrunken heads Keith Evetts

100 days she's been gone with no trace the bar of soap still shaped by her hand that once caressed me Chen-ou Liu