Cold Moon Journal

first day of school the teacher dons her bulletproof vest Jennifer Isham

first petrichor after learning the word petrichor Saumya Bansal * morning drizzle she pretends to speed walk Saumya ...

downpour — floating in rain a lone leaf. Vipanjeet Kaur

plum wine the dopplich flight of the bumblebee Joshua St. Claire   * passionflower desiring to be clever Joshua St. Claire

imagine strawberry fields when the war is over Bisshie   * next to the tourist the man in a gabardine suit sweats on the B l...

the day I moved into my starter house little did I know that would be it Ruth Holzer

sun-dried tomatoes — she could have taken more time with me Robert Epstein *   Alcatraz what hard labor it is t...

Cold Moon Journal has nominated the following poets for Best of the Net (for poems published between July 1, 2021 and June 30,...

shed skin— I am everywhere I’ve ever been Pippa Phillips *   a map  on her bridal veil    the flat earths  that lay folded in h...

late night news last slice of left-over pizza   Alvin B. Cruz *   Basho the sound of frog in his language Alvin B. Cruz * ...

a lone leaf awaiting the inevitable fall   C.X. Turner * clinging to the rain everything we can be wild roses   C.X. Turner

old sandpit a time when the rain was still a playful companion Samo Kreutz

mid-summer a dream between thunderstorms Brad Bennett *     in out of the storm milk billows in my tea   Brad Bennett

beach walking weight of the ages in rock-filled pockets Steve Bahr

post covid he returns to work coughing Tuyet Van Do

unexpected news father leans against the wall Bakhtiyar Amini

funeral march— incense fills the street Daipayan Nair * morning glory— she smiles until she doesn't Daipaya...

old family album I breathe deep — the memories Linda Ludwig