Cold Moon Journal

unable to stop putting my finger in the mouths of snapdragons Eavonka Ettinger

t oad           l eaf        toad Herb Tate

man and beast how rich the color of turned earth Ingrid Baluchi *   sandstorm the screech of a rusty windmill Ingr...

mushroom shivering under the leaves winter Refika Dedić

no secrets despite the curtains – emergency room Colette Kern *   lose me in the black hole of the universe erogeno...

flower palace petals gently drifting through her braids Katherine E Winnick

dark cavernous maw flapping fluttering wind gust flock of bats departs   Molly Zeigenbein

      Keith Evetts

treasure hunt – I don’t know what she sees in you Susan Burch *   too early too late menopause Susan Burch *   first rain t...

last chemo a single sunflower dances in the wind Mona Bedi *   winter chill she double folds her quilt Mona Bedi

mist revealing the sun on the horizon a fisherman sets sail David He

crows waiting for the sprinklers midnight murder Tina Mowrey *   icy moon she gives me the cold shoulder Tina Mowrey

church stained glass window the Virgin set ablaze by the rising sun John J. Dunphy

thunderhead… the nearing disaster’s flashing brilliance Rob McKinnon *   sparkler… child’s delight writing her name in the dark R...

three hens gobble up bits of peanuts from my hand— heat advisory J. D. Nelson *   blue skies follow rain— after the children’s p...

thick clouds make the short day even shorter Kamil Plich

fallow fields the faraway sorrows of childhood Ash Evan Lippert   * winter crows power lines divide the sunset Ash Evan Lippert

moon gleam on pine needles whippoorwill Robert Witmer   * a child on tiptoes pointing to a star Robert Witmer