Cold Moon Journal

train whistle from the attic paper-mache mountain Ann Sullivan *   bobbing in a metal bucket ice moon Ann Sullivan

anvil the ring of steel for a bride Robert Witmer *   lilacs in the breeze she whispers in the baby's ear   Robert Witmer

fragile roots burrow deeper — February blues Lisa C. Reynolds

long bus ride… someone cracks a peanut shell Muskaan Ahuja

I'm still traveling this open road hard to imagine it running out Ruth Holzer

writer's block ... at dawn I open the window to release the silence Chen-ou Liu

year of the rabbit — surrounded by nothing I'm with myself Maria Teresa Sisti

new moon sweetly my sweater keeping us warm Herb Tate

cold moon — leaving the last persimmon for the cuckoo   Deborah A. Bennett

caring for others the old orchid blooming again Deborah Karl-Brandt *   winter storm… thinking about the strength o...

empty street the extra silence on Christmas Day Tim Murphy   * full moon the manuscript takes shape Tim Murphy

crescent moon thinning every minute sunrise Richard Bailly

pixie cup lichen the slow growth of inner healing C.X.Turner * dwindling sky lost in the blue shape of you C.X.Turner

the egret & its reflection paths diverge Mark Gilbert *   flowing uphill the winding trail of a rattler Mark Gilbert

Valentine’s Day a cardinal’s wings on winter wind Paula Sears *   crowning every picket of our fence . . . snow moon Paula Se...

the heart calls and calls silence of a winter night Jim Azevedo

'no commitment' advertised policy of the gym where she picked me up John J. Dunphy *   reindeer under either arms my wif...

snowdrops — a group of friends chatting without me Ana Drobot