Cold Moon Journal

frayed jersey — those knitting classes i never took Rupa Anand

aged fiddler plays a goodbye song— summer’s last cricket Shelly Smith

getting tattooed a rose eternally blooming Alvin B. Cruz

a dozen moons — slicing onions Kaushal Suvarna

returning to yourself at dawn: where was I going? is it still yesterday? Thomas Klodowsky

swans' dance the repeated bows of the old dancer Mirela Brailean

forging a key out of the steel of a lock Simone Pansolin

a monk meditates in the moonlight on his hut an owl hoots David He

long night — both insomniacs me and the moon Dan C. Iulian

plate-spinning novelty acts in my mother's laughter Patrick Sweeney

a  flip  book  of  selves  walk  ing  be  tween  the  trees Michael Nickels-Wisdom

in the waiting room all the magazines to read Jerome Berglund

mountain tales... the nightlong journey of a doctor Amoolya Kamalnath

earthquake in Turkey — a dog among people saving people Vasile Moldovan *   a diligent pupil in the footstep of Bash ...

Chance meeting—    the warmth    of an old flame M. R. Pelletier

yearning... magnolias in full bloom since we parted Deborah Karl-Brandt

a lamb on her shoulders she shepherds the sheep Govind Joshi

woodland meadow— thumbing through my dogeared bird book Helen Ogden *   gusty wind a grey gull navigates the ups and downs Hel...