Cold Moon Journal

the gnarly bones of an old lilac my health condition Barrie Levine

out of step following my snow tracks from last week Christer Hansson

g raduation on the campus green crocuses Ron Scully

spring freshness and the colors of love in our garden old memories for new joys Zdenka Mlinar

licking my wounds running out of saliva Ellen Kom

sunbeam squeezing through rainforest her married life Bipasha Majumder (De)

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