Cold Moon Journal

alone on a full moon night — my perfect incompleteness Alvin B. Cruz * small town gossip at the laundromat sound of the rinse c...

freezing rain — reaching new depths of melancholy C.X. Turner

twilight the shadows and I finally rest David Josephsohn

talk of peace among the roses spider threads Keith Evetts

sunset light on almond blossoms the last bumble bee Jay Friedenberg

alone with my loss around the rosemary bush bees humming Robert Epstein

swinging to a halt on the coatroom rack her new cane Barrie Levine

a couple on the beach holding hands holding shoes Mark Gilbert *   dawn breaks the mayfly’s will to live Mark Gilbert

family reunion another shot of vodka Ellen Kom

f lying carpet resting on the wall — my therapist asks me to bring free associations for my dream Ana Drobot

hole in the ice derelict farmhouse Jerome Berglund * old car in a field further out lambs Jerome Berglund

overseas call a blue jay takes away all the minutes Daya Bhat

sky drums crows in the skeleton tree call down the storm John Hawkhead

Sunday morning a girl scrapes a palm frond through last night's litter Kristen Lindquist

pretty color of ground up cinnamon   when will i fall in love O rrin PréJean * shooting wild horses 'thnks Marlene for freei...

checking the phone every five minutes it must be love Bryan Rickert

on the pond mist but why the silence Daniel Birnbaum

first frost crickets chirping in the fireplace Robert Witmer