Cold Moon Journal

thick blue sky– a school bans rainbows David Cox

I thunder down the dirt road he chases dust from the wrong car for one more kiss Pris Campbell

jasmine moon – the pond reflecting me inside your arms Steliana Cristina Voicu

plucking the weeds she thinks of her estranged husband Ram Chandran

waiting alone in this cheap motel room all night long the vacancy sign blinks on, blinks off ... Chen-ou Liu

Spirits entangled in the cobwebs of tortured memories – my past Lorraine Caputo *   A thousand shards of Art Deco lamp glass sca...

So much just happened in a new poem, yet the world remains the same. Zhihua Wang

as if a satellite could replace a full moon . . . machine-gun dreams Alfred Booth * what does a machine know of awe? the Milky Way ...

a globe – a fruit fly has just climbed Mt Everest Krzysztof Kokot

Downhill to the sea I descend on shifting sands To reach the ocean Jennifer Gurney

temple fog— nothing but emptiness in the zen garden Andrew Markowski *   on crowded sidewalks just enough rain for umbrell...

speed dating the changing colors of her mood ring Joseph P. Wechselberger *   a lawn full of dandelions going to seed ...

bourbon’s last gasp at the back of my throat— what’s left unsaid Allyson Whipple

starlight vanishing a cry of surprise from the rooster Robert Witmer * silence playing chess with the moonlight Robert Witm...

dusk— behind the windows silent movies we are in Wai Mei Wong

hailstorm alley-drinkers take refuge in a dumpster John J. Dunphy * desert highway hitchhiker struck by a tumbleweed John J. D...

Red poppies — suddenly the dawn beyond the soldiers Silvia Bistocchi

placebo effect his sugar coated demeanour Mona Bedi *   torrential rain the similar greyness of tombstones Mona Bedi