Cold Moon Journal

housebound . . . through my window all I know of drifting clouds Barrie Levine

ghost koi— never running with the crowd Tony Williams * weeds our friendship neglected Tony Williams

early August now— the fly on the bathroom wall has been there all night J. D. Nelson

A ginkgo leaf Flutters in the wind Along with my heart Jennifer Gurney

summer drought a plastic cup on the beer tap petro c.k.

fading for-sale sign a lonely house all these years A.J. Anwar

looking so peaceful her final visit to the beautician Wanda Amos *   winter chill… a sudden inward breath cuts the...

gentle breeze across the cemetery — war veterans Sreenath

raven's reflection in the colorless stained glass Bach concert Mircea Moldovan

at the pole the north star our friend Mark Gilbert

just a flicker and the swallow is gone Mark Forrester

aunt’s call — the distant whistles of her pressure cooker Muskaan Ahuja

sitting in church thinking about thinking about distractions Meagan Bussert

longing for more tangible company the romance reader Mike Gallagher

Beach read,    sand trapped in its pages—    the secrets she keeps M. R. Pelletier

aria of life hidden into a ball of happiness hope i s born Maid Corbic

endless rain – her tears joining puddles in the street Aaron Bowker * imprint in dust made by what you took when yo...

half-empty cinema – a moth flutters in and out of the projector beam Roman Lyakhovetsky