Cold Moon Journal

sharing the silence while praying for mom’s soul this warm breeze Maya Daneva

one busker’s nod to another moonless night Mark Forrester

double vision increasing my worldview Michelle V. Alkerton

heartbeats in first bloom — her polka dot bikini scarlet ladybird Monica Kakkar

at the end of the earth where the sun goes to die a souvenir stand… Mike Fainzilber

in pale moonlight a firefly becomes the star Melissa Laussmann

Oh, what greater love Than fulfilling hopes and dreams Can we give others Mike Turner

wedding anniversary husband selects a bouquet at the cemetery John J. Dunphy * weightlifter trembling as he picks up his newb...

wanderlust a little cloud drifts away Vandana Parashar * shooting everything in sight wedding photographer Vandana...

heat dome even a cactus keels over Christa Pandey   *   sunset the old pond glows pink Christa Pandey

thoughts twirling in the spin-dryer of ego Mike Freedman *   priest lights up leaving cathedral no sin to smoke Mike Freedman

only a few fireflies dream of becoming a star evan coram *   wet snowflakes together sharing silence evan coram

scrabble party he interrupts her words she finishes his sentences Ron Scully

morning sky pale as corn silk heatwave B. L. Bruce

cherry blossoms — even after all of us have gone Ram Chandran

parents’ home looking back on my past I see a light Timothy Daly

breaking waves too old and sick now for sandcastle dreams Pris Campbell

h are moon from every direction coyote songs Kerry J Heckman * tornado hitching a ride to oz Kerry J Heckman