Cold Moon Journal

second-hand store a wedding dress tagged as never worn Joseph P. Wechselberger

goldenrod the hypnotic lull of bees at work Jay Friedenberg * scattered bread under the park bench nature's pecking order ...

mom's cherry pie the last bites of homesickness Jovana Dragojlovic

buzz cut we get it before chemo does John Pappas

waking to bird song you purring on my lap light dancing Jennifer Gurney

a white feather dances on the wind farewell words JL Huffman

Talking to myself —    the volume of    a cardinal’s feathers M. R. Pelletier

a cloud on a string kite dreaming Mike Fainzilber

red glitter shoes one of her wishes came true Randy Brooks

texting her I reiterate crows Bryan Rickert * synchronizing our autumns long distance love Bryan Rickert

angry words on a crumbling wall — tiny flowers in the cracks Robert Witmer

creekside walk — I hear a new generatio n learning to curse Robert Epstein

m oths on a lampshade this blemished moon Jerome Berglund * liminal highway all the lights come on at once Jerome Berglund

tai chi reaching for the moon Mark Gilbert

rich harvest with the same shabby clothes the scarecrow Mirela Brailean

overthinking my need to over clarify Mona Bedi

chemo, leafless trees Mircea Moldovan

downsizing… my aunt looks smaller in the care home Tony Williams