Cold Moon Journal

moonbeam lighting my inner thoughts Stephen Jarrell Williams

war puzzle peace into pieces Marjorie Pezzoli *   lead should surround stain glass not children   Marjorie Pezzoli

Turning back the clocks I go back in time As if it doesn’t exist Anthony Ward

election debate the cat drags a dead mouse out of the bush Vandana Parashar *   falling asleep to the sound of snore...

grey skies and yet, a new road Amoolya Kamalnath

I'm a sack of rusty bones, sweet moon Mircea Moldovan * games between mature people harvest moon Mircea Moldovan

wet cobblestone street the open sign blinks on and off Kerry J Heckman

her tired face how many leaves on the ground Maria Concetta Conti

paper thin our penpal friendship over the years Bonnie J Scherer * crushing grapes — the stain of my sin Bonnie J Scherer

winter funeral our plumes of breath drawing veils John Hawkhead

2 am a toddler's fixated gaze unsmiling Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

solar eclipse splashing black ink up to the sky Xiaoou Chen *   inundation floating markets in downtown Xiaoou Chen

early morning— she wakes to the sound of splintering glass Lafcadio *   resurrecting buried memories the past won't stay h...

in the ash bucket sprinkles of spider Roberta Beach Jacobson

dissecting the revenant thunderstorms Jerome Berglund *   angry baby’s apparition intermittent lightning flashes Jerome Berglu...

gourd’s garish grin macabre ceiling display guest-room night light JL Huffman

blood moon swirling in the glass a nice chianti petro c. k. * echoing inside . . . first clump of dirt hitting the coffin p...

oleanders sway in the cold winds a deadly tea Eavonka Ettinger