Cold Moon Journal

  Pushcart Prize Poetry Nominations from Cold Moon Journal (poems published during 2023) untitled (first line: a scatte...

passing on the street                   we remain perfect strangers                                             as only our eyes have m...

birthday celebration strands of silver in her hair Tuyet Van Do   *   full moon shining in the front yard queen of ...

a peacock's cry I foretell the fate of farmers Bipasha Majumder (De)

Thanksgiving Day mom invites the in-laws to this year’s arguments Barrie Levine

truth half told still waiting for more autumn mist Bernadette O'Reilly   *    the creak in one knee tying a shoelace Bernad...

dancing on a crooked floor the memory of crutches Mike Fainzilber * against all odds blades of grass through the pavement Mike...

lemon petals mom asks if I want to be this bee Maya Daneva * caught in the autumn rain shower a post-it note Maya Daneva

television news— Christmas tree lights reflected in the black dog’s eyes J. D. Nelson * last day of autumn . . . an abandoned s...

grandma’s shelf— a dusty pile of my poems Susan Lee Roberts *   autumn moonwalk silence engulfs the couple Susan Lee Robert...

each retelling a subtle shift of memory Michelle V. Alkerton

bone moon icy wind penetrates into my coat into me Meera Rehm

by rain-washed window asleep in perspiration— autumn equinox M onica Kakkar

  The Road to Beyond Michael Shoemaker     Tall Grass by the Lake Michael Shoemaker

Ocean waves ruffling — skirting the edge of hot sand, lacing shoes with foam Mary Harwell Sayler

fireside old-fashioned blue moon hiding in a tree M yrna CG Mibus

silent death a scorpion’s tail flicks Marilyn Humbert

casting light tackle high into the wind above crashing sounds of waves Michael Shoemaker