Cold Moon Journal

two bees full of innocent looks glass of wine Refika Dedić

First leaf barely brown Waif on a still growing lawn Prophet of the chill. Ed Ahern

fall colors paint the evening sky a patio for Heaven Lakshman Bulusu

fresh air changed person new lungs Richard Bailly

warrr Adrian Bouter

the rustles of bamboo under the moon I listen to an owl's hoots David He * full moon for harvesting... a squi...

solar eclipse a hermit crab leaves its shell John J. Dunphy

clear signal— the bird flees while another nears David Ngo

boiled potatoes my nephew's begging to turn the food mill   Hassane Zemmouri

approaching storm hurrying across the yard three magpies Andrew Terrell

server offline . . . I get a chance to notice the moon at my window Oscar Luparia

a sudden gale pushing me away from the path i chose Anthony Lusardi

home for sale on the window sill a dead fly Deborah Karl-Brandt

from a cuckoo's song to another cuckoo's song ... the river flows Ram Chandran

huddled in the woods we observe, ask, study, learn all over again James Penha

tiger lily tears on the pillow begin to dry Kavita Ratna

Additional Cold Moon Journal nominations for the 2023 Touchstone Awards have been submitted to The Haiku Foundation (poems pub...

hospice children’s room shadow puppets on the wall Kelly Sargent