Cold Moon Journal

eyes in all directions the lost potato Robert Witmer * hunger a stone ripens in a tight fist Robert Witmer

no mention of hope or destiny sea spray Robert Epstein

rice porridge — grandma poured a folk song into the pot Ram Chandran

worn out struggles etched deep in wrinkles refuse to fade Ron Nhim

windblown hair campfire lights up half her face Ravi Kiran * flooded street the paper boat faster than me Ravi Kiran

starting again at fifty I scrape every last bit of peanut butter from the jar Bryan Rickert

their brooms broken and burned at the stake the witches assemble at the village gate to exact a gruesome vengeance   there are spells...

wintering… the birch and maple have given up their leaves while I remain cocooned in memories Reid Hepworth

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in no particular order falling leaves Alvin B. Cruz

the cat’s dish full of snow drifting moon Barrie Levine

my chatbot prays to a deus ex machina James Penha

atlas every road the wrong way home John Pappas

straight no sugar she swallows a bitter truth Peter Jastermsky *   letting my heart dry in the sun small comfort Peter Jastermsky

m other tongue softening hard truths Michelle V. Alkerton

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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