Cold Moon Journal

A child's laughter rings above trees locked in winter solstice to remind them of their awakening Janet Krauss

I hear your voice each morning in the birdsong Jennifer Gurney

tom turkey courts a field of hens fantail display JL Huffman

asleep on Route 66 my cats naps on an old road map John J. Dunphy

coyote prowls the golf course— what’s his handicap Janet Ruth Heller *   foot of snow on bird bath— muffin top Janet Ruth Hell...

the leaf blower man between blasts — puffing his cigarette Jay Friedenberg

tethered by starlight chains— moon pendant Jenny Mattern

my friend’s cabin a short dash to the creek for a skinny-dip Joseph P. Wechselberger

sleeping mountain only the silence whispers softly Jovana Dragojlovic

Oh, woman on bike The future of humanity Rides on your hips Jon Wesick

Childhood— father’s shoulders my royal seat Jahnavi Gogoi

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...