Cold Moon Journal

copper clouds soaking up the spill sunset Jharna Sanyal     timber wood curling up in smoke legends of forest...

what’s all the racket?! a featherless white crane lifts things up to the roof J. D. Nelson   * feathers everywhere . . . in mid...

autumn wind: that pushes the clouds, that shuffles the leaves Oscar Luparia

leaning into darkness a give-and-take moon Brad Bennett

an egret’s call her lost son’s name above the silent trees Mike Fainzilber

one bird’s egg in another’s nest false spring Mark Forrester * within my dream another dream dragonflies Mark Forrester

rhyming trees with peace snipping frosted tips of rosemary and thyme Mark Gilbert *   December solstice— watching the snowscene ...

ebbing tide — children play with the child I was Sébastien Revon

first morning of honeymoon — we share this autumn road to ourselves Steliana Cristina Voicu

winter fireplace waiting for a light Stephen Jarrell Williams

moonlit river ... this incessant flow of thoughts Chen-ou Liu

telling the tomcat he’s pretty because he is Tony Williams

middle age a shadow appears between the elms Shane Coppage

November dusk turning the clocks back antidepressant sales rise Ellen Kom

Little bee On my bonnet Along for the ride Nicola Schaum

hills — my rising debts Chittaluri Satyanarayana

putting a crown on my memoji — long live the queen Susan Burch

dog-eared pages lessons i’ve learned gathering dust Stephanie Zepherelli