Cold Moon Journal

early morning dew a suspension bridge held leaf to leaf Lakshman Bulusu

birds in the thick branches — x Yasir Farooq

AI-ku the chatbot asks about wabi sabi Helen Ogden

nor’easter under dead leaves and bark a frog sleeps Anthony Lusardi

crumpled leaves – in the cold morning tea perfume Nicole Pottier

winter wind carries sighs of war victims Radhika De Silva

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