Cold Moon Journal

loneliness the bitter cost of being myself Alvaro Carrasquel Gomez

playing favorites our bunny likes me better than him Deborah Karl-Brandt

Fairy Circles Early grass wet, cool. Mushrooms growing in the round, Nature’s fungi art. I lie down for the picture And hear the fa...

The sun fades at last so a paragraph of light can tell us the tale. Joan E. Cashin

twister tangled in your blues Kelly Sargent gypsy moth wanderings before my wings Kelly Sargent

sitārist solos . . . in the sweep of a sārī solstice strawberry Monica Kakkar

small town... throughout the rain the football match K. Ramesh

behind the window alone with autumn rain Fatma Zohra Habis

stripping off soaked garments socks still dry Jerome Berglund kingdom builders roofing and gutters Jerome Berglund

in a trench a quarrel between soldiers over a property line Eugeniusz Zacharski

mountain drive . . . the spider spins a silk road Ann Sullivan

peace talks the sky gathers in shades of grey Anju Kishore storm alert — the sky a screech of parrots Anju Kishore thunder...

reading nursery rhymes— I pause where my mother paused Mark Forrester

tornado then blue sky then family albums in the rubbles John Zheng   golden grass in flying manes chasing our car John Zheng

summer week all the bedrooms filled in grandma’s house Barrie Levine   city heat . . . all-day panting in the dog park Barrie Lev...

nudist my mascara streaking Susan Burch

midnight dip how warm the fondue Sharon Ferrante I get too close then he leaves me owl on the lamppost Sharon Ferrante ...

false spring a trail newly closed for restoration Brad Bennett