Cold Moon Journal

finding peace in a lonely place desert lily Alvin B. Cruz

almost like your first love no one gets over their first fright Anthony Lusardi

Autumn evenings Nights like spilled ink Encapsulating memories Anthony Ward

rain needles the streetlight spotlights a shivering cat Anju Kishore summer holidays a family of monkeys on the clothesline ...

wind gusts a comb-over flips Joseph P. Wechselberger Father's Day the annual reminder I will never be one Joseph P. Wechs...

we destroy forests to make paper and pencils to write 'save the trees' Jonash Lepcha

politician's speech I stop his lying by pressing mute John J. Dunphy     high-end church its communion wine very dry John J. Dunp...

long weekend the news comes on a friday Jerome Berglund

leaves changing nearly as quickly as life Jennifer Gurney   all along the street in the quiet of the night fireflies dance as i...

  Without You Kelly Moyer                       Oaknuts Kelly Moyer

returning every year autumn solitude Marilyn Ashbaugh no rush to say goodbye scarlet maple Marilyn Ashbaugh aut...

hexagon to square my shrinking circle of friends j rap     coming out of the storm I didn’t know I was in j rap dusk a single she...

in my tank rainbow koi swimming in circles ... the same question years ago, to stay or to go Chen-ou Liu

supported by AI the orator speaks like thousands of others Pitt Büerken

the barn swallows the blue sky Debbie Olson   crickets the same fairy tale every night Debbie Olson

Hushed conversations— sparrows listen from the eaves M. R. Pelletier

when and where to stop eulogy Ravi Kiran

harvest moon with all my wishes in the little well Oscar Luparia

summer breeze fluttering dandelions on her skirt Jovana Dragojlovic

escorting a ladybug to my door twilight breeze Daipayan Nair

l ady birds skirting a birdbath autumn rain Rupa Anand

death journey suddenly interrupted... door wide open Mircea Moldovan

                            fast fashion the roses have had their day image and words Debbie Strange

blue moon... Elvis dolls swivel at Graceland Pris Campbell

graveyard — a part of the circle not colored Srinivasa Rao Sambangi granite boulder removing all outside the Buddha Srinivasa ...

yellow prayer shawl my friend’s fingers grace each stitch Suzanne Leaf-Brock

     a blade of grass       swaying in the wind       the delicacy of dance Lakshman Bulusu

black tea sharing the evening with home bound crows Jharna Sanyal