Cold Moon Journal

still wishing— the shiny things in a dried up well Sharon Ferrante

A crow Covers the moon For a moment Sarah Mahina Calvello

earth shoes when we were one Stephanie Zepherelli the last rung on the ladder floodwaters Stephanie Zpherelli embroidered b...

the children bury their dolls autumn leaves Sarah Paris election night even the Halloween ghosts look scared Sarah Paris

night by night how I age crescent moon Biswajit Mishra my enigma when I have nothing to do I have no time for anything Bi...

living in the moment a cloud becomes rain Vandana Parashar wind through a crack the flowers arrange themselves Vandana Parasha...

ferry crossing the river water churns underneath us I hold tight to the rail and your unspoken words Nalini Shetty saffron robe...

tornado warning the comfort of gran’s rosary Mona Bedi incessant rain i let the old dog in Mona Bedi distant thunder — how we...

wandering through her room to hold near once-treasured gifts she left behind C. Jean Downer a childhood in the peripheral ...

mountain temple far from home searching for peace Manasa Reddy Chichili

ocean breeze... together we walk the life-long jetty Susan Lee Roberts onion— layers of unexpressed sweetness Susan Lee Robert...

football field— a sparrow holds the goal post Neena Singh insomnia stray dogs bark all night Neena Singh margosa shade...

red chrysanthemum — the color of a memory Elena Zouain silence of the forest — the deer’s bellow reaches the moon Elena Zouain ...

forced perspective finding pockets in the shallows Jerome Berglund thumb, forefinger disentangling the leaves Jerome Berglund ...

the number of planes buzzing overhead now outnumbers the clouds, the birds even the stars Jennifer Gurney   days shortening littl...

lost glove he warms her hand in both of his Barrie Levine phantom ring on her left hand stages of grief Barrie Levine

roundabout we get through it Susan Burch peacock brooch when did I stop feeling pretty Susan Burch

harvest moon far from the war zone children's laughter Fatma Zohra Habis

  Along the Fence Line Michael Shoemaker

yellow tablecloth a handful of sage starting to crumble Chad Henry midsummer dusk rain on the skylight the cat hears it first  ...

the silence       it brings            prairie frost Bryan Rickert pretending I’m a gardener– three tomato harvest   Bryan Rick...

God god a god no god John J. Dunphy visitation the deceased and I wear the same color tie John J. Dunphy communion Sun...

walk as usual but this time the magic of leaf shadows Arvinder Kaur woven into my insignificance gossamer threads Arvinder Kau

when I was young and a cat and not some kind of man Tony Williams an owl’s vowels around midnight Tony Williams

winter lavender how I know you’re here John Pappas dropping blossoms how little of this world is ours   John Pappas

an easement onto conservation land morning mist Brad Bennett

Sunday Service the way the Archangel from the stained glass scatters its light on your shoulder Steliana Cristina Voicu one mo...

Lush green, freshly cut Golden rays caress the edges Crafty, plastic turf Jiel Narvekar

hometown memories I still hold on to snowflakes in the wind Chen-ou Liu happy or not just to be as I am ... patches of fog Che...

a flower blooms only when it is history David Ngo