Cold Moon Journal

fall colors paint the evening sky a patio for Heaven Lakshman Bulusu

fresh air changed person new lungs Richard Bailly

warrr Adrian Bouter

the rustles of bamboo under the moon I listen to an owl's hoots David He * full moon for harvesting... a squi...

solar eclipse a hermit crab leaves its shell John J. Dunphy

clear signal— the bird flees while another nears David Ngo

boiled potatoes my nephew's begging to turn the food mill   Hassane Zemmouri

approaching storm hurrying across the yard three magpies Andrew Terrell

server offline . . . I get a chance to notice the moon at my window Oscar Luparia

a sudden gale pushing me away from the path i chose Anthony Lusardi

home for sale on the window sill a dead fly Deborah Karl-Brandt

from a cuckoo's song to another cuckoo's song ... the river flows Ram Chandran

huddled in the woods we observe, ask, study, learn all over again James Penha

tiger lily tears on the pillow begin to dry Kavita Ratna

Additional Cold Moon Journal nominations for the 2023 Touchstone Awards have been submitted to The Haiku Foundation (poems pub...

hospice children’s room shadow puppets on the wall Kelly Sargent

moss phlox the softness in her face caressed by misting rain Douglas J. Lanzo *   cold glimmer in her eyes frostwork crystal fea...

first strawberry pick a swoosh of red dawns Lakshmi Iyer *   post surgery moon lights the padded lingerie Lakshmi ...

Jumping like Mario to avoid the mud Garret Schuelke

galaxy — a snail's silver painting dan smith

quiet autumn night— the bubbling of grilled clams Wai Mei Wong * a rooster’s call the sunny side up touches grandpa’s nose Wai...

a broom over sunlight a pile of dust Robert Witmer

white noise crackling over the Susquehanna  Pixel Moon Joshua St. Claire

regretting our words we spent many nights staring at old memories Ron Nhim

river walk our path wends through frog song Louise Hopewell   *   the blue tip of a dragonfly’s tail day moon Louise Hopewell

leaves ghosted by the wind Elliot Diamond

E mpty nest—    a hole through it    to sky M. R. Pelletier

one sunflower tracks its namesake among stones that have no names potter's field William Cullen Jr. * leavin...

Night falls deeper clouds weave over secret rivers veins of our lives Lorraine Caputo

fur and bone there are no safe spaces Jay Friedenberg

snowflake stars dream by dream a melting pot Joanna Ashwell

heavy heads bow toward earth sunflowers Jennifer Gurney

Soft waves on the shore Childhood memories long lost With the faint tides Joy Yin

undressing spent garden beds fallow fall JL Huffman

autumn day a fantasy book warms my mind Jovana Dragojlovic  *   stars from the sky sprinkle stardust — giving magic to t...