Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Monday, December 27, 2021

By Maria Teresa Sisti

winter solstice—

a painted silence

in my memories

Maria Teresa Sisti

Sunday, December 26, 2021

By Brad Bennett

winter morning

the sound of an orange peel

tearing away
 

Brad Bennett

By Alvin B. Cruz

Covid fatigue

a coastal town

screams at the sea

Alvin B. Cruz

By Allyson Whipple

no frost yet

the neighbor’s power drill

whines at dawn


Allyson Whipple

By Cynthia Anderson

old friends

too old to pick up

where we left off

Cynthia Anderson

By John Hawkhead

wind chimes

releasing ice melt

into her silence

John Hawkhead

By Nudurupati Nagasri

complementary dining

buffalo feeding

egret topiary


Nudurupati Nagasri

Saturday, December 25, 2021

By Chen-ou Liu

Christmas dinner for two

the click, clank, click

of my teenager’s chopsticks


Chen-ou Liu

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

at our table

having the best time

those asleep


Roberta Beach Jacobson

Friday, December 24, 2021

By Mariel Herbert

christmasupstairstumblingdownstairssugarplums


Mariel Herbert

By Lakshmi Iyer

Christmas Eve

the moon comes riding

on a reindeer


Lakshmi Iyer