By Samo Kreutz

april drizzle

even her scars

caressed

Samo Kreutz

By Helen Ogden

darkening skies

the distant rumble

of Russian tanks

Helen Ogden

By Richard Bailly

sky apostrophe

cloud punctuation

cirrus grammar

Richard Bailly

By Joanna Ashwell

wrapped indoors

the scent of rain

in your words

Joanna Ashwell

By Florin C. Ciobica

pouring rain –

the sound of a drum

lost in the park


Florin C. Ciobica

By Chen-ou Liu

a raven

silhouetted against the moon

I slip

into the black hole

of your nightmare

Chen-ou Liu

By Pris Campbell

folded notes

and bobby socks

epitaphs

glimpsed in moon shadows

at the old stone graveyard

Pris Campbell

By Susan Burch

just divorced

I float further

out to sea…

trying to find

my legs again

Susan Burch

By David Ngo

two koi fish

leisurely

swim on the road

unaware

of the danger ahead

David Ngo

By Mona Bedi

coffee ring

what little remains

of your last visit

Mona Bedi

Touchstone Individual Poem Short List 2021

Two Cold Moon Journal contributors are among The Haiku Foundation's short list for the 2021 Touchstone Award.

Congratulations to Pat Davis and Helen Ogden!

Their poems:

ancient syllables
the forest alive
in birdsong
     — Pat Davis, Cold Moon, October 7, 2021
 

ancient wisdom —
naming negative space
in the night sky
     — Helen Ogden, Cold Moon, October 22, 2021 

This marks the second round of the award procedure. 

Final results will be announced on Haiku Poetry Day, April 17, 2022.