Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Thursday, June 30, 2022

2022 Dwarf Stars Award Nominees


Congratulations to these talented poets nominated for the 2022 Dwarf Stars Award:


Julie Schwerin

Pippa Phillips

Valentina Ranaldi-Adams


Their poems from Cold Moon Journal will be published in the upcoming anthology.


Good luck to the 120 poets who will appear in this anthology, topping out the 1371 poems considered. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) will announce the winner after August.

By Lucia Cardillo

old window ...

the silent embroidery

of a spider


Lucia Cardillo

By Elena Malec

solo guitar

living on a shoestring

budget


Elena Malec

By Marilyn Ashbaugh

resting in the frog's throat summer rain


Marilyn Ashbaugh

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

under the sea

yesterdays of time

soaking in the wash


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Herb Tate

silent workshop

grandfather still

at the lathe


Herb Tate

By Anda Marcu

clear summer night

beneath the floral canopy

a toy left behind


Anda Marcu

By Alvin B. Cruz

snow angels

our wings

almost touch


Alvin B. Cruz

By Susan Burch

blending in

with the curtains

at the party

always the wallflower

never the life


Susan Burch

By C.X.Turner

however low

the sun persists…

rising daily


C.X.Turner

Saturday, June 25, 2022

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

raindrops

rolling down windows—

still the sparrows 

 

Susan Bonk Plumridge