sometimes a wish
becomes a butterfly
becomes
a dragon
Anna Cates
Congratulations to these six talented poets:
Orrin PréJean
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/07/by-orrin-prejean_15.html
H.A. Sappho
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/04/by-h-sappho.html
Jay Friedenberg
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/04/by-jay-friedenberg.html
Bisshie
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/09/by-bisshie.html
Mike Gallagher
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/09/by-mike-gallagher.html
Keith Evetts
https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2022/07/by-keith-evetts_3.html
Final selection notices will be in the (postal) mail to editors in April of 2023. All winning poets receive a free copy of the annual print anthology.
mornings
without birdsong
barred, too
from words of love
as
my deafness deepens
Pris Campbell
paddy cut—
he anoints his sickle
with
sandalwood paste
Rupa Anand
(veneration of instruments used in harvesting is common in India)
wrestling
with the starless sky
an
old windmill
Agus Maulana Sunjaya
*
our talk
getting heavier
autumn
rain
Agus Maulana Sunjaya