By Roberta Beach Jacobson

when they retire

do they keep their rulers

nuns

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Mike Gallagher

two crows

homeward bound

two nuns

Mike Gallagher

By anne morrigan

in ador—

    timid

        —ation

anne morrigan

By Anna Cates

sometimes a wish

becomes a butterfly

becomes a dragon

Anna Cates

Cold Moon Journal's 2023 Pushcart Prize Nominations (for Poetry)

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.

By A.J. Anwar

hot breeze—

rumors travel beyond

borders
 

A.J. Anwar

By Hassane Zemmouri

railway—

pupils waving to

strange travelers

Hassane Zemmouri

By Kerry J Heckman

sitting 

across from buddha

sitting
 

Kerry J Heckman

By Pris Campbell

mornings

without birdsong

barred, too

from words of love

as my deafness deepens

Pris Campbell

By Chris Langer

the spotted dragonfly

in turn

spots me

Chris Langer

By Rupa Anand

paddy cut—

he anoints his sickle

with sandalwood paste

Rupa Anand

 

(veneration of instruments used in harvesting is common in India)