Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Friday, April 5, 2024

By Georg Cook

Milk spilt

Nothing is meant to remain

Contained forever


Georg Cook



Sands shift

The eviction notice

Delivered


Georg Cook

By Leanne Mumford

market day—

a woman tying bundles

of fresh lavender

Leanne Mumford

By Wanda Amos

then and now

the declining number

of beetles

Wanda Amos



women in black

the harvest of their wombs

cold in the earth

Wanda Amos

By Vandana Parashar

Indian market

all the vehicles parked

in no parking zone

Vandana Parashar



stirring a storm

in the puddle

strong wind


Vandana Parashar

By Bonnie J Scherer

snow –

dozens of Inuit words

none easy to shovel

Bonnie J Scherer



moths nibbling on wool fingerless gloves

Bonnie J Scherer



peel after peel the onion still

Bonnie J Scherer

By Goran Gatalica

morning wind . . .

the birdsong too

rooted to sky
 

Goran Gatalica


 

sunny spot —

cultivating a garden

in our yard


Goran Gatalica

By Steve Van Allen

dry winter leaves

slowly overtaken

by greens of March

Steve Van Allen

By Hassane Zemmouri

as long as time nostalgia

 
Hassane Zemmouri

By Joshua Gage

drum solo

her red stiletto

trying to keep time

Joshua Gage

By Jeff Burt

The moon lights the plum

petals, a thousand candles

and birds yet to rise

Jeff Burt

By Xiaoou Chen

marshland

the calf’s lifted foot

hangs in the air

Xiaoou Chen