Skimming the waters,
The dragonfly,
Steals
the water’s moon.
Ida Wiesenfeld
Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Touchstone Award Nominations (January through April 2024)
Announcing the Touchstone Award nominations from CMJ:
traffic slows
I move the dead rabbit
to
safety
Tom Clausen
if peace
were a sound
snow
angels
C.X. Turner
my inner bear
begins to hibernate
cold
moon
Alfred Booth
a leafless tree
raises arms to the sky
praying
for peace
Neena Singh
grunting
I try not to be an animal
but
I am
Tony Williams
it
could be winter or it could be worse
Robert Epstein
periodic table
the stars that flow
through
us
Eugeniusz Zacharski
power outage
learning the shapes
of
familiar things
Helen Ogden
his first recital
a round of applause
for
all the pink
Barrie Levine
claiming
the American dream an American gun
Susan Yavaniski
windstorm
reading a letter
not
meant for me
Ruth Holzer
Friday, May 17, 2024
By Nicola Schaum
the deaf cat sees, I listen
summer
rain
Nicola Schaum
cloud
spotting my troubles shifting shape
Nicola Schaum
termite tango
drifting wings
glisten
at dusk
Nicola Schaum
By Mallika Chari
overcast sky
nothing to do, she watches
the
cawing crow
Mallika Chari
continuous drizzle
the street vendor’s restlessness
all
day long
Mallika Chari
prayer
we repeat it
in our mother tongue
Mallika Chari
By Helen Ogden
biding its time
a poppy bud
about
to bloom
Helen Ogden
folding laundry
the odd sock
set
aside
Helen Ogden
condolences
the heavy weight
of
empty space
Helen Ogden
leap day
keeping pace
with the planets
Helen Ogden
Thursday, May 16, 2024
By Anthony Lusardi
waiting
for
the storm to pass . . .
counting seconds
between the
flash
and the boom
Anthony Lusardi
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