Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

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 Matthew Markworth

working

for peanuts

songbird

Matthew Markworth

By Anne Morrigan

distracted

by the sunlight dancing

off my phone


Anne Morrigan

By John Zheng

 

delta life so flat i often look up at the sky

John Zheng

By Anthony Lusardi

waiting

for the storm to pass . . .

counting seconds

between the flash

and the boom

Anthony Lusardi

By Oana Maria Cercel

 

Venice 1

Oana Maria Cercel

By Timothy Daly

spring rainbow

the colours

of our toothbrushes


Timothy Daly

By M. R. Pelletier

Three hours

before the alarm—patterns

                              in the ceiling

M. R. Pelletier


Sunday in the park—

   a sermon

   of barks


M. R. Pelletier