Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Sunday, October 13, 2024

By Stephanie Zepherelli

excess baggage

carrying the weight

of old photographs

Stephanie Zepherelli



city streets

intersecting shadows

without faces

Stephanie Zepherelli



riptide

fighting currents

of loneliness

Stephanie Zepherelli



washing windows

treasured moments

of clarity

Stephanie Zepherelli

Saturday, October 12, 2024

By Susan Burch

fake profile —

why would anyone

want to be me

Susan Burch



getting under peoples’ skins poli(tics

Susan Burch



a thunderstorm stuck in my car

Susan Burch

By Elliot Diamond

a shadow of a shadow down the rabbit hole


Elliot Diamond

By David Cox

hidden

caterpillars make latticework

out of leaves

David Cox

By Suraja Menon Roychowdhury

bottled winter

the warmth

of maple syrup

Suraja Menon Roychowdhury

By Mike Gallagher

tall yarns

the storyteller speaks

beyond the beyond

Mike Gallagher

By Mark Forrester

highway robbery—

every year

less groundwater


Mark Forrester



waking to late-night sirens beach vacation

Mark Forrester



morning crows

the day moon

in a dead tree


Mark Forrester

By Meera Rehm

all-day-long

the weight of storm

before storm

Meera Rehm



finally

the naked truth

winter tree

Meera Rehm

By Michael Buckingham Gray

rusty hinge

the old monarch butterfly

opens its wings

Michael Buckingham Gray



school holidays ...

the sand

in my shoes

Michael Buckingham Gray

By Kavita Ratna

shallow

of a pink shell

seasons within

Kavita Ratna



river view

a salmon floats

on a cloud of oil

Kavita Ratna

By Robert Beveridge

magic 8-ball

I ask it how it’s

feeling today


Robert Beveridge


sometimes no difference between monostich and cookie fortune

Robert Beveridge