Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Monday, December 25, 2023

By Helen Ogden

AI-ku

the chatbot

asks about wabi sabi

Helen Ogden

Sunday, December 24, 2023

By Anthony Lusardi

nor’easter

under dead leaves and bark

a frog sleeps

Anthony Lusardi

By Nicole Pottier

crumpled leaves –

in the cold morning

tea perfume


Nicole Pottier

By Radhika De Silva

winter wind

carries sighs

of war victims

Radhika De Silva

Saturday, December 23, 2023

By Jharna Sanyal

copper clouds

soaking up the spill

sunset


Jharna Sanyal

 

 

timber wood

curling up in smoke

legends of forests

Jharna Sanyal

 

Friday, December 22, 2023

By J. D. Nelson

what’s all the racket?!

a featherless white crane lifts

things up to the roof

J. D. Nelson

 


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feathers everywhere . . .

in mid-autumn the white hen

has started to molt

J. D. Nelson

By Oscar Luparia

autumn wind:

that pushes the clouds,

that shuffles the leaves


Oscar Luparia

By Brad Bennett

leaning

into darkness

a give-and-take moon

Brad Bennett

Thursday, December 21, 2023

By Mike Fainzilber

an egret’s call

her lost son’s name

above the silent trees


Mike Fainzilber

By Mark Forrester

one bird’s egg

in another’s nest

false spring

Mark Forrester


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within my dream

another dream

dragonflies

Mark Forrester

By Mark Gilbert

rhyming trees with peace

snipping frosted tips

of rosemary and thyme


Mark Gilbert


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December solstice—

watching the snowscene settle

on the mantelpiece

Mark Gilbert

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

By Sébastien Revon

ebbing tide —

children play with the child

I was

Sébastien Revon

By Steliana Cristina Voicu

first morning

of honeymoon —

we share

this autumn road

to ourselves


Steliana Cristina Voicu

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

winter

fireplace

waiting for a light


Stephen Jarrell Williams