Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

the last songbird

on a mountaintop

singing to the world


Stephen Jarrell Williams



empty railroad tracks

sunflowers reaching skyward

between the steel rails


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Chen-ou Liu

midnight snowfall

the nonstop blaring

of a car alarm

Chen-ou Liu



gathering shadows

ten more people ticketed

for sleeping rough

Chen-ou Liu

By Mark Forrester

cavern walls—

humming a tune

from another time


Mark Forrester



morning mist

a few swans sleeping

on the pond—

still giving each other

the silent treatment


Mark Forrester

By Ravi Kiran

turbulence

the art of balancing

black coffee


Ravi Kiran



a second look

at the first impression

red mushroom

Ravi Kiran

By Tony Williams

partial sight

his life

in a goldfish bowl


Tony Williams



hailstorm—

my hand stuck out

to feel the sting


Tony Williams

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

By Nitu Yumnam

earthen pot

the shape i take

shifting homes

Nitu Yumnam

By Elliot Diamond

shadow dance

the coyote howels…

a karaoke moon

Elliot Diamond

By Jennifer Gurney

on the edges

of my periphery—

you live

Jennifer Gurney

By Kathabela Wilson

I took the dragon

by the tail held onto it

my compass

circle after circle in sand

it drew me inward

Kathabela Wilson

By Olinda Ninolakis

Y is why

not an ypsilon

all Greek to me

Olinda Ninolakis

By Mark Gilbert

cherry blossoms

and then some snow

April fool

Mark Gilbert

By Stephen Toft

moonlit snow

a fox prints

her own poem


Stephen Toft

By Samo Kreutz

gentle dawn ...

the haiku remains

unfinished


Samo Kreutz

By Manoj Sharma

pendulum swing

I let the memory

heal


Manoj Sharma


 

office window

the ascending aroma

from the alley bakery


Manoj Sharma



long night

the lonely baying

of a stray dog


Manoj Sharma



March wind

a drifting leaf settles

on my shoulder


Manoj Sharma



ancestral well

remembering

my foremothers


Manoj Sharma