Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

By Michael Shoemaker

moving a piano up

to the fourteenth floor

a test of friendship

Michael Shoemaker

By Mark Meyer

nightingale floor

still waking the dead

as I tiptoe through life

Mark Meyer

By Mark Forrester

thick brush

the fox’s tail

here and gone

Mark Forrester

By Mark Gilbert

sparrows that rhyme

and snow that doesn’t lay

Leonard Cohen


Mark Gilbert

By M. R. Pelletier

Time lapse—

   how age reshuffles

   memory’s frames

M. R. Pelletier

By Mary Arnold

Appalachian pond

in the middle of mallards

a single cormorant

Mary Arnold

By Melissa Laussmann

his gentle moves

in morning's first light—

the silkworm


Melissa Laussmann

Saturday, January 6, 2024

By David Josephsohn

health crisis

her long journey

to another state


David Josephsohn

Friday, January 5, 2024

By Randy Brooks

red button mushrooms

cheerful little fellas

on a rotting log


Randy Brooks

By Aline da Silveira

unleash me tsunami heart if you see waves


Aline da Silveira

By Pitt Büerken

global warming

the winter coat stays

in the wardrobe


Pitt Büerken

By Amber Winter

sugar scrub polishing off my old self

Amber Winter

By Carmela Marino

my destiny

a seagull driven

by wind


Carmela Marino

By Brad Bennett

one dead tree leaning

on another dead tree leaning

on a live one

Brad Bennett

By Helen Ogden

the shadow I cast

upon the blank page

morning light

Helen Ogden

By David Ngo

stone carvings

yesterdays relived

David Ngo

By Mircea Moldovan

somewhere death wears Santa's hat

Mircea Moldovan

By Nicole Pottier

drums ...

the thrill

of Earth


Nicole Pottier