Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Pushcart Prize Nominations

 

Pushcart Prize Poetry Nominations

from Cold Moon Journal (poems published during 2023)


untitled (first line: a scattered mind) by Nicola Schaum


untitled (first line: autumn) by Sébastien Revon


untitled (first line: red glitter shoes) by Randy Brooks


untitled (first line: bread crumbs) by Mike Fainzilber


untitled (first line: where the leaf) by Brad Bennett


untitled (first line: old button) by Kimberly Kuchar


Congratulations to all (from the Pushcat)!

By Tom Brown

passing on the street

                 we remain perfect strangers

                                           as only our eyes have met

Tom Brown

By Tuyet Van Do

birthday celebration

strands of silver

in her hair


Tuyet Van Do

 

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full moon

shining in the front yard

queen of the night

Tuyet Van Do

Monday, November 13, 2023

By Bipasha Majumder (De)

a peacock's cry

I foretell the fate

of farmers

Bipasha Majumder (De)

By Barrie Levine

Thanksgiving Day

mom invites the in-laws

to this year’s arguments

Barrie Levine

By Bernadette O'Reilly

truth half told

still waiting for more

autumn mist

Bernadette O'Reilly

 

 

the creak in one knee tying a shoelace

Bernadette O'Reilly

Sunday, November 12, 2023

By Mike Fainzilber

dancing on a crooked floor

the memory

of crutches


Mike Fainzilber


*


against all odds

blades of grass

through the pavement


Mike Fainzilber

By Maya Daneva

lemon petals

mom asks if I want to be

this bee

Maya Daneva


*


caught

in the autumn rain shower

a post-it note

Maya Daneva

By J. D. Nelson

television news—

Christmas tree lights reflected

in the black dog’s eyes

J. D. Nelson


*


last day of autumn . . .

an abandoned shopping cart

here on the sidewalk

J. D. Nelson

By Susan Lee Roberts

grandma’s shelf—

a dusty pile

of my poems

Susan Lee Roberts


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autumn moonwalk

silence engulfs

the couple


Susan Lee Roberts

By Michelle V. Alkerton

each retelling

a subtle shift

of memory


Michelle V. Alkerton

By Meera Rehm

bone moon

icy wind penetrates

into my coat into me

Meera Rehm

By Monica Kakkar

by rain-washed window

asleep in perspiration—

autumn equinox

Monica Kakkar

By Michael Shoemaker

 

The Road to Beyond

Michael Shoemaker

 

 

Tall Grass by the Lake

Michael Shoemaker

By Mary Harwell Sayler

Ocean waves ruffling

skirting the edge of hot sand,

lacing shoes with foam

Mary Harwell Sayler

By Myrna CG Mibus

fireside old-fashioned blue moon hiding in a tree

Myrna CG Mibus

By Marilyn Humbert

silent death

a scorpion’s tail

flicks

Marilyn Humbert

By Michael Shoemaker

casting light tackle

high into the wind above

crashing sounds of waves

Michael Shoemaker