Pitt Büerken

he masters

all his courage —

asks her

Pitt Büerken

Tejendra Sherchan

below the Venus

waxing moon climbs up

to hug it

Tejendra Sherchan

Kavita Ratna

fading colours

of a prayer flag

the sun wavers

Kavita Ratna

a salty spray

…all the rivers

that were

Kavita Ratna

Golden Triangle Haiku

Tsanka Shishkova

first snowflakes

mice family

in the basement

Tsanka Shishkova

 

your last breath

another shining light

in the sky

Tsanka Shishkova

Kelly Moyer

distant stars

our sense of wonder

redshifting

Kelly Moyer

 

 

visiting hours

we play another game

of dice with God

Kelly Moyer

older now

i see myself

in the fallen blossom

Kelly Moyer

Introducing the New Editor

Timothy Daly is a travel-sick wanderer born in the British Isles and reborn outside of them. He is a researcher, writer and teacher at the dizzying crossroads of neuroscience, philosophy, and literature. He can usually be found in an airport departure lounge, from whence he will be glad to continue the excellent work of Roberta Beach Jacobson and read and publish your haiku and related forms here at Cold Moon Journal.

Jerome Berglund

transparent

garbage bag

avert your eyes

Jerome Berglund

Tonya L. Hall

one-way ticket

promise of

someday somewhere

Tonya L. Hall

Timothy Daly

ebbing along the tired stream

Timothy Daly

Pedro Suarez

photo walk-

stepping out

to catch a moment

Pedro Suarez

myth-

that blurred line between

fact and fiction

Pedro Suarez

Peter Jastermsky

the day I want to have before spreading conspiracies

Peter Jastermsky

unexplained death

on the toe tag

a footnote

Peter Jastermsky

plastic slipcovers

one fine day

we'll understand

Peter Jastermsky

too late for the party affiliation


Peter Jastermsky

John Pappas

circling vultures

the answer to a question

no one asks

John Pappas

city fountain

unable to afford

one wish

John Pappas

spring wind

the sadness of

zoo elephants

John Pappas

heat lightning

she pretends to remember

my name

John Pappas

Rashmi VeSa

mud cakes—

the messy bonds

of siblings

Rashmi VeSa

Alvin B. Cruz

strumming

her ex-lover's guitar

silent rain

Alvin B. Cruz

one year sober

a dozen roses

in a wine bottle

Alvin B. Cruz

claw machine

all the ways

of letting go

Alvin B. Cruz

another year...

yesterday's rain

in the wheelbarrow

Alvin B. Cruz

Rupa Anand

winter dawn

tiptoeing with a cup

of camomile tea

Rupa Anand

Maciej Faliński

The sky and the sea

meet where the blues intertwine,

trapping my gaze there.

Today waves shatter the glass

of the mirror in my mind.

Maciej Faliński

From a small café

comes an unknown melody,

making me long for

everything and nothing both—

a blend of sweetness and pain

Maciej Faliński

Nancy Brady

new year's day...

paying bills

I void the first check

Nancy Brady

Luciana Moretto

sprig of heather

under the pillow

I wake up in the new year

Luciana Moretto

Fatma Zohra Habis

after the sound

of a woodpecker

I inhale the silence

Fatma Zohra Habis