Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Thursday, June 24, 2021

By Richa Sharma

festival feast

on each ceramic plate

moon bread


Richa Sharma

By Lakshmi Iyer

atop the houseboat

the fisherman's moon

half-drunk


Lakshmi Iyer

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

By Wanda Amos

a water strider

straddles the full moon

the fragility of peace


Wanda Amos

By Helen Ogden

harvest moon

an errant hayseed

amongst the vines


Helen Ogden

By Mona Bedi

oceans apart

yet we both watch

the same moon


Mona Bedi

By Nisha Raviprasad

hazy moon

a nightingale competes

with its echo


Nisha Raviprasad

By Cynthia Anderson

predawn walk

the waning crescent

enough to go on


Cynthia Anderson

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

Mother Moon

we all look up

to her

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Joanna Ashwell

switchblade

the solstice moon

slowly turning


Joanna Ashwell

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

moon after moon the ache of being


Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Elisa Theriana

unfolding

my secret crush

blue moon


Elisa Theriana

By Nazarena Rampini

full moon -

a wave leaves on the sand

empty shells


Nazarena Rampini

By Teji Sethi

moonwalk

backward

              forward

Teji Sethi

By Devoshruti Mandal

on silvery river

a playful moon

ripples


Devoshruti Mandal

By Claire Ninham

pulsating

every moth flitter—

bipolar moon


Claire Ninham

By Radostina Dragostinova

midnight rain

the blue moon

on dragonfly wings

Radostina Dragostinova

By Leanne Mumford

hazy moon

hanging over the maple—

spin cycle


Leanne Mumford

By Madeleine Vinluan

Round-faced moon

I'm still scared by you!

Unspell me.


Madeleine Vinluan

By Nadejda Kostadinova

Moonlight

the quiet steps

of the rain


Nadejda Kostadinova

By Aboli Kadam

luminous sky…

a floating moon

ripples


Aboli Kadam

By Louise Hopewell

the same old me

gazing up at you

new moon


Louise Hopewell

By Joanna Ashwell

crushed ice

a rainstorm

shattering the moon

Joanna Ashwell

By Wanda Amos

stranded

by a gene mutation

many moons pass


Wanda Amos

By Richa Sharma

as one tune

blends into another

shifting moonlight


Richa Sharma

By Surashree Joshi

gibbous moon. . . 

the way he caresses

my belly


Surashree Joshi

By Daniela Misso

lilac shadow

behind the curtains

satin moon


Daniela Misso

By Sushama Kapur

eventide

a little boat chases

the new moon


Sushama Kapur

Sunday, June 20, 2021

By Helen Ogden

morning moon

the warmth

of steeping tea


Helen Ogden