Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Saturday, October 30, 2021

By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

morning pond

minnows kiss the surface

ripples bump

Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

Friday, October 29, 2021

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

a bluebird trills beneath my dreams

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Joshua St. Claire

writing letters

on the lake

migrating geese

Joshua St. Claire

By Jim Niffen

full moon jam...

geese honking above

the stubble


Jim Niffen

By Krzysztof Kokot

pumpkin soup

the paper napkins

in orange

Krzysztof Kokot

By Anannya Dasgupta

making playthings

of mountains and rivers

aerial maps
 

Anannya Dasgupta

By Michael H. Brownstein

A tree shakes in dance

An undercurrent of steps

And then a silence

Until the wind comes again

And it shiver-shouts anew.

 

Michael H. Brownstein

By Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

moonshine

an empty bottle

traps the light

Baisali Chatterjee Dutt

By Deborah P Kolodji

no coin

for the boatman

dark waters

Deborah P Kolodji

By Pippa Phillips

waking to the setting sun

a dream I've dreamed before

how slow unstirred sugar

dissolves

in tea
 

Pippa Phillips

By Yasir Farooq

two strangers

I speak Urdu

and the bird tweets


Yasir Farooq

Thursday, October 28, 2021

By Marilyn Ward

august heat

snoozing in borrowed slippers

a tabby cat


Marilyn Ward

By Patricia Hawkhead

longing for heat

to peel away heavy clothes

the sins underneath


Patricia
Hawkhead

By Kyoko Bengala

rainy days—

a sunflower still

hot in the sun


Kyoko Bengala

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

By Kamrun Nahar

Life is a never ending calculation.


Kamrun Nahar

By Hemapriya Chellappan

the timelapse

of passing emotions

flower moon


Hemapriya Chellappan

By Amrutha Prabhu

an introspection

a seed of

healing sprout


Amrutha Prabhu

By Nudurupati Nagasri

meditating ...

a soldier beetle

on red camellia


Nudurupati Nagasri

By Keith Evetts

spiderweb

the dark economy of lies

they swap for love
 

Keith Evetts

By Maria Concetta Conti

autumn stars

sharing a kiss after

a long walk


Maria Concetta Conti

By Sherry Grant

city square

a black swan sings

his last song


Sherry Grant

By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

maple leaves

grab the wind

a soft landing


Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

By Barrie Levine

under a silent sky

my own silence

Barrie Levine

By Keith Evetts

farewell tide

the other side

of the moon


Keith Evetts

By Douglas J. Lanzo

Zen garden

plucking of silk strings

resonates within

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Nudurupati Nagasri

dying bonfire

autumn memory

embers

 

Nudurupati Nagasri

Monday, October 25, 2021

By Ed Higgins

suet feeder. . . swaying. . . in winter fog
 

Ed Higgins

By Srinivas S

through the plane window sprinkled city
 

Srinivas S