Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Thursday, December 2, 2021

By Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

afternoon rain . . .

bookmarking

soup recipes

Kathleen Vasek Trocmet

By Ram Chandran

the lightness of being a butterfly

Ram Chandran

By Tsanka Shishkova

virgin beach

baby turtles rush

to the sea


Tsanka Shishkova

By Vincenzo Adamo

Indian summer

smiles return

under the bridge


Vincenzo Adamo

By Mircea Moldovan

blood stains

under the pale moonlight

a poacher


Mircea Moldovan

By Mona Bedi

old grief–

the leaves that refuse

to change colour


Mona Bedi

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

By Mona Bedi

the (in)visible scars inflicted by you


Mona Bedi

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

By Alvin B. Cruz

empty well

only the echo

of a falling leaf


Alvin B. Cruz

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

fish in stream the river that never was


Roberta Beach Jacobson

Monday, November 29, 2021

By Brendan Duffin

bustling

saturday city

the river's silence


Brendan Duffin

By Diana Teneva

empty platform ...

I can't 

let you go

Diana Teneva

By Remzi Gülsün

the rose

falling out its petals

chemo seance


Remzi Gülsün

Sunday, November 28, 2021

By Mariangela Canzi

a jar of rain

on his grave

rainbow


Mariangela Canzi

By Ruth Holzer

Days of Awe

praying for a kind stranger

or angel

to place pebbles

on the family graves


Ruth Holzer

Saturday, November 27, 2021

By Reid Hepworth

tree frog

sonata in g

before I sleep


Reid Hepworth

By Lakshmi Iyer

for one last chance I gather up my soul

Lakshmi Iyer

By Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

On a thread of scent,

weaver ants

climb leaves of insulin. 


Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

By Katherine E Winnick

dressed in kimono

the makeup of a ghost

Geisha girl all grown


Katherine E Winnick

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

beyond our ache the birth of stars

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

By Arvinder Kaur

autumn breeze

this lightness of being

in a leaf’s fall

Arvinder Kaur

By Pat Davis

a swirl of confetti

the autumn wedding

of wind and leaves

Pat Davis

By John Hawkhead

morning bus

all the streetlights

swagged with fog

John Hawkhead

By Kelly Sauvage

moonlight masking the edges of her needlework


Kelly Sauvage

By Chen-ou Liu

tic-tac-toe

on my misty window ...

staycation


Chen-ou Liu

By Refika Dedić

tears on the glass

the breath freezes

homeless 

Refika Dedić

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

dry grasses

preparing the heart

for winter


Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Maya Daneva

December chill

piling these logs

on top of others

Maya Daneva

By Zahra Mughis

chaos brews

in the No Man's Land

melting Antarctica


Zahra Mughis