Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Sunday, August 14, 2022

By Mike Gallagher

a few wisps

lightly drawn over

baldness
 

Mike Gallagher

Thursday, August 11, 2022

By Sarah Davies

a life notes scrawled in handwriting you no longer understand


Sarah Davies

By Amrutha Prabhu

a tree within a seed within a tree ... forest within 


Amrutha Prabhu

By Tim Murphy

being   

my own shaman  

winter light 


Tim Murphy

By Kyle Hemmings

slurring the names of my own demons

Kyle Hemmings

By Pippa Phillips

the opposite of redemption leaves don't fall up

Pippa Phillips

By Pat Geyer

July curtain call ~

my Hosta Applause reblooms

again and again


Pat Geyer

By Ingrid Baluchi

high noon

the shine

on his crown


Ingrid Baluchi

By Luke Levi

changing size

up and down the green hills

a vulture’s shadow

Luke Levi

By Helen Ogden

daylight savings

the crow caws four

at five


Helen Ogden

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

By John Pappas

after midnight

on the country road billboard

a model smiles at nothing

John Pappas

By Ken Slaughter

between two lives a phone call


Ken Slaughter

By B.A. France

high afternoon sun

lizard on the back step

watching me

watch him

B.A. France

By Chen-ou Liu

tea water

coming to a boil

our talk of war

Chen-ou Liu

By Tuyet Van Do

searching for higher self

she gets lost in the labyrinth

of life

Tuyet Van Do

By Kimberly Kuchar

rolling my eyes

at how much I rolled my eyes

at his jokes

Kimberly Kuchar

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

By Louise Hopewell

family tree

nan’s branch lost

to dementia

Louise Hopewell

Monday, August 8, 2022

By Manoj Sharma

missiles . . .

a sleeping dog

barks at the sky


Manoj Sharma

By Myron Lysenko

told to surrender

by a warship commander:

border guard’s expletive

Myron Lysenko

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)

Launching Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) blog. Inviting your itchy submissions of 1-10 poems (of 1-10 lines each). Stay weird! Submit to: fivefleasitchypoetry(at)gmail(dot)com.

Touchstone Award Nominations

The Cold Moon Journal nominations for the 2022 Touchstone Awards have been submitted to The Haiku Foundation (for poems published January to June 2022). 

Congratulations to these 16 talented poets:

Alvin B. Cruz

Barrie Levine (X2)

Douglas J. Lanzo

H. A. Sappho

John Hawkhead

Joseph P. Wechselberger

Joshua St. Claire

Kamrun Nahar

Mariel Herbert

Mike Gallagher

Mircea Moldovan

Mirela Brăilean

Nudurupati Nagasri

Pat Davis

Tffany Shaw-Diaz

Vandana Parashar

Nominations for July to December 2022 will be announced shortly before the end of the year.

Good luck to everybody!

Friday, August 5, 2022

By Jim Niffen

prairie breeze

a hint of primrose

on your blouse


Jim Niffen

By Minal Sarosh

embroidery the rose she left unfinished midday

 

Minal Sarosh

By Paula Sears

stone wall

crossing the boundary

a wild flower


Paula Sears

By A.J. Anwar

the sun and sunflowers

exchange long gazes

by the neighbour’s fence


A.J. Anwar

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

By Peter Jastermsky

memory foam

another chance

for first impressions


Peter Jastermsky

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

By Michelle Cicillini

the ocean waves—hello and goodbye

Michelle Cicillini

By Agnes Eva Savich

girlhood the power of the gaze


Agnes Eva Savich