Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Monday, March 27, 2023

By Janet Krauss

As I walk by the shore,

negative thoughts arise.

The water shivers.
 

Janet Krauss

Sunday, March 26, 2023

By Genevieve S. Aguinaldo

daffodils blooming

along the rocky moon

his smile on her return

Genevieve S. Aguinaldo

Friday, March 24, 2023

By Barrie Levine

the gnarly bones

of an old lilac

my health condition

Barrie Levine

By Christer Hansson

out of step

following my snow tracks

from last week


Christer Hansson

By Ron Scully

graduation

on the campus green

crocuses

Ron Scully

By Zdenka Mlinar

spring freshness

and the colors of love

in our garden


old memories

for new joys


Zdenka Mlinar

By Ellen Kom

licking my wounds running out of saliva


Ellen Kom

By Bipasha Majumder (De)

sunbeam

squeezing through rainforest

her married life

Bipasha Majumder (De)

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

By Rupa Anand

frayed jersey —

those knitting classes

i never took

Rupa Anand

By Shelly Smith

aged fiddler

plays a goodbye song—

summer’s last cricket

Shelly Smith

By Alvin B. Cruz

getting tattooed

a rose eternally

blooming

Alvin B. Cruz

By Kaushal Suvarna

a dozen moons —

slicing onions


Kaushal Suvarna

By Thomas Klodowsky

returning to yourself

at dawn: where was I going?

is it still yesterday?

Thomas Klodowsky

By Mirela Brailean

swans' dance

the repeated bows

of the old dancer

Mirela Brailean

By Simone Pansolin

forging a key

out of the steel

of a lock

Simone Pansolin

Sunday, March 19, 2023

By David He

a monk

meditates

in the moonlight

on his hut

an owl hoots

David He

By Dan C. Iulian

long night

both insomniacs

me and the moon

Dan C. Iulian

By Patrick Sweeney

plate-spinning

novelty acts

in my mother's laughter

Patrick Sweeney

By Michael Nickels-Wisdom

flip 

book 

of 

selves 

walk 

ing 

be 

tween 

the 

trees

Michael Nickels-Wisdom

By Jerome Berglund

in the waiting room

all the magazines

to read

Jerome Berglund

By Amoolya Kamalnath

mountain tales...

the nightlong journey

of a doctor

Amoolya Kamalnath

By Vasile Moldovan

earthquake in Turkey

a dog among people

saving people

Vasile Moldovan


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a diligent pupil

in the footstep of Bashō

trying to write haiku

Vasile Moldovan

Saturday, March 18, 2023

By M. R. Pelletier

Chance meeting—

   the warmth

   of an old flame

M. R. Pelletier

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

yearning...

magnolias in full bloom

since we parted

Deborah Karl-Brandt

Friday, March 17, 2023

By Govind Joshi

a lamb

on her shoulders

she shepherds the sheep

Govind Joshi

By Helen Ogden

woodland meadow—

thumbing through

my dogeared bird book

Helen Ogden


*

 

gusty wind

a grey gull navigates

the ups and downs

Helen Ogden

By Peter Jastermsky

smoke scented towels we wrap ourselves in barbecue

Peter Jastermsky


*

 

if you say so songs of blue acorns

Peter Jastermsky