Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Sunday, April 2, 2023

By Wanda Amos

boats on moorings

pirouette

i watch the tide

ebb

and flow

Wanda Amos

By Louise Hopewell

still lake

a kayaker paddles

through frog song

Louise Hopewell

By J. D. Nelson

blinded by headlights—

the clouds have obscured the stars

but not Jupiter

J. D. Nelson

By Christopher Peys

cityscape

the outline of a pigeon

on the window

Christopher Peys


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new to the yard

                  another old train

                                        the end of a line.

Christopher Peys

By Priti Khullar

old wine

my love

for you

Priti Khullar

By Vandana Parashar

open window

the quiet of my room

disappears

Vandana Parashar

 

By Bisshie

the heat

wilts broccoli stems

mum’s breathing

Bisshie

By Helen Ogden

power outage

we bend the rules

of Scrabble

Helen Ogden

 

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St. Patrick’s Day

drinking green beer

to chase away the blues

Helen Ogden

By Susan Burch

making room for you my elastic heart

Susan Burch

By B. A. France

winter wind

one thing at a time

in my mind

B. A. France

 

 

Saturday, April 1, 2023

By Keith Evetts

All Fools’ Day

the crows

sleep in


Keith Evetts

Thursday, March 30, 2023

By Michelle V. Alkerton

backstory

one more line

of barbed-wire

Michelle V. Alkerton

By Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

abandoned to

their inexperience

first brood

Jenn Ryan-Jauregui

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

children playing

beneath the sky

sonic booms


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Douglas J. Lanzo

moonlit walk

cascading steps

of evening stream

Douglas J. Lanzo

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