oldtimer
the past is riding
ahead
of us
Adrian
Bouter
bare feet
cooling in the backyard pond
goldfish
tickling
Stephen Jarrell Williams
the smell of June
in the colorful
flower garden
on the painter's canvas
they
are just poppies
Zdenka Mlinar
Congratulations to these Cold Moon Journal poets for their 2023 Touchstone Award nominations:
Brad
Bennett
Susan Burch (2)
Keith
Evetts
Mark
Gilbert
Louise
Hopewell
Govind Joshi
Ellen Kom
M. R. Pelletier
Good luck, all!
what the
gull wants
…to sing
to still the sea
Ron
Scully
*
what the crow wants
….dusk
not to be
alone
Ron Scully
I’ve nothing to grieve
Yet here I drown in longing
For
a thing not lost
Nicole Malyj Daone