Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

By Ravi Kiran

rush hour

the manoeuvrability

of an ambulance

Ravi Kiran



between a beard

and the grey moustache

a few missing teeth

Ravi Kiran



Alzheimer’s

her favourite dress

for the first time

Ravi Kiran



what are the odds

of meeting you again

shooting star

Ravi Kiran

By j rap

escaping

through fence pickets

wildflower seeds


j rap

 



you pick out things

from my hair

lovebug


j rap



By Alvin B. Cruz

words we said too late lilacs

Alvin B. Cruz



insomnia

yesterday’s rain

still falling

Alvin B. Cruz



rain after a long drought mother’s remission

Alvin B. Cruz

By Patricia Carragon

buds sprout

on maple trees

cat in deep sleep

Patricia Carragon

By Nancy Brady

spring evening

seeping though the window

the skunk's scent


Nancy Brady

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

taking a nap

with eyes closed

seeing everything

Stephen Jarrell Williams



an old man

gazing up to heaven

wondering when
 

Stephen Jarrell Williams



children singing

on the mountaintops

pleading with us

Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Tomislav Maretić

deserted streets –

birdsong fills

the silence

Tomislav Maretić

By Vandana Parashar

buried nuts

how easy it is

to be forgotten

Vandana Parashar

By Pitt Büerken

shitty day

she holds herself

to the drinking straw


Pitt Büerken




really

that can’t be true

indeed

what’s to be seen

seems incredible


Pitt Büerken

By Steve Van Allen

winds pick up at sunset

sign of a coming front

wet whispers of rain

Steve Van Allen

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

By Anthony Ward

Exodus of toads,

Crossing my path,

I part my feet

Anthony Ward



Leave me be said the tree rather quite deciduously

Anthony Ward

By Richard Bailly

arc of a missile

children playing leapfrog

schoolyard

Richard Bailly

By David He

deserted temple

a stone Buddha drowns

in the moonlight

David He



dim moonlight...

the rain ripples

in a beggar's bowl

David He

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

minimalistic lifestyle

still

cluttered pages

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Jennifer Gurney

migrating geese —

nature's universal sign

that life goes on

Jennifer Gurney

By M. R. Pelletier

Closed wings—

   the butterfly disappears

   into a tree

M. R. Pelletier

By Chris Langer

lone oak in the square—

what history

has it witnessed?

Chris Langer

By John J. Dunphy

their marriage license

torn into strips and placed outside

for bird nests

John J. Dunphy

By Tuyet Van Do

first day back

I walk into

an empty classroom

Tuyet Van Do

By Elliot Diamond

leap frog

the blank page

to justice

Elliot Diamond

By Oscar Luparia

solstice

the brief life

of a summer dream


Oscar Luparia

Monday, June 10, 2024

By Nalini Shetty

solitary oak–

a thousand sunsets

in its bark

Nalini Shetty

By Mike Gallagher

hanging about

time stretching ever longer

the jury out


Mike Gallagher



roadkill

patiently waiting

a buzzard


Mike Gallagher



by the docks

the scattered shadows

of night

Mike Gallagher

By Oana Maria Cercel

Flowers

Oana Maria Cercel

 


Sea

Oana Maria Cercel 



 

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Edelweiss

A glance from blue sky

to the ground


Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By David Ngo

Arabian nights' tales,

echoed in the dreams.

David Ngo

By David Cox

the last speck of sakura…

your pink toenail

in memory

David Cox

By Oliver Kleyer

out of habit

I make two coffees

instant grief

Oliver Kleyer