Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

By C.X. Turner

night rain

wrapped in the warmth

of my dream

C.X. Turner

By Samo Kreutz

april drizzle

even her scars

caressed

Samo Kreutz

By Helen Ogden

darkening skies

the distant rumble

of Russian tanks


Helen Ogden

By Richard Bailly

sky apostrophe

cloud punctuation

cirrus grammar

Richard Bailly

By Joanna Ashwell

wrapped indoors

the scent of rain

in your words


Joanna Ashwell

By Florin C. Ciobica

pouring rain –

the sound of a drum

lost in the park


Florin C. Ciobica

Monday, April 11, 2022

By Chen-ou Liu

a raven

silhouetted against the moon

I slip

into the black hole

of your nightmare

Chen-ou Liu

By Pris Campbell

folded notes

and bobby socks

epitaphs

glimpsed in moon shadows

at the old stone graveyard


Pris Campbell

By Susan Burch

just divorced

I float further

out to sea…

trying to find

my legs again


Susan Burch

By David Ngo

two koi fish

leisurely

swim on the road

unaware

of the danger ahead


David Ngo

Saturday, April 9, 2022

By Mona Bedi

coffee ring

what little remains

of your last visit


Mona Bedi

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Touchstone Individual Poem Short List 2021

Two Cold Moon Journal contributors are among The Haiku Foundation's short list for the 2021 Touchstone Award.

Congratulations to Pat Davis and Helen Ogden!

Their poems:

ancient syllables
the forest alive
in birdsong
Pat Davis, Cold Moon, October 7, 2021
 
ancient wisdom —
naming negative space
in the night sky
Helen Ogden, Cold Moon, October 22, 2021 


This marks the second round of the award procedure. 

Final results will be announced on Haiku Poetry Day, April 17, 2022.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

By Réka Nyitrai

early spring

a shark cloud loses

its fin


Réka Nyitrai

By Kristen Lindquist

morning fog

the loud clear song

of the fox sparrow


Kristen Lindquist

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

By Keith Evetts

what it takes city bird

Keith Evetts

Monday, April 4, 2022

By John J. Dunphy

southbound

the haiku I scrawled

on a boxcar

John J. Dunphy

By Barrie Levine

luggage stickers

where we went

when we were going

Barrie Levine

Sunday, April 3, 2022

By Ray Spitzenberger

rock

paper

scissors

joy

happiness

pleasure

joy beats pleasure


Ray Spitzenberger

Saturday, April 2, 2022

By Keith Evetts

midnight only half there

Keith Evetts

By Barrie Levine

frantic u-turn across the living room and back what just happened

Barrie Levine

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

morning sun

the fold in your pillow

casts a shadow


Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Devoshruti Mandal

i in the moonlight sequestered self


Devoshruti Mandal

By Mircea Moldovan

flowerless magnolias postcard from Kyiv


Mircea Moldovan

By Nisha Raviprasad

grief

her presence

even in this stillness


Nisha Raviprasad

Friday, April 1, 2022

By Joe Sebastian

spring twilight…

a gull stalls on 

a wall of wind


Joe Sebastian

By Deborah A. Bennett

cuckoo in spring –  

the universe makes a sound

from a willow tree


Deborah A. Bennett

By Priti Khullar

pilgrimage

I climb the mountains 

within


Priti Khullar

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

By Pat Davis

war-torn field

a sheep dog wanders

back and forth

Pat Davis