Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

By David Kāwika Eyre

by starlight…

these days of

the hereafter

David Kāwika Eyre

By Joanna Ashwell

summer fair

someone forgot

to tell the rain


Joanna Ashwell

By Michelle V. Alkerton

bent nails

the clink inside

a beggar’s cup


Michelle V. Alkerton

By Sreenath

earthen pot 

the lady pours cool water

into my cupped hands

Sreenath

By Madisen Bellon

comet dances down

spitting fire, ash, and stardust

imprints on earth’s skin.


Madisen Bellon

By Govind Joshi

after the blossoms

bees too arrive

on the plum tree

Govind Joshi

By Hassane Zemmouri

amber scent...

on a fasting evening

a deep prayer

could it

erase all the sorrow?

Hassane Zemmouri

By Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

spring breeze –

 on the easel

 the buds bloom

Daniela Lăcrămioara Capotă

By Ron Scully

nightingale

if I might have this dance

I would sing with you


Ron Scully

Sunday, April 16, 2023

By Paul Callus

monologue

beside my mother’s grave

I share the latest news
 

Paul Callus

By Vivien Eliades

Maundy Thursday bells

we walk the local footpaths

admiring poppies


Vivien Eliades

By Samo Kreutz

old comb ...

the orchid scent

disentangled

Samo Kreutz

By Françoise Maurice

wild grasses

the breath of the wind

In her light hair

Françoise Maurice

Saturday, April 15, 2023

By Goran Lowie

abandoned teddy

his playfulness

imprisoned by time

Goran Lowie

Friday, April 14, 2023

By Mona Bedi

tsundoku

the untold stories

on my bookshelf

Mona Bedi


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winter loneliness

I gather the stars

for comfort

Mona Bedi

Thursday, April 13, 2023

By Wai Mei Wong

almost spring

the bloom of plum blossoms

across the street


Wai Mei Wong

By Ellen Kom

new calendar

365 mantras

om on the wall


Ellen Kom

By Jennifer Gurney

When I hear our song

I smell the summer rain storm

From across the years

Jennifer Gurney

By Suzanne Leaf-Brock

swallowtail puddling—

mom’s fingertips

skim my cheek

Suzanne Leaf-Brock

By Chen-ou Liu

border checkpoint

the sound of snow geese

migrating

Chen-ou Liu

By JL Huffman

mating season

dead skunks stripe road edges

unhappy ending


JL Huffman

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

By Alvin B. Cruz

my echo

in an empty room

the way

loneliness

repeats itself

Alvin B. Cruz

By Meera Rehm

singing the fragments April showers

Meera Rehm

By Mirela Brailean

dried branch

the same gracefulness

of its shadow


Mirela Brailean

By James Penha

cold lake rain prattles

insistently on palm roofs

we will not be moved

James Penha

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

By Yasir Farooq

a friendship request the belated bloom

Yasir Farooq


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a rose reblooms

the other raindrops

Yasir Farooq

By Maria Quernel

Beauty joins Chaos

Both of them standing

On the edge of forever.


Maria Quernel

Sunday, April 9, 2023

By C.X.Turner

miles to go

before sleep . . .

insomnia

C.X.Turner