Cold Moon Journal

Sunday, August 7, 2022

Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry)

Launching Five Fleas (Itchy Poetry) blog. Inviting your itchy submissions of 1-10 poems (of 1-10 lines each). Stay weird! Submit to: fivefleasitchypoetry(at)gmail(dot)com.

Touchstone Award Nominations

The Cold Moon Journal nominations for the 2022 Touchstone Awards have been submitted to The Haiku Foundation (for poems published January to June 2022).

Congratulations to these 16 talented poets:

Alvin B. Cruz

Barrie Levine (X2)

Douglas J. Lanzo

H. A. Sappho

John Hawkhead

Joseph P. Wechselberger

Joshua St. Claire

Kamrun Nahar

Mariel Herbert

Mike Gallagher

Mircea Moldovan

Mirela Brăilean

Nudurupati Nagasri

Pat Davis

Tffany Shaw-Diaz

Vandana Parashar

Nominations for July to December 2022 will be announced shortly before the end of the year.

Good luck to everybody!

Friday, August 5, 2022

By Jim Niffen

prairie breeze

a hint of primrose

on your blouse

Jim Niffen

By Minal Sarosh

embroidery the rose she left unfinished midday

Minal Sarosh

By Paula Sears

stone wall

crossing the boundary

a wild flower

Paula Sears

By A.J. Anwar

the sun and sunflowers

exchange long gazes

by the neighbour’s fence

A.J. Anwar

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

By Peter Jastermsky

memory foam

another chance

for first impressions

Peter Jastermsky

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

By Michelle Cicillini

the ocean waves—hello and goodbye

Michelle Cicillini

By Agnes Eva Savich

girlhood the power of the gaze

Agnes Eva Savich

Monday, August 1, 2022

You are invited to submit a single email containing 5 - 10 poems (in the spirit of haiku/senryu/tanka) per calendar month, although occasionally we will publish sequences. No themes. Poems must be your original work (not AI!) and in English. Previously unpublished work is preferred, but poems appearing on social media are acceptable.

No e-mail attachments will be opened. Please send to: coldmoonjournal(at)gmail(dot)com.

Poems received in a given month will be considered for publication in Cold Moon Journal the following month. (In other words, if you send your poems in March, they will be competing for April space.) Is your writing style traditional? Fine. Gendai or experimental? Also welcome, although we can’t accommodate much in the way of special formatting.

We are happy to consider your artwork, particularly black-and-white photographs.

There is no money in this, but all rights revert back to the poet upon publication.

We strive to respond quickly (within two weeks, usually faster). Both acceptance and rejection notices are sent. New haiku/senryu/tanka (or sequences or artwork) are added to Cold Moon Journal several times a week. You can view the most popular poems (scroll down to bottom right of the journal for the list).

You will never see anything here that suggests racism, violence or prejudice.

This journal nominates for various annual haiku and poetry awards.

Roberta Beach Jacobson, Editor (she/her)

Updated: January 27, 2024

By Mona Bedi

full moon

the nights you sang

me a lullaby

Mona Bedi

By Ram Chandran

lying

under starlit sky

I think of Van Gogh

Ram Chandran

By David He

the pine shadow

sweeps onto the window

every night

as the moon rises

our cat stares

David He

Sunday, July 31, 2022

By Keith Evetts

on the one hand

I couldn't live

forever wondering

what's on

the other hand

Keith Evetts

Saturday, July 30, 2022

By Orrin PréJean

dandelion seeds

the confetti

of my childhood

Orrin PréJean

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

everything i no longer crave after the forest

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Friday, July 29, 2022

By Keith Evetts

square moon someone else's god

Keith Evetts

By Orrin PréJean

forties –

time

ma-

ad-

just-

ments

Orrin PréJean

Through the Telescope: Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

We congratulate frequent contributor Tiffany Shaw-Diaz, recognized as a top-eight volunteer (of more than 6,000) for the NASA citizen science project, Active Asteroids. Way to go, Tiffany!