Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

By Keith Evetts

by Keith Evetts

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

By Rp Verlaine

hot cup of tea

has all the answers

in the moonlight

Rp Verlaine

Monday, August 29, 2022

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

silkworms

in mulberry tree . . .

threads for kimono

Roberta Beach Jacobson

Saturday, August 27, 2022

By Susanna Gilbert

Split like a dagger.

Nature and clouds draw our eyes.

From past to present.

Susanna Gilbert  

                                                             Photo c. Susanna Gilbert

Thursday, August 25, 2022

By Rob McKinnon

floods recede

discarded households

on muddy mounds

Rob McKinnon

By Angiola Inglese

dinner alone .…

counting and recounting

moons and days


Angiola Inglese

Monday, August 22, 2022

By Amoolya Kamalnath

pedaling

the lake boat

fog overtakes


Amoolya Kamalnath

Friday, August 19, 2022

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

birdsong

Buddha can’t stop

laughing

Roberta Beach Jacobson

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

By Theresa A. Cancro

bruises

the color of amethyst

he says he loves me

Theresa A. Cancro

By Susan Burch

a dirt canal

where the river

used to run

how long

did you think

I’d wait for you

Susan Burch

Monday, August 15, 2022

By Maya Daneva

family Bible

the names my dad entered

and those he did not

Maya Daneva

By Madeleine Vinluan

the moon glows

I look closely

it is crying

Madeleine Vinluan

By John J. Dunphy

inner city Fourth

firecrackers

then gunshots

John J. Dunphy

By Douglas J. Lanzo

Land of the Rising Sun

yellow iris

tinged by dawn

Douglas J. Lanzo

By Priti Khullar

women’s day

she chooses to yell

not whimper

Priti Khullar

Sunday, August 14, 2022

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

laughter…

her imaginary friend

tells his best joke

Deborah Karl-Brandt

By Mike Gallagher

a few wisps

lightly drawn over

baldness
 

Mike Gallagher

Thursday, August 11, 2022

By Sarah Davies

a life notes scrawled in handwriting you no longer understand


Sarah Davies

By Amrutha Prabhu

a tree within a seed within a tree ... forest within 


Amrutha Prabhu

By Tim Murphy

being   

my own shaman  

winter light 


Tim Murphy

By Kyle Hemmings

slurring the names of my own demons

Kyle Hemmings

By Pippa Phillips

the opposite of redemption leaves don't fall up

Pippa Phillips

By Pat Geyer

July curtain call ~

my Hosta Applause reblooms

again and again


Pat Geyer

By Ingrid Baluchi

high noon

the shine

on his crown


Ingrid Baluchi

By Luke Levi

changing size

up and down the green hills

a vulture’s shadow

Luke Levi

By Helen Ogden

daylight savings

the crow caws four

at five


Helen Ogden

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

By John Pappas

after midnight

on the country road billboard

a model smiles at nothing

John Pappas

By Ken Slaughter

between two lives a phone call


Ken Slaughter

By B.A. France

high afternoon sun

lizard on the back step

watching me

watch him

B.A. France

By Chen-ou Liu

tea water

coming to a boil

our talk of war

Chen-ou Liu