By Zdenka Mlinar

the smell of June

in the colorful

flower garden

on the painter's canvas

they are just poppies


Zdenka Mlinar

By Daipayan Nair

nostalgia

up to the length she

once combed

Daipayan Nair

By Susan Burch

eau de parfums heavy on the eau

Susan Burch

By Claire Thom

sound of crashing waves

my inner dialogue

silenced

Claire Thom

By Hassane Zemmouri

new year's gift a fever

Hassane Zemmouri

By Dejan Ivanovic

Expatriates

in a cold world the warmth

of our hearts

Dejan Ivanovic

By Lakshman Bulusu

 strokes of the brush

  I discover

   her last kiss


Lakshman Bulusu

2023 Touchstone Nominations

Congratulations to these Cold Moon Journal poets for their 2023 Touchstone Award nominations:

Brad Bennett
Susan Burch (2)
Keith Evetts
Mark Gilbert
Louise Hopewell
Govind Joshi
Ellen Kom
M. R. Pelletier

Good luck, all!

By Dan C. Iulian

leaves falling —

they're multiplying

our silences

Dan C. Iulian

By Adrian Bouter

my last poem tonight

even the new pen

falters

Adrian Bouter

By Timothy Daly

setting sun

photos of us

in a drawer

Timothy Daly

By Vandana Parashar

a just war just a war

Vandana Parashar

By Mirela Brailean

falling Sakura

one thought for each

haiku friend

Mirela Brailean

By Alvin B. Cruz

death poem

the ghost of

a ghost writer

Alvin B. Cruz

By Ron Scully

what the gull wants

…to sing

to still the sea


Ron Scully

*

what the crow wants

….dusk

not to be alone

Ron Scully

By Nicole Malyj Daone

I’ve nothing to grieve

Yet here I drown in longing

For a thing not lost

Nicole Malyj Daone

By J. D. Nelson

I’ve missed you, my friend!

dog & man reunited

after weeks apart

J. D. Nelson

By Evan Coram

the scent of rain

smears a window

watercoloring

Evan Coram

By Jerome Berglund

compromises

cutting the Dawn

with water

Jerome Berglund

By David Ngo

Sunset's afterglow,

Stars rush to claim empty seats,

One less than needed.

David Ngo

By Ellen Kom

                                    u   r
cloud rumble the   c          v    of his punch
                                     e

Ellen Kom

By Katja Fox

putting on her dress —

the whistle

of the cuckoo clock

Katja Fox

By Bipasha Majumder (De)

poppy field

my pleasure replaced

by pain

Bipasha Majumder (De)

 

By Angiola Inglese

petals in the wind…

one flower, another flower…

petals on the ground


Angiola Inglese

By Mike Fainzilber

desert night

only the stars

cannot hide

Mike Fainzilber

By Mike Gallagher

summer long

wishing the pangs of love

might end

Mike Gallagher

By Kelly Sargent

wearing mom’s sweater

her arms

around me again

Kelly Sargent

By M. R. Pelletier

Kansas summer—

   more shades of green

   than I know the names of

M. R. Pelletier

By Bonnie J Scherer

the dish runs away

with the curds and whey

while the cow jumps over the moon …

Bonnie J Scherer

By Mike Turner

Be patient in change

As a sleeping butterfly

Awakes in beauty


Mike Turner

*

Droplet of water

Thrown from face of ocean’s wave

Apart, yet of all

Mike Turner