music
from the sky —
on
the piano flaps
first yellow leaf
Steliana Cristina Voicu
Cold Moon Journal
Friday, November 17, 2023
By Steliana Cristina Voicu
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Pushcart Prize Nominations
Pushcart Prize Poetry Nominations
from Cold Moon Journal (poems published during 2023)
untitled (first line: a scattered mind) by Nicola Schaum
untitled (first line: autumn) by Sébastien Revon
untitled (first line: red glitter shoes) by Randy Brooks
untitled (first line: bread crumbs) by Mike Fainzilber
untitled (first line: where the leaf) by Brad Bennett
untitled (first line: old button) by Kimberly Kuchar
Congratulations to all (from the Pushcat)!
By Tuyet Van Do
birthday celebration
strands of silver
in
her hair
Tuyet Van Do
*
full moon
shining in the front yard
queen
of the night
Tuyet Van Do
Monday, November 13, 2023
By Bernadette O'Reilly
truth half told
still waiting for more
autumn mist
Bernadette O'Reilly
*
the creak in one knee tying a shoelace
Bernadette O'Reilly
Sunday, November 12, 2023
By Mike Fainzilber
dancing on a crooked floor
the memory
of
crutches
Mike Fainzilber
*
against all odds
blades of grass
through the pavement
Mike
Fainzilber
By Maya Daneva
lemon petals
mom asks if I want to be
this bee
Maya Daneva
*
caught
in the autumn rain shower
a post-it note
Maya Daneva
By J. D. Nelson
television news—
Christmas tree lights reflected
in
the black dog’s eyes
J. D. Nelson
*
last
day of autumn . . .
an abandoned shopping cart
here on the
sidewalk
J. D. Nelson
By Susan Lee Roberts
grandma’s
shelf—
a dusty pile
of my poems
Susan Lee Roberts
*
autumn
moonwalk
silence engulfs
the couple
Susan Lee Roberts
By Mary Harwell Sayler
Ocean waves ruffling —
skirting the edge of hot sand,
lacing
shoes with foam
Mary Harwell Sayler
By Michael Shoemaker
casting light tackle
high into the wind above
crashing
sounds of waves
Michael Shoemaker
Friday, November 10, 2023
By Carmela Marino
solar eclipse
a bouquet of sunflowers
covers
autumn
Carmela Marino
*
starry sky
stumbling in the shadow
my
shadow
Carmela Marino
By Cecil Morris
Black
Marks
crows
patrol my yard:
punctuation
marks escaped
from
someone’s sentence.
Cecil Morris
By Gavin Austin
late autumn
a scent of moonlight
in
the pines
Gavin Austin
*
childhood river
the silence
of
hidden stones
Gavin Austin
By Govind Joshi
street lamp
on the other side
the
gibbous moon
Govind Joshi
*
sloping road
a man helps his bullock
in
moving the cart
Govind Joshi
By Nancy Brady
autumn afternoon
migrant workers give apples
to
a mare
Nancy Brady
*
the rustling of leaves
under a rake's tangs
—autumn
wind
Nancy Brady
By Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
ring
of pebbles
the grey path
of my thoughts
Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
*
roses
in the dust
the dead eyes
of refugee children
Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
By Richa Sharma
a fruit falling from your
hands :: i float over the waters of womanhood
Richa Sharma