By Sushama Kapur

secrets lost a labyrinth of drawers

Sushama Kapur

By Keith Evetts

insomnia drips from the faucet

Keith Evetts

By Michael Nickels-Wisdom

fin- 

gers 

once 

straight 

and 

branch- 

es 

new- 

ly 

bare


 

Michael Nickels-Wisdom

By Minal Sarosh

garden party

the squirrel goes up the

squirrel goes down
 

Minal Sarosh

By Christian Ward

Trees undress themselves

Christian Ward

By Jackie Chou

basement haven

a ceiling water stain

smiles at me


Jackie Chou

Pushcart Prize Nominations by Roberta Beach Jacobson

The Pushcart Prize honors the best poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction and essays published (in print or online) by small-press magazines and book publishers. 

The poetry nominations for 2021 from Cold Moon Journal were mailed to Pushcart Press in New York today. Congratulations to these talented poets:

Yasir Farooq

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/10/by-yasir-farooq.html

Vladislav Hristov

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/02/by-vladislav-hristov.html

JL Huffman

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/04/by-jl-huffman.html

Barrie Levine

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/10/by-barrie-levine_22.html

Miriam Sagan

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/03/by-miriam-sagan.html

Stephen Toft

https://coldmoonjournal.blogspot.com/2021/09/by-stephen-toft.html

By John J. Dunphy

Daylight Savings Time ends

my car clock correct

again

John J. Dunphy

By Christian Ward

Rain makes boats of everything

Christian Ward

By Tim Murphy

loud rain

telling secrets

through art

Tim Murphy

By Barrie Levine

autumn light . . .

her skin

pouring gold

Barrie Levine

By Helene Guojah

earnest faces

in drizzle

subtitled

Helene Guojah

By Eufemia Griffo

first frost

the last leaves sparkle

in the twilight

Eufemia Griffo

By Keith Evetts

wet Monday

mute life stories

waiting for a bus

Keith Evetts

By Devoshruti Mandal

scattered stars collecting my thoughts

Devoshruti Mandal

By Barrie Levine

beyond the ridge no end to the stars

Barrie Levine

By Mona Bedi

winter fog

the colour of silence

is grey


Mona Bedi

By Frank William Finney

The clacking of clogs

On a well-heeled street.

Thunderclouds spitting at rooftops.

Frank William Finney

By Mircea Moldovan

wounded moon

the hermit's prayer

a scream

Mircea Moldovan

By Keith Evetts

vortex my cerebral cortex

Keith Evetts

By Ron Scully

crack in the glass

sealed by ticks of ice

holds all winter


Ron Scully

By Vincenzo Adamo

autumn trail—

I feel like a leaf

in a dream

Vincenzo Adamo

By John J. Dunphy

a 14-point buck

the veteran hunter

lowers his rifle

John J. Dunphy

By Keith Evetts

encyclopedia

dust covers everything

Keith Evetts

By Ram Chandran

day moon

I stir the remaining dream

in the coffee

Ram Chandran

By Keith Evetts

after the eulogy crows


Keith Evetts

By Joe Sebastian

waves across a floating refugee arc of searchlights

Joe Sebastian

By Joanna Ashwell

evening walk

pushing myself forward

into the world

Joanna Ashwell

By John J. Dunphy

3 am

sound of sobbing

from the hospital chapel

John J. Dunphy

By B.A. France

blues harmonica

cresting and falling again

—waves of life

B.A. France

By B.A. France

long breaths

at twilight

waiting

B.A. France

By John J. Dunphy

homeless shelter

children's Christmas stockings stuffed

with Halloween candy

John J. Dunphy

By Karen Harvey

north wind

it's so much colder

when you're not here


Karen Harvey

By Meera Rehm

deepening blue

the day moon's mojo

brightens

Meera Rehm

By Joe Sebastian

figuring all my broken selves new mirror

Joe Sebastian

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

evil

Halloween night

only

the moon wears the face

of a marbled angel

Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Mircea Moldovan

no spider above me

i write today

three lines

Mircea Moldovan

By Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

Home because of children

and webless spiders.

Sunlight moves across the floor, out the door. 

Dennis Andrew Aguinaldo

By Roberta Beach Jacobson

ideas dry up

acrylic witches on brooms

return to dust


Roberta Beach Jacobson

By Nani Mariani

scary night

sitting between mom and dad

Halloween


Nani Mariani

By Robert Beveridge

zombie invasion

faces pressed against the glass

black friday again

Robert Beveridge

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

dry skeletons

the garden needs to be cleared

for winter


Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Florin C. Ciobica

pumpkin patch highlighting the scarecrow's dark side

Florin C. Ciobica

By Surashree Joshi

day before

the full moon

fake howls


Surashree Joshi

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

moon

over mountain

over sea

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz