Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

By Manoj Sharma

winter morning

I avoid eye contact 

with an ex-lover

Manoj Sharma

Sunday, February 27, 2022

By Louise Hopewell

botanic gardens

the open arms

of an oak tree


Louise Hopewell

Friday, February 25, 2022

By Nudurupati Nagasri

crashing paper plane...

the aerodynamics of

resolutions

Nudurupati Nagasri

By Maya Daneva

lockdown bikes

up to the saddle

in snow

Maya Daneva

By Deborah A. Bennett

i am not in here

i am not out there either —

child wandering in snow


Deborah A. Bennett

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

By Mike Gallagher

stargazer

immortality proffers

a crooked finger

Mike Gallagher

By B.A. France

celestial

navigation tables ..
.
calculating life

B.A. France

By Janet Ruth

bird tracks

like hieroglyphics

untranslated

Janet Ruth

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

By Helen Ogden

Storm Moon

unsettled weather

over Ukraine

Helen Ogden

Sunday, February 20, 2022

By Susan Bonk Plumridge

my words

published with others

pieces in a quilt

Susan Bonk Plumridge

By Tim Murphy

overhearing

a strange conversation

winter dusk

Tim Murphy

Saturday, February 19, 2022

By Sushama Kapur

silence closes in the touch of a whisper


Sushama Kapur

By Kelly Sauvage

cage-free the bleat of a rather fine poem

Kelly Sauvage

By Barrie Levine

frigid temps her shadow too thin for winter

Barrie Levine

By Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

until i can exhale the darkest ravine

Tiffany Shaw-Diaz

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

By Susan K Beard

Tonight

while you danced with another

I remembered


Susan K Beard

Monday, February 14, 2022

By Keith Evetts

Valentine what's a few more wrinkles


Keith Evetts

Sunday, February 13, 2022

By John J. Dunphy

drizzled with cake coloring

my gay neighbors build

a rainbow snowperson

John J. Dunphy

Friday, February 11, 2022

By Robert Epstein

no mention

of hope or destiny

sea spray


Robert Epstein

By Daniela Misso

gulls blend into the horizon sea splash

Daniela Misso

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

By John J. Dunphy

trash pickup eve

working its way down the street

a raccoon

John J. Dunphy

By David Ngo

Tiger, please lend me 

your strokes to write on the door

Prosperity’.

David Ngo

By Mona Bedi

spring festival–

dragons from my childhood

dance on the road


Mona Bedi

By Brad Bennett

spring recess

playground mud sticks 

to their soles

Brad Bennett

Monday, February 7, 2022

By Elancharan Gunasekaran

twilight funeral restless harbour winds


Elancharan Gunasekaran

By Joanna Ashwell

silence

in every room

the sunlight

becoming a halo

around open wings

Joanna Ashwell

By Veronika Zora Novak

shape-shifting the sound of skeleton keys


Veronika Zora Novak

Saturday, February 5, 2022

By Joe Sebastian

end of long day

i invite the Milky Way

through my window

Joe Sebastian

Thursday, February 3, 2022

By Pippa Phillips

singing bowl

tracing the circle

of my sorrow


Pippa Phillips

By Susan Burch

sitting on

our new couch

how supportive

you are

in front of other people


Susan Burch

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

By Nani Mariani

red candles

and fireworks

Gong Xi Fa Cai


Nani Mariani

Monday, January 31, 2022

By John Hawkhead

stethoscope chill

the doctor tells me

the good news first

John Hawkhead

Sunday, January 30, 2022

By Mark Meyer

another friend lost

in this new wilderness —

a distant foghorn

Mark Meyer

By Ruth Holzer

dropping like flies...

all the film stars

I had crushes on

Ruth Holzer

By Alan Peat

mainly by email

my peer group

dying

Alan Peat