Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Monday, May 9, 2022

By Mona Bedi

school reunion

our names still etched

on old desks


Mona Bedi

Sunday, May 8, 2022

By Louise Hopewell

spring buds

a circle of prams

under the plum trees


Louise Hopewell

By Tuyet Van Do

scent of a newborn—

a flower

blossoming


Tuyet Van Do

Friday, May 6, 2022

By David Ngo

if only you could 

be a messenger of peace

dandelion


David Ngo

By Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

Gutted houses

In the park of Kiev

late cyclamens



Maria Cristina Pulvirenti

By Meera Rehm

war news 

the nightmare of the little boy 

on Hiroshima 


Meera Rehm

Thursday, May 5, 2022

By Joe Sebastian

the sun on paper boats navigating childhood

 

Joe Sebastian

By Agnes Eva Savich

Hubble deep field

all the great-grandparents

in my DNA


Agnes Eva Savich

By Joseph P. Wechselberger

the uncle

I never met ...

unmarked grave


Joseph P. Wechselberger

By Kathleen Trocmet

mid-summer breeze . . .

another beer drifts

in with the evening

 

Kathleen Trocmet

By Joanna Ashwell

finding

a new place

barn owl
 

Joanna Ashwell

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

By John Pappas

thunder

black crows 

behind a sheet of rain


John Pappas

By Mircea Moldovan

operating room raven's steel beak


Mircea Moldovan

Sunday, May 1, 2022

By Elena Malec

May Day

the queen celebrates

the worker bees


Elena Malec

By Keith Evetts

Labour Day

between lines of washing

a glimpse of the sea

Keith Evetts

Saturday, April 30, 2022

By Carmela Marino

flowering branches

the way back

seems shorter


Carmela Marino

By Daya Bhat

cresting violets

at the far end

hullabaloo of stars


Daya Bhat

Friday, April 29, 2022

Cold Moon Journal's Editor Interview in Duotrope

You can catch it here:

https://duotrope.com/interview/editor/33298/cold-moon-journal


By Mirela Brăilean

night camp

thirsty horses

sip the moon

Mirela Brăilean

By Jay Friedenberg

plantation ruins

a bougainvillea blossoms

over the slaves' quarters


Jay Friedenberg

Thursday, April 28, 2022

By Mircea Moldovan

morning news nagging toothache


Mircea Moldovan

By Ron Scully

yellow warblers

perched in the cheap seats

heckle raining treys


Ron Scully

By Eavonka Ettinger

flying solo

the crow awaits

his murder


Eavonka Ettinger

By Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo

jalapeño sun

catching my smile

with your lips


Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo


By Deborah Burke Henderson

river trail—

mayflies hover

in the sun patch

Deborah Burke Henderson

By Tim Murphy

spring evening

pensioners dance Sevillanas

on the park bandstand


Tim Murphy

By B.A. France

dried petals 

of the chrysanthemum

still remembering


B.A. France

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

flower in the wind

losing petals but open

to the sun


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Gregory Lanzo

submerged heads

searching seafloor

snorkeling for crabs


Gregory Lanzo

By Lucia Cardillo

beach at sunset ...

my shadow stretches

among seashells


Lucia Cardillo

Monday, April 25, 2022

By Nika

dandelion wine

older than I remember

former loves


Nika

By Muskaan Ahuja

soaring seagull—

the shape 

of her eyebrows 


Muskaan Ahuja

By Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

pebble eyes copper scales—

we never went fishing

but I wanted to


Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

By Bernadette O'Reilly

welcome home

a spider waits 

beside the door


Bernadette O'Reilly

By Nudurupati Nagasri

multiverse

traveling through black holes

karma's boomerang


Nudurupati Nagasri