Cold Moon Journal

Final selection notices will be in the (postal) mail to editors in April of 2023. All winning poets receive a free copy of the annual print anthology.

Saturday, October 15, 2022

By A.J. Anwar

hot breeze—

rumors travel beyond

borders

A.J. Anwar

By Hassane Zemmouri

railway—

pupils waving to

strange travelers

Hassane Zemmouri

Friday, October 14, 2022

By Kerry J Heckman

sitting

across from buddha

sitting

Kerry J Heckman

By Pris Campbell

mornings

without birdsong

barred, too

from words of love

as my deafness deepens

Pris Campbell

By Chris Langer

the spotted dragonfly

in turn

spots me

Chris Langer

By Rupa Anand

paddy cut—

he anoints his sickle

with sandalwood paste

Rupa Anand

(veneration of instruments used in harvesting is common in India)

By Agus Maulana Sunjaya

wrestling

with the starless sky

an old windmill

Agus Maulana Sunjaya

our talk

getting heavier

autumn rain

Agus Maulana Sunjaya

By Simon De Courcey

no footprints –

just the clacking gossip

of grey pebbles

Simon De Courcey

By Patricia Furstenberg

old wooden door

like a pining widow

hugged by sunset

Patricia Furstenberg

By Bonnie J Scherer

haiku poetry — arranged marriage with a happy ending

Bonnie J Scherer

climate change

debated — while the

baked Alaska melts

Bonnie J Scherer

By Gail Brooks

oppressive

summer heat and fires

preparation

for the after-life or

a consequence of neglect?

Gail Brooks

By Susanna Gilbert

Black-Eyed Susans cling

To muddy ditch bank haven.

And wink a goodbye.

Susanna Gilbert

Photo c. Susanna Gilbert

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