Cold Moon Journal

Cold Moon Journal
Photo c. Alf B. Meier

Friday, January 26, 2024

By Chad Parenteau

River reflections

bounce green-gold doubloons

back onto treetops.

Chad Parenteau

By Madhavi. K

Summer sunrise

The taste of gran's

Yukon gold mash

Madhavi. K

By Monica Kakkar

blue sky in winter

glistens on a bluebird day—

brimful baby blues

Monica Kakkar

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Wolf Moon or Full Moon Haiku Needed


By Srini

midnight

the walls still speaking

heat


Srini

By Minal Sarosh

rising with the bird’s wings mountain tops


Minal Sarosh

By Joshua St. Claire

allons-y

a murmuration of starlings

carries off my gaze


Joshua St. Claire

By Joanna Ashwell

garden swing

holding the memory

of a storm

Joanna Ashwell

By Ann Christine Tabaka

humming the tune

        a song never sung


Ann Christine Tabaka

By Stephen Jarrell Williams

safe cave

warm campfire glowing

against a dark world


Stephen Jarrell Williams

By Elliot Diamond

tree pose

of a yoga morning

autumn leaves


Elliot Diamond

By Charles E. Lawler

autumn's end

the loneliness of

empty trees

Charles E. Lawler

By Eugeniusz Zacharski

billions of neutrinos

passing through me...

all alone

Eugeniusz Zacharski

By Anne Curran

in the distance

its crimson bloom

pohutukawa

Anne Curran

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

By David J Kelly

afternoon, evening

somewhere in between

thistledown

David J Kelly

By Douglas J. Lanzo

lifting fog

grandma remembers

how much we love her


Douglas J. Lanzo

By Dianne Moritz

warm temperatures

melt our snowman completely

except carrot nose

Dianne Moritz

By Deborah Karl-Brandt

daughter …

the duty of being a

caged bird

Deborah Karl-Brandt

Saturday, January 20, 2024

By Susan Burch

Like the Truman Show, maybe people in heaven are watching shows of us.


how everyone loves

an underdog -

surely someone

up there

is rooting for me


Susan Burch

Thursday, January 18, 2024

By Tom Clausen

traffic slows

I move the dead rabbit

to safety

Tom Clausen

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

By Hege Anita Jakobsen Lepri

office party

by the ficus a forest

of introverts

Hege Anita Jakobsen Lepri

By Kavita Ratna

emptiness

wrapped up in gold

the lobby balsam fir

Kavita Ratna

Saturday, January 13, 2024

By Michael Shoemaker

Stargazing at Capitol Reef

 Michael Shoemaker

Friday, January 12, 2024

By Alvin B. Cruz

from season to season the silence of grief
 

Alvin B. Cruz

By Nicola Schaum

Moon's halo the quiet is noisy

Nicola Schaum

By C.X. Turner

if peace

were a sound

snow angels

C.X. Turner

By Alfred Booth

my inner bear

begins to hibernate

cold moon


Alfred Booth

By Nancy Brady

wood smoke

in the wind

last rites

Nancy Brady

By Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

the taste of winter in my folding hands snow

Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo

By Ron Nhim

vacant park bench

a homeless man curls up

to dream in the cold


Ron Nhim

By David He

river ice

choking every word

winter moon

David He

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the cry

of a swan

out of reeds...

the coolness

of moonlight

David He

By Robert Witmer

alone

the little boy fills his basket

with snowballs

Robert Witmer

By Chen-ou Liu

last shift over

my shadow walks alone

with the snow moon

Chen-ou Liu