She sheds her sky
-skin
to begin, and reassembles herself
…………………………………sane.
.
She gives the moon a shattered star
-smooch,
with lips of wax
………………………….and wane.
..
Prompted by Lil’s Poetics over at dVerse, and todays twiglet.
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Most, most excellent. Shedding sky skin is a beautiful image, and “lips of wax and wane” brilliant.
This is a killer poem De, and I love the play on the moon phases…
You are very clever…. with lips of wax and wain!! Love it!
Love this, especially that last stanza: smooch,
with lips of wax
………………………….and wane.
so, so good!
Lips of wax and wane… very clever!
This is such a delicate poem, De, I was almost afraid to read it! I love the sounds of ‘She sheds her sky / -skin /to begin’, with the silver sounds of sibilance punctuated with the more solid ‘begin’ and that ‘-smooch, /with lips of wax / and wane’ melted me.
positively ethereal and so lyrical!
Cool 😎
I like the idea that your “she-shed’s the sky.” 🙂
I want one of those SO badly!!! But not the sky; an actual tiny cottage of my own. With lots of bright colors, of course.
“Lips of wax” is my favorite … you know I’m all about that makeup.
So sibilant in the first line — set me up to start again and read it aloud 🙂 And oh that smooch! LOVE it! Clever, whimsical, and sounds wonderful to read aloud!
PS: Forgot to mention….made me smile when I read “lips of wax” remembering how I loved those red wax lips I bought at the five and dime down the street from where we lived!
Every one has expressed all my thoughts- what can I add? How about a Collom Lune?
‘air kisses’
old wolf, she
mother of legions of myth
kisses poets souls
©J/h
with lips of wax
and wane
What a wonderful play with words
I like the “sane” and “wane” rhymes.
I love your play with words in the final lines; lips of wax and wane. LOL. Reminds me of those chewy red wax lips of my childhood.
Oh my! Wonderful layout of words for a pun. Especially when read… allowed.
Oh, this is just a total delight! So clever with the word play, but it in a fun way–those lips that wax and wane. 🙂
Thanks, all.
And I’m so glad some of you had the same memory/chuckle at “lips of wax” that I did. 😉
“a shattered star smooch” – Love that, De, as well as those insanely funny wax lips!
I love the “She gives the moon a shattered star” line. Thanks for sharing! I am a Creative Life Coach and have a poetry blog in case you have time to read? http://www.peacockpoetryblog.wordpress.com and I am also on Instagram as #coachingcreatively, let’s follow each other if you use this medium? Have a good day? Sam :