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The stars are sharp
tonight, tongues of fire
that freeze and float
…………..and fall,
and we wish
they would un-Braille
….us, sing
these syllables
in a language we might
hear and
…………..know.
The moon?
……..She’s just
a golden-throated swallow
with a voice of stone.
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Lovely description of the moon De! See why we missed you?
I do love the vitality of those stars… sometimes I do realize that moon is a mere reflection of the day… but stars is something so much more…
I love the description of the moon- wow!
The stars are falling tonight, how appropriate! Your stony moon is splendid!
You’ve given the sky a beautiful voice, De. I love the ‘tongues of fire that freeze and float’ and the moon, ‘a golden-throated swallow with a voice of stone’.
I loved this De. I love tge moon. The moon is a tricky mistress…
Indeed, in words couched in mysteries meant to lull you.
Oh dear, stars with tongues of fire and moon with voice of stone. Like United Airlines, I’d hoped for friendly skies!
I like the idea of gaining vision from the stars. I’m sure anyone into astrology would agree they already do….
Oh! That moon as golden-throated swallow. How gorgeous!
Oh! The moon as golden-throated swallow. How gorgeous.
Hmm..I wonder who we should listen to…those cryptic, fiery stars or dear, stoic Luna. Just love the contrasts you’ve created here.
I agree that the contrasts are splendid, pulls us into a vibrant vaulted swirl.
That moon is a visual beauty though mute and silent. I love how the stars are sharp tonight.
Fabulous, De…i can hear your sky voices!
The sky truly has a magnificent voice. All we need do is listen.
Voices of fire or stone! I guess we will keep on waiting… still blinded by the light…
DE, this is delightful. Your last line is killer. We forget that most of the stars we “see” have been dead for centuries. We look at a single atom and is mostly empty space. The nucleus only appears
as we look for it.
“a golden-throated swallow with a voice of stone.” Oh!!! That is perfect.
Oh my! Such wonderful images here of stars and moon. Glorious and elegant.
I love the Braille metaphor. The sky is full of voices, and your singing of them is lovely. (K)
your use of braille here is strong in this metaphor of voices …
You had me at the sharp stars, and kept me through the stone-voiced moon.
To be un-brailled so to understand the message from the stars…lovely sentiment!
Just fabulous De.
I was also thinking of stars when contemplating voice, but the stars ended up tangential to mine. I contemplate a starlight voice speaking out of a past that is dead, but lives in the moment through the light… the light lives. Your sharp stars mindfully anchors them in our present, longing to understand them. And your golden stone-voiced moon! This isn’t a competition or a poetry slam, but this is my fav so far with this q44 group.
Also… I love the winking 😉 inversion of wishing on a star. We usually demand things of the stars, when in fact the stars don’t owe us a thing. How beautiful that your star wish is to simply understand them. 💫
Last stanza knocked me out, De. Fabulous!
Sturgeon Full Moon to:
Aquarian too
August Now
New Age in
One Moon
Love Around
the World Full
Somewhere away
From: Dark Side Atop