Tag Archives: moon stones

the last of it

Posted on April 16, 2020 by

there’s a crescent of hope in the sky that says we are for each other, even as we crumble. even as we fall. even as we leave ……..pieces of ourselves behind. still, …..small, we shine. the ……{not quite gibbous} gist … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

moon bare and blue

Posted on January 9, 2020 by

magnetic poetry 

Posted in magnetic poetry | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

sweet spirit shine

Posted on January 6, 2020 by

magnetic poetry   

Posted in moon poems | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mr. Midnight and Mrs. Moon

Posted on November 22, 2019 by

.. He’s got her swooning again, dipping her toes in horizon dark, slow disappearing and playing her part in this star-stung waltz. He’s got her waning again, making less of her -self by degrees, crescent -cutting tangled trees and startled … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge 2019 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

myth moon

Posted on November 14, 2019 by

  ..  she keeps us swoon -ing with her waning heart, wondering how she stones the sky. And even Thor ain’t got nothin’ on her shine.   .. In November, we poem. Often, about the moon.         

Posted in moon poems, Poetic Asides Chapbook Challenge 2019, storms | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Pouring hope from tea leaves

Posted on October 21, 2019 by

, we wish upon whatever we can scrounge: these shattered stars, the kitefluff of a drunken dandelion sun and one last candle’s kiss. It tastes like copper -penny fountains and a stolen horseshoe score, a broken silver skystone all aquiver … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, Quadrille | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 27 Comments

Dry Spell

Posted on October 9, 2019 by

The moon’s got a river of promise running through her milky skin, a vein of waning soul. I’ve got a fallen-scar wish that says she’s willing to die for that ocean. And really, aren’t we all just bodies of water … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, poetic asides poems, twiglets | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

and the moon slips by, in silence

Posted on September 23, 2019 by

she’s focused on her own un -doing, the waning of her wiles, the extinction of her ink. she thinks the world is flat, forgotten. rotten with unstirred souls. she’s sure of nothing. she’ll salt you clean with ocean sway, the … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, Quadrille | Tagged , , , , | 16 Comments

Sky Calling

Posted on August 12, 2019 by

.. 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in moon poems, Quadrille | Tagged , , , , , | 28 Comments

By strange and varying degrees

Posted on July 30, 2019 by

  Tempt us not, for we are waiting for the hot hot breath of dragon summer breeze, the way the trees can sway a soul. The balmy blame of sea. Thread us not through flotsam fleet nor pirate plea for … Continue reading →

Posted in dVerse poems | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments