Tag Archives: moonstones

medium moon 

she’s channeling the dead                 (stars) again, a largess undertaking since they rarely shine back.  And no matter how full       (fool) she gets, half-baked sugar cookie or ivory  ring shine, she’s living l  a  r  g  eand feelin’ just fine.  :: Written for Poetic Asides.

Posted in moon poems, poetic asides poems | Tagged , | 6 Comments

moonshadow (a shadorma) 

we ask her why she waxes, waneshowls herself (wolf) insane(snow, buck, pink, blue, hunter, cold).we’re fools, told she’s full.  ::In April, she poems. Sometimes in form.

Posted in April PAD 2023, moon poems | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

The Startled Scent of Moon

She’s a stale beer ring            (napkin poem)left on an ebony table,a grapefruit brokenopen before a storm,the warm just-baked cookie in anopen sky. She’s the exclamationdot caught in a star-fisherman’s net, all brineand brilliance, waxresilience. She’s wish-wildbloom and hintof rain,the mirror saltpool … Continue reading

Posted in April PAD 2023 | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

myths of moon 

i.we call her full. we name her half. as if she hasn’t stolen every last thing she’s got from that ball of fire.  ii.we swoon as she rises, knowing she will leave us again. knowing starsare not enough. knowingshe’s the stuff of wild. of wolf. of buck.  … Continue reading

Posted in November Chapbook 2022 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Aubade to Rooster’s Crow 

Somebody switched on the skylights too soonand the moon slipped out of her own silhouette  and we have yet to find a way to make her stay. I am already mourning stars, all pinpricked hope and other tiny ways to wish … Continue reading

Posted in aubades, Miz Q Prompts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

in the in between 

when both the sun and moon grace the same gold sky,i too am both erased and a bold new light rising.  :: In November, we poem. Today is day 4.

Posted in November Chapbook 2022 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Borrowed Light

Even  After All this time The Sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights the whole sky. ― Hafiz  .. … We wonder if we’ll ever get the hang of … Continue reading

Posted in Quadrille | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 52 Comments

all the space that remains

.. : …..a silver moonsmile; ……………….the stubble of stars.   ..   .. Prompted by Poets United. Come play!       

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

Breathing Blue & Palming Psalms

Give her a Lake, some aching shade of blue. A place to glue her eyes to the horizon, and wait for the sun to meet her equilibrium gaze. Bare feet. A quiet sheet of white, waiting for song. A long … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 29 Comments

magnetic moon

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment