Moon Poem 30

Epilogue

3%

Currents of Sunlight
Snake through and clothe green toned boughs
In Canonicals.

Farewell, National Poetry Month.

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Moon Poem 29

0%

Limbs' seedling blossoms
Tousled hair, elbows awkward
Spring grows to Summer.

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Moon Poem 28

New Moon

Under Evening's sky
Clouds coated with grey concrete
A mirrored hallway.

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Moon Poem 27

3%

Breathing deeply, tears
Burn her eyes, tightening her throat
Musicality.

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Moon Poem 26

7%

Last year's pinecones dried
Forgotten toys unburied
In Spring's cleaned closet.

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Moon Poem 25

14%

The bark of a tree
Gold on its veined column wrist
Bakelite bracelets.

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Moon Poem 24

23%

Facts as hard as rocks
Pick their way through scars in steps
Fawn-like shaky legs.

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Moon Poem 23

IV

34%

The fresh of morning
Green in the air of wet grass
Peeled ripe cucumber.

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Moon Poem 22

Last Quarter

A strong breeze connects
The pond's denim jeans jumpers
By its brass buttons.

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Moon Poem 21

56%

Closing curtains twitch
As beads of sweat stick in spots
Upon her hairline.

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Moon Poem 20

67%

From ceiling to floor
Lamplight richochets and sparks
In the dark of night.

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Moon Poem 19

77%

Parts of a tree bend
Slim yellowed mossed twigs, wishbones
Elasticity.

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Moon Poem 18

86%

A fist in the face
The word ALIVE stops, cartwheels,
Then jumps off my chest.

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Moon Poem 17

93%

Buckled by oaks' roots
Uneven grey stone sidewalks
Shoulder scapulae.

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Moon Poem 16

III

98%

Wind blows sticks and leaves
Down the street in tumbleweeds.
Discarded handbills.

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Moon Poem 15

Full Moon

Farm machinery
Hunches under blacktop tarp
Awaits its Season.

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Moon Poem 14

100%

A red robin flits
Tongue darting at the corners
Of her pink-lipped mouth.

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Moon Poem 13

97%

The swaying tree branch
Its rusty hinge pings and squeaks
A metronome clock.

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Moon Poem 12

93%

Gray rain marches down
Thunder loudly applauses
Lightning's appearance.

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Moon Poem 11

87%

A fiddlehead fern
Curling deep into herself
A spinning pinwheel.

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Moon Poem 10

80%

Old tree in water
Knees protrude, knotted joints thick
As though arthritic.

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Moon Poem 9

II

72%

The hummingbird's wings
A question hanging in air
Knocking at the door.

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Moon Poem 8

63%

A tired black mutt
Circles around an answer
Preparing to sleep.

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Moon Poem 7

First Quarter

The rosette of blood
Unfurls on my fingertip
A prick that blossoms.

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Moon Poem 6

45%

The Sun drops a shade
Casting the Light of the Day
Into formal Dusk.

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Moon Poem 5

35%

An old dog on stairs
Her stiff hips open and close
Wooden clothing pins.

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Moon Poem 4

26%

On a farm's back porch
Black boots sit, dogs anxiously
Waiting for a walk.

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Moon Poem 3

18%

During Winter's thick
A cabin hunkering down
In snow drifts and ice.

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Moon Poem 2

I






11%

The skin of dried leaves
See veins in an insect wing
Delicate and strong.

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Moon Poem 1

Prologue

5%

A stream of water
Snaking through jammed grey toned stones
A Capriccio.

Welcome, National Poetry Month.

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