tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post971641346267457957..comments2024-03-16T16:16:08.511-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - The MoonTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-33137166186195708872010-10-28T18:31:57.952-04:002010-10-28T18:31:57.952-04:00Just found the Poetry Stretch, through David Elzey...Just found the Poetry Stretch, through David Elzey, via VCFA Forum. Great stuff, all these, thanks. Here's a few:<br />The Dark of the Moon<br /><br />Poised<br />between death and conception<br />the moon rejoices<br />quietly<br />that emptying has ended.<br />Her invisibility<br />satisfies her.<br />She rests<br />from the gaze of her children.<br />Yet she teaches us:<br />Empty your Susa Silvermariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632584592242441410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-24553550129616008422010-10-26T12:06:28.695-04:002010-10-26T12:06:28.695-04:00I hope two things now: that I'm not too late f...I hope two things now: that I'm not too late for the party, and that I am not double-posting this due to an unexpected browser glitch!<br /><br />Early fall evening<br />A narrow airplane contrail<br />Punctuates the moon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-85725042911014221502010-10-22T12:18:44.548-04:002010-10-22T12:18:44.548-04:00Perspective
by Liz Korba
Bend down and look betwe...Perspective<br />by Liz Korba<br /><br />Bend down and look between your legs<br />And see the moon contract.<br />It’s true. The moon will minimize.<br />I love this lunar fact.<br /><br />On clear nights when the moon is full<br />My neighbors may see me<br />And whisper, “She’s a lunatic.”<br />Moonstruck, I must agree.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293368769378439196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-50106936737595168732010-10-21T22:57:50.599-04:002010-10-21T22:57:50.599-04:00Fianlly, I get to play. Here's mine:
http://d...Fianlly, I get to play. Here's mine:<br />http://deowriter.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/poetry-stretch-moon-poems/<br />Loved the Kuskin poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-38049740364981967832010-10-21T07:47:21.856-04:002010-10-21T07:47:21.856-04:00Nice, Barbara!Nice, Barbara!Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-13669716553507113942010-10-20T12:32:15.327-04:002010-10-20T12:32:15.327-04:00The Man in the Moon
The man in the moon
is a woma...The Man in the Moon<br /><br />The man in the moon<br />is a woman,<br />second best to brother sun,<br />not as big, not as strong,<br />and yet . . . .<br />who cares to stare at the sun?<br />He will only blind you.<br />But the moon . . . .<br />she will look back<br />and smile.<br /><br />And who would visit the sun,<br />who burns if you get too near?<br />But the moon . . . .<br />The Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769803733067838372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-29693324039975704402010-10-19T16:05:42.685-04:002010-10-19T16:05:42.685-04:00Tuesday is the New Monday indeed.
Little Boy Moon...Tuesday is the New Monday indeed.<br /><br />Little Boy Moon<br />come into the corn<br />swinging the curve of a cow’s white horn<br />come blowing come lowing <br />the sound of forlorn<br />we went and put a Man on the Moon<br />one step one hop one sleepy leap<br />led to the end of the Man in the Moon<br /><br />Now we wait in the meadow<br />We wait with the sheep<br />for the cat and her Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-87645250750039500042010-10-19T14:32:55.845-04:002010-10-19T14:32:55.845-04:00funny, i was working on a poem about the moon over...funny, i was working on a poem about the moon over the weekend, but didn't quite finish it until yesterday. synchronicity?<br /><br />but it's a bit rude, and i'm not sure how your other readers would feel about it, so i'll be posting it this friday on my blog and will take the brickbats and bouquets over there.david elzeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653215150526146224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-33984611087728834762010-10-19T08:25:53.162-04:002010-10-19T08:25:53.162-04:00Three days of rain
tonight, Moon, you're back
...Three days of rain<br />tonight, Moon, you're back<br />my, how you have grown!Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-53774354610733766402010-10-19T06:45:01.687-04:002010-10-19T06:45:01.687-04:00We will have a full moon on Friday...
Everynight...We will have a full moon on Friday...<br /><br /><br />Everynight Everywhere<br /><br />We share <br />this pocketwatch moon<br />hanging from a chain of stars.<br /><br />We are children of<br />Africa<br />Asia<br />South America<br />North America<br />Europe<br />Australia.<br /><br />And we share<br />this pocketwatch moon<br />invisibly holding hands<br />across dirt <br />and ocean<br />Amy L Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830987204619914326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-7315508842294384242010-10-18T22:32:07.060-04:002010-10-18T22:32:07.060-04:00Cool poems! Here's mine:
Moon Boy
When the m...Cool poems! Here's mine:<br /><br />Moon Boy<br /><br />When the moon called, I went.<br />Thirty silver days I spent,<br />combing the moon's white locks,<br />believing them a lass's,<br />not an eldritch crone's.<br />Till I came home. Now<br />I can only speak<br />with a long loon's cry.<br />Everyone who passes<br />turns aside, leaving me<br />to watch the empty sky.<brKate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-47119576024083185222010-10-18T15:48:08.112-04:002010-10-18T15:48:08.112-04:00tonight's
double feature,
starring Venus and t...tonight's<br />double feature,<br />starring Venus and the<br />handsome Man in the Moon, begins<br />at duskBob Raczkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158524109235432261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-48651623993039626982010-10-18T11:52:03.229-04:002010-10-18T11:52:03.229-04:00Gosh--I wrote an entire book of moon poems "W...Gosh--I wrote an entire book of moon poems "What Rhymes with Moon."<br /><br />Did I write this before for Miss R?<br /><br />The Moon and Me: A Tritina<br /><br />Looking last night at the moon,<br />I thought how it resembled a stone<br />Skipped by a child into the sky.<br /><br />But who would have thrown into the sky<br />Something so precious as that moon,<br />Such an enormous janeyolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396863710083180775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-27890583110068737082010-10-18T11:20:10.494-04:002010-10-18T11:20:10.494-04:00Midnight Snack
Moon sits
stoneware white
against ...Midnight Snack<br /><br />Moon sits<br />stoneware white<br />against night’s <br />black tablecloth<br /><br />Pile her high<br />with wishes and ideas,<br />serve her <br />satellites,<br />sprinkle her with stars<br />and emptiness<br /><br />Eat the moonglow<br />Swallow it whole<br />Follow its <br />lonely, delicious path<br />Go<br /><br />--Laura Purdie Salaslaurasalashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-60083432200369183502010-10-18T10:26:37.194-04:002010-10-18T10:26:37.194-04:00Great timing -- I was reworking this poem over the...Great timing -- I was reworking this poem over the weekend:<br /><br /><b>Steps Toward a Full-Moon Machine<br />By Steven Withrow</b><br /> <br />First, believe in glories,<br />in satellites and sorceries of sky.<br />Any meddler in moonstuff<br />who's punched enough holes<br />in night will tell you:<br /><i>Doubt's the thing to lose.<br />Certitude's essential<br />in cleaving theSteven Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424518148189688086noreply@blogger.com