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First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous
Contributed by
spike
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Monday, 21st March 2005 @ 09:28:57 PM in AEST
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Quarter moon, one week hence,
your lunar glow is so intense
so clear your scars in this aspect,
not like Lilith, so circumspect
half your face, still for discovery,
casting off shadows in your journey.
Mare Ibrium, on your southern side,
Crater of Copernicus, deep and wide
and your devil’s face is on display,
deep in Nonious from your first day
growing fatter as your phase unfurls,
but it’s all just spectres on crater walls.
Tardy riser, up at noon,
the blue sky frames a ghostly moon
at your apex when Sol is setting,
the dying light your image whetting
your time to sleep is dark midnight,
a quarter turn in your long flight.
Lewanna, you draw me from my rest,
the pull of the neap tides in my breast
your ever burgeoning satellite,
arcing through the ebony night
the second brightest light on high,
but you command the evening sky.
Copyright ©
spike
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2005-03-21 21:28:57]
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Re: First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous
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by DreamWeaver on
Tuesday, 22nd March 2005 @ 04:05:16 AM AEST
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| Awesome poem ... you write well ... and obviously research your topic ... excellent ... Jan |
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Re: First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous
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by Sagacious on
Friday, 25th March 2005 @ 09:47:27 AM AEST
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You exemplify the lesson all new poets must learn: that the bulk of the creative process occurs long before the commission of verse to paper. In an age when many of us have shunned rhyme for its "stifling" aspect, you wield it with the mischievous panache of Blake, colored with a touch of Emerson's majesty.
Mare Ibrium, Crater of Copernicus, Nonious--I know naught of these landmarks--but the beauty of it is, your poem makes me want to learn them by heart. My own fascination with the heavens began long ago, but your work makes me wonder at the power of such literary output on the minds of forthcoming generations.
If our human story is to continue expanding, ever upward, we need more Lewannas--though ever-present, such bodies radiate only a fraction of their power to the untutored. Your verse makes the familiar new again; for that, you deserve ample accolades--and my thanks. Take care, yon moongazing spirit! Sincerely, -KAC- |
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Re: First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous
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by Silent-No-More on
Saturday, 26th March 2005 @ 11:51:49 PM AEST
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I am lost to her myself at times, I must confess... just as I was lost in this for a bit. I spent hours one Saturday a while back reading up on the origin of the moon. Facinating stuff. I, too, was inspired to write of her... and I wouldn't be surprised if I did again.
Never disappointed when I stop by your page,
~SNM~
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Re: First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous
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by Former_Member on
Wednesday, 31st January 2007 @ 09:17:33 PM AEST
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so yeah .. I'm travelling through your back pages and I find this
little gem!!
God, spike, I ADORE the last stanza, (especially that last line
of which the notion is , alone, the most quietly obvious, and yet
distinctly unnoticed observation on earth). The moon .. so
glorious in all her phases is painfully taken for granted by many.
(I witnessed her tonight and she is near full .. *siiiigh*)
You have an amazing ability to take the "textbook version" and
transform it into the most beautiful and breathtaking write.
I am fascinated .. not only by the moon, but by your vastness.
Excellent piece, S. You do her justice.
~Breezy |
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