The Dead Want Their Moon Back
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By onemorething
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The toad winked an eye
into the side of his head,
unfurled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.
The darkness said --
do not steal the moon
or the dead will find you
and fetch it back,
their pearly stone,
their lifeless rock.
Dew settled upon
the toad's cratered back,
the seas no longer ebbed
and flowed,
owls were struck dumb.
I weighed the night
on the scales of absence
until nothing was or
ever could be marvellous
anymore,
I cut the moon
into new quarters,
I buried the light.
Image is from here: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_Schweninger_(attr)_Luna.jpg
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Comments
Oh this is just sumptious.
Oh this is just sumptious. Such wonderful words to wrap yourself around and the light...oh the light!
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Love this, surreal and dreamy
Love this, surreal and dreamy. Really enjoyed, thank you for sharing.
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Both other-worldly and
Both other-worldly and mysterious thoughts expressed in this poem Rachel. Very creative.
Jenny.
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This is one of your great
This is one of your great painting poems for me. Somehow I feel right with you, or that I am you, alone with the toad, making everything darker and darker
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Well I can't better any of
Well I can't better any of the above comments, especially Di's which is perfect - 'a great painting poem'. Thank you onemorething - please keep on with your great paintings
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Very, very fine.
I shall be disappointed not to see this in your upcoming collection. How is it going?
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I was thinking exactly what
I was thinking exactly what Ewan said above. Are you sharing some of the poems from your new collection? This one is stunning. Paul :)
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Sir Isaac Newton said
Sir Isaac Newton said "the Moon is the only problem that "maketh my head to ache". She dies for two weeks and then lives once more in two in all the splendour of her pale desolate beauty, she is cold and yes, dead.
I would think a slug is a bit big for a toad? Really enjoyed! Bon appetite!
Tom Brown
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