Tag Archives: moon poetry

The moon’s broken head in our lawn

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

Though they said it was full there was no sign of the moon behind the clouds. The dog’s muzzle started to go white, we just noticed. We asked one another if they’d seen the same thing or it just happened. … Continue reading →

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The month’s last Saturday’s gift is gray

Posted on February 25, 2017 by

Oh for these last gray days and new moons. For Orion’s belt in the north, in the night. For our yard leaning on its side and the papery brown fronds hanging down. For the milky sun and messy watercolor blues, … Continue reading →

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The January moon will never be full again

Posted on January 4, 2017 by

Cruel slant of a moon that could be a fang or a hook, a nail, or a cat’s claw stuck to the sky, pulling it down gloating, feeding until it’s full— but the moon looks empty, full like it wants … Continue reading →

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Falling asleep with the candles on

Posted on November 10, 2016 by

Back in Germany, Eberhard was like a floor warden in his vest he was so anal about my mom burning candles in the house. The place is 500 years old and all wood, there is that, and because it gets … Continue reading →

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I lost myself in the craters of the moon in Scotland last November

Posted on October 20, 2016 by

We were always with the moon cycle it seemed. When we landed in Germany at the end of July it was a blue moon, when we left Amsterdam by ferry to Newcastle it was full again, and on our last … Continue reading →

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Early autumn mixer

Posted on September 28, 2016 by

In the morning the moon was a hook and we sat under it going down. Lily and I went birthday shopping for Charlotte intent on a guitar and a bake set but came out with a $120 giraffe. No one … Continue reading →

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How it looks from the inside of an Edinburgh flat while reading

Posted on November 24, 2015 by

The owner comes in to take measurements of the sofa bed that’s broken, apologises, says he assumed we’d be out at the museums on a day like this or seeing the town but we’re not; we’ve come all this way … Continue reading →

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