Naked – trees surround
Silky, plump pillows shade us
Moon pours out cold heart
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CLP 09/01/2020
Under A Cloud
Tag Archives: Moon
On the Moon
On the Moon
Light from the Sun falls
Then reflects on Earth, on us
We share this magic
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n.b. Where ever we are, whoever we are, we share the same Moonlight, the same Sun – we are in this together.
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CLP 07/01/2020
Sickle Moon
It glinted against the cool blue of Sun’s last light
A slender curve, quite razor sharp
The fine inside edge glinted in the night
That rose from the mist of black fenland soil
It had all the beauty of the assassin’s blade
Come to slit the throat and let in chill air
To let all blood drain as from a goat
I shivered, surprised at its first quick slice
My heartstrings severed by the cut
It was so swift I felt no pain
Except at the truth
We’d not meet again.
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CLP 26/12/2019
Universe
When I look up
After the orange half-moon has crept behind the oaks
I see the un-imaginal number of stars
Come to light
And am overawed
Every time
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Every time
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Every time
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If every star
Carries a wish
A prayer
A question
It just shows
How little we know
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CLP 06/12/2019
Moon Slip
Wearing little but a smile
She slides off stage early this evening
Generously leaving us
The uncountable cosmic array
With all the stars of the distant past
And contemporary bright young things
But this hurried exit is not what it seems
The night threatens crystal clear cold
And she doesn’t like bitter
So she pursues Mercury and Venus
Who promise to show her a good time
Whilst we wrap up in the deep blue
Observing the space she has deserted
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CLP 29/11/2019
On August VII
Late the Moon claims night
Planets trace her way through stars
Grass cut by stark shadows
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n.b. I excuse my additional syllable in this attempt to capture the vision of last night’s lunar brightness and the sharpest, darkest shadows thrown onto the silvered late summer grasses in the meadow. A remarkable, naturally well-lit night.
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CLP 19/08/2019
On Moonshine
Silver-plate rock floats
Over misty horizon
All deceived by light
CLP 16/11/2018
Tides
Rocked by the moon
Gentle rhythms of the sea
Soothe the restless Earth.
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CLP 30/10/2018
Journey of Words 