This weekend my husband and I will be celebrating the
50th anniversary of the first moon landing--and our 50th wedding anniversary! So...today,
I thought I'd share some of my original moon poems and one rocket poem.
THINGS TO DO IF YOU ARE THE MOON
Live
in the sky.
Be
bold…
OR
be
shy.
Wax
and wane
in
your starry terrain.
Be
a circle of light,
just
a sliver of white,
or
hide in the shadows
and
vanish from sight.
Look
like a pearl
when
you’re brim-full
and
bright.
Hang
in the darkness.
Dazzle
the night.
Mirror
Of
the sun, bright
Orb
in the evening sky, Earth's
Nightlight
Now
that the sun has left the sky.
It’s
time for ME to shine on high…
To
spread my gentle pearly light
For
all the creatures of the night.
Sometimes
Moon is round and bright.
Sometimes
it’s just a wisp of white.
Sometimes
it vanishes from sight.
Moon
is an ever-changing light.
Night sang
Sun a lullaby,
sprinkled
stars across the sky,
switched
on Moon
and let it
shine
into this
little room of mine.
Roaring
Off the launchpad in a
Cloud of smoke,
Kicking off its invisible tether to
Earth, it blasts into space, blazing
a
Trail, searing the sky with its
fiery tail.
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The
Poetry Friday Roundup is at Carol's Corner this week.