We Could Make It Anything
The full moon is like . . . we could make it anything, the copper bottom of a stainless steel pan, or an orange we glad it is what it is instead of what we imagine? . [ 1754 ]
Tag Archive for ‘The Moon’
Someday
A full, ripe moon over the wetland. Someday, maybe I will write like that. . [ 1737 ]
A Living Monument
The earliest joys, at least those that can be remembered, are most certainly tied to the soil, beginning with its warmth and smell, its texture, and its dense, composite makeup, which changes with every handful. I was drawn to it, as every child is who is fortunate to live where it has not all been ravaged and paved over, and I sought, and returned, its intimate contact. I can say […]
Messages
Let’s speak and act in such a way that kindness is the inevitable response. * Instead of telling a child that a certain bright light in the sky is the moon, ask her what it is. Whatever she says will be true. * When you press the Publish button, do so as if you’ve just run all the way from your village to mine and arrived breathless and eager to […]
After the Moon
a leaf on the ground / lines on her face / an old man with faith in his cane . [ 1580 ]
The Last Shall Be First
Mist, fog, smoke — a lonely street light where the town ends and the country begins, dreaming of an affair with the moon — foolish enough — then you smile, so little you’ve changed since your youth. . [ 1577 ]
Such a Gift
Enchantment. A very slow run with the moon and stars and clouds. Haste not, want not. . [ 1527 ]
A Dewy Understanding
A slow run, the last sliver of moon just rising, the streets quiet and calm. With the arrival of the summer heat, our former high temperatures are now the lows, even as the days, little by little, grow shorter, and the cloudless, starry nights, as if by their own magic, add unto themselves. The grass in front of the house has yielded again to clover. The bare feet rejoice in […]
Phases
What’s left of the moon a perfect little fingernail I remember when our baby girl was born . [ 1499 ]
William Michaelian 