Sickle Moon
Sharp and thin
you’re hanging there,
slicing through
.
You’re glowing
with a coldness,
slashing through
the night sky;
millions of tiny
stars stand guard;
ready to follow
should you say go.
Cruel and beautiful,
enough to take
my breath away.
You kill me
with your
presence.
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There is a stark beauty here...in this poem...
Maybe your best that I have read...
The moon looks odd this year as if the Earth has tilted...The sickle rests on its side..at the bottom of the moon from my vantage point..
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Thanks for that, Nika!
I never thought of the moon this way, excellent, Hull!
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The night before last there was this curved, shining sliver of moon in the sky; that's where this came from. Thanks for reading, Mike!
The evocative moon eh, Mama Hullabaloo! Brings out all sorts of emotions for different people. I think the new moon is a smile. Usianguke
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I love the moon, Moa, but on that particular night it looked like a pale sharp sickle blade. Thanks for reading.
A chilling sickle moon with its army of tiny stars... wonderful atmospheric and evocative poem Hully. Brilliant.
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Thanks, Sue. The night before last it was up in my sky!
Wow! Such a beautiful and mysterious poem, Hully. I liked it very much. It had that mystical feel to it. Very well done.
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Thanks so much, jaylisbeth. Glad you enjoyed it.
Spectacular :D
I love the cold strait to point, brutal matter of fact, beautiful honesty..
you captured the moment perfectly.
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Thanks, Doc; a couple of nights ago, there it was just sitting in the sky.
A wonderful poem, Hully! Love the characterization you give the sky's family - be it the moon is a commander and the stars its soldiers, or the moon is a beacon and the stars its followers. Interesting to look upon the moon and see its ugliness, as well. Most people only see the beauty in the moon, but there is a dark side to everything and the moon hides its dark side in the night sky. Nicely done!
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Yeah, I actually love the moon, Jeff, but a couple of nights ago it looked so thin, so sharp, it felt like there was a real danger to it. Thanks for reading.
Very Nice Hull, a simple moon can have a lot to say...Tom...
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Thanks, Tom. Glad you enjoyed the read. I guess it was saying that something so often seen as beautiful can have it's more threatening side too.
Lovely poem. Im trying to write a poem about the moon, haven't got very far, though.
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You will, John! The moon seems to love to be written about.
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