Nine Ways of Shaping the Moon
for Lissa
1
Tilt your head and laugh
until the night bends
and I see only you.
2
Weave the wind into a song.
Rub its fabric over your skin.
For whom does it speak?
3
Remove all stars and streetlights.
Remove thought, remove voice.
Remove me. But do not remove yourself.
4
Tear the clouds into threads
and place them in layered circles.
Then breathe slowly into my ear.
5
Drink deeply. Raise your eyes to the brightness
above the cedars. Observe their motion
through the empty glass. Repeat.
6
Talk music to me. Talk conspiracies
and food and dogs and rain. Do this
under the wild night sky.
7
Harvest red pollen from the trees.
Cast it about the room
and look through the haze.
8
From the bed, gaze into the mirror.
The reflection you see is the darkness
absorbing your glow.
9
Fold the light around us, and listen.
You are the moon in whose waters
I would gladly drown.
First posted in October 2014, and again on Valentine’s Day in 2016, “Nine Ways of Shaping the Moon” also appears in my chapbook, If Your Matter Could Reform.
Love this one, but then I’m partial to the moon…and your poetry.
🙂
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Thank you, Tami. Moons and birds, moons and birds. I can’t seem to escape them. But who would want to?
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Beautiful!
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Thank you.
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Jazz.
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Beautiful. Inspiring.
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You are very kind, Rajani. Thank you.
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Such a lovely piece.
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Thanks very much, Ariana.
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Wow. Especially #4.
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Thank you, Jeni!
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Such lovely imagery, Robert. I will leave with a smile on my face.
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Then my day is complete, Nadia. Thank you!
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This was beautiful, thank you!
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Thank you, Pastor Gran. Much appreciated.
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I wish I could shape the moon into a heart sometimes. That or a shoe.
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I love the image of a shoe-shaped moon. Or maybe an anvil…
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Ah, an anvil would be interesting. Amazing how that man in that sphere can be such a shapeshifter.
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Definitely.
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I could read this every day, Valentines or not. L’amour toujours!
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Thank you, SJ. And now I shall pour a glass of wine for the object of my ardour. 😍
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i remember this one from around the time i first started following you.
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I’ve been very fortunate in life, labor and love!
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Wow Robert… every verse. every image.
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Thanks, Chris!
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You romantic you! One of my favourites! so glad to get to ‘like’ it again.
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Ha! Despite my brutish exterior and unseemly ways, I possess the heart of a romantic. It’s in the garage behind the laundry soap…
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aww all suds and grease 🙂
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😀
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Thats a romantic sky.
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It is indeed. I found the photo on morguefile.com.
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One of my absolute favorites of yours. Thank you for sharing it again!
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Thank you, C. It seemed appropriate for Valentine’s Day.
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Reblogged this on His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
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Thank you for reblogging.
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A perfect Valentine’s Day poem, full of love and magic.
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You are very kind, Ali. Thank you.
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Beautiful.
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Thank you, Roger.
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I loved this Robert. Each verse stands alone in its own right, but together ……wow.
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Thanks, Davy!
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In your hands, language and words are woven together to tender and unanticipated beauty. *sigh*
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You are too kind, Carrie. But you have made my day. 🙂 Thank you!
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I can imagine the smile this brought.
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I had to imagine it, too, as she was out of town when she first read it.
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This was very beautiful. Love it!
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Thank you, Paris. Much appreciated.
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so amazing !!
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Thank you!
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I like all Nine Ways, but the last…. Woah, one word: Superb.
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Thank you, Rayn.
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Your stuff at Tao Journal is nothing short of excellent. I couldn’t find a way to write from there, so I’m telling you here. Fine work. Thanks.
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Thank you. I was honored to have my poems published there.
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very nice.. I’m a moon gal.. blessings, Jeane.. thx for the like too
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Thank you, Jeane.
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Simply beautiful.
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Thank you, Andreea.
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