Methought I observed the moon descending last night
Sanaa -
March 16, 2019
Earlier PoemsPoetry

In the darkness
I spiraled around your thoughts,
undaunted
as sleep sought to appear as shadow upon chocolate irises
this adoration is sacred
yet the moon is neither glad nor civil
and for the longest hour
I was unsure how to describe its glout, civil as a grapefruit
pale in its resentment
but peaceable as marked by public order,
I find myself
defiant and melted pink until the wee hours of the morning.

 

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Posted for Weekend Mini-Challenge @ Real Toads

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50 Responses

  1. Kim M. Russell says:
    March 17, 2019 at 1:17 am

    Echoes of the Prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in your wordplay with ‘civil’, Sanaa!

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  2. Kerry says:
    March 17, 2019 at 1:42 am

    and for the longest hour
    I was unsure how to describe its glout..

    I found this an intensely interesting piece, Sanaa. Such an intriguing view of the moon.

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  3. Magaly Guerrero says:
    March 17, 2019 at 2:06 am

    Is it strange that after reading “grapefruit” and “melted pink” I can’t stop thinking about (and craving) the fruit? Words are so sneaky (and so is the imagery in this poem).

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    • Sanaa says:
      March 17, 2019 at 2:21 am

      Hahahaha 😍 no not strange at all!❤️ Thank you so much, Magaly 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️

      (and thank you for the lovely prompt) 🌹

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  4. Carrie V. H. says:
    March 17, 2019 at 2:18 am

    “The moon is neither glad nor civil”….what an amazing line. Love all the emotion in this Sanaa!

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  5. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    March 17, 2019 at 5:14 am

    Exactly… the moon such an interesting thing here… “neither glad nor civil”…
    As if we would expect it to be anything else than a mirror

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  6. Rosemary Nissen-Wade says:
    March 17, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    Startling! You make me re-examine my clichéd views of the moon.

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  7. Old Egg says:
    March 17, 2019 at 2:46 pm

    Do forgive me Sanaa but in my mind all I can think about is you “melted pink!”

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  8. Sherry Blue sky says:
    March 17, 2019 at 6:41 pm

    Civil as a grapefruit and pale in its resentment……unusual and intriguing, as a description of the moon. Very cool.

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  9. HA says:
    March 17, 2019 at 8:59 pm

    “I was unsure how to describe its glout, civil as a grapefruit/pale in its resentment/but peaceable as marked by public order”: Loved this bit, Sanaa!
    Such an interesting observation and its reflection in your words. Beautiful!

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  10. Mary says:
    March 17, 2019 at 9:16 pm

    Very evocative. “Defiant and melted pink” at first seems contradictory, but then, on the other hand, why not!

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  11. Rommy says:
    March 17, 2019 at 9:29 pm

    All the moon can do is reflect the light it gets – for both good and ill.

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  12. annell4 says:
    March 17, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    So often when the moon is full, it keeps me awake all night. Too noisy!!

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  13. gillena says:
    March 17, 2019 at 10:54 pm

    The image of the character melted pink is interesting, humbling and very very ponderable
    Happy you dropped by my sumie Sunday today

    Much💚love

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  14. ayala says:
    March 18, 2019 at 12:14 am

    Civil as a grapefruit and pale in its resentment…an interesting image.

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  15. Chrissa says:
    March 18, 2019 at 12:34 am

    That description of the moon…I just can’t get over it. This is slyly defiant and very cool.

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  16. Magical Mystical Teacher says:
    March 18, 2019 at 12:54 am

    It’s not altogether a bad thing to be defiant.

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  17. Whitesnake says:
    March 18, 2019 at 4:43 am

    I went somewhere and then awoke.

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  18. Susie Clevenger says:
    March 18, 2019 at 6:26 am

    “yet the moon is neither glad nor civil” I love that line! Beautiful poetry as always. 🙂

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  19. Sara McNulty says:
    March 18, 2019 at 8:34 am

    ‘yet the moon is neither glad nor civil’
    ‘I find myself
    defiant and melted pink until the wee hours of the morning.’

    Two exquisite lines, Sanaa!

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  20. Wendy Bourke says:
    March 18, 2019 at 9:08 am

    Some intriguing images and word smithing in this. A pleasure to read, as always.

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  21. Colleen@ LOOSELEAFNOTES says:
    March 18, 2019 at 9:09 am

    Chocolate, moon, grapefruit and pink all come together here!

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  22. Thotpurge says:
    March 18, 2019 at 10:08 am

    this adoration is sacred
    yet the moon is neither glad nor civil… that’s lovely, sanaa.

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  23. Jim says:
    March 18, 2019 at 10:59 am

    Poor Moon, mooning and glouting, civil and pale but peaceable. Civil matter, not a crime.
    ..

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  24. dsnake1 says:
    March 18, 2019 at 11:16 pm

    i will never look at the moon the same way again. 🙂

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  25. Priya Bhaskar says:
    March 20, 2019 at 1:57 am

    “I was unsure how to describe its glout, civil as a grapefruit
    pale in its resentment
    but peaceable as marked by public order,”

    Such beautiful imagery in this one, Sanaa! 💙

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