One morning a few weeks ago, I was scrolling through the New York Times headlines on my phone and came across an article titled “The Moon Has a Comet-Like Tail” by Robin George Andrews. With words like “beam” and “magical” in the short preview, it sounded so poetic. In addition to being a fascinating read, I thought it might provide material for a found poem.
Moonbeam
Meteorites bombard our volcanic pearl,
cause sodium atoms to fly…
high.
A mystifying moonbeam
in twilight skies
dusts earth with dandruff,
creates curiosity…
wonder…
magic…
Thanks to Linda who has the Poetry Round Up today at Teacher Dance.
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“volcanic pearl”…love it! Well done, Rose…beautiful imagery within the words you found.
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Thanks, Matt. I love found poetry.
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Lovely images in your poem. Also love “volcanic pearl.” Well done!
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Dandruff – what an unexpected word, and yet how unexpectedly perfect! Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Yes, it was an unexpected word to find. But since it was in the article, I used it, too.
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It’s like you now have two poems, the article & your own, Rose. I love moon poems, stories, art, a ‘favorite thing’! Love this start: “cause sodium atoms to fly… high.” That word ‘high’ is a lovely punctuation mark!
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Thanks, Linda. Found poems are fun. I can take credit for the arrangement, but the actual words are “borrowed”. And the moon is always such an inspiration.
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Love it! I write often about the moon, but writing something that’s not cliched (or that hasn’t already been said) is tricky. Your “volcanic pearl” is fresh and new!
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Thank you Mary Lee. I’m getting lots of comments about that phrase, but I hope everyone understands that my poem is a found poem from the NYT article, so the words are not original (as much as I wish they were).
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Love your poem, Rose. Your line about how “a mystifying moonbeam…dusts earth with dandruff” is brilliant! And I learned something new about the moon. 🙂
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Thanks, and thanks to the author of the article whose words I borrowed.
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Thanks for your celestial moonbeam-beauty poem Rose, that flows with cosmic excitement through each line.
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I love non-fiction poetry and writing from news stories. Love the sound of, “A mystifying moonbeam in twilight skies.”
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A magical poem!
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Love volcanic pearl and dandruff and the surprise of this moonbeam poem.
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