Happy Poetry Friday! Catherine has the round up today at Reading to the Core. Be sure to stop by for lots of poetry goodness.
I’m expecting there will be other posts today celebrating Bridget Magee’s Two Truths and a Fib Poetry Anthology that published on January 1. And it’s only fitting. Not only did I meet Bridget and her dear dog, Smidgey, in this community, but many poets from Poetry Friday are featured in this book.
My poems in Bridget’s anthology celebrate the Moon. In keeping with the math theme, I wrote a nonet and an etheree.
Moon
the long-night moon makes me curious,
hypnotized with wonder and awe
as it lights the garden path,
paints shadows in the grass—
a luminary
in the dark sky,
our faithful
cosmic
friend
© 2022 Rose Cappelli
Moon
from
darkness
a tiny
crescent appears,
spreading over time,
waxing to half a dime,
creeping farther and farther,
reaching, stretching toward the edge
until finally it lights the night—
fully illuminated, glowing, bright
© 2022 Rose Cappelli
There’s one more – the Fibinocci – but you’ll have to get the book to find out more.
Thanks, Bridget, for all your hard work. And congratulations on another anthology!
Imagine the Possibilities 
I’m excited about being a part of this book and seeing all the different forms. Your moon poems glow. But which statement is the fib about you? I’m guessing you don’t ski and snowboard?
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Correct. Once I was standing in line with other skiers for a lesson, lost my balance, and we all went down like dominoes. Now I stick to golf.
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I love how the two forms complement each other with the waxing and waning moon images. This book sounds like such fun.
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Thanks, Kay!
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I am so looking forward to reading everyone’s poems, Rose, & love yours, that image of “waxing to half a dime”. I adore the moon, and did a lot of moon watching/journaling with my students through the years. This is a perfect time for your sharing today; it’s a full moon tonight, the full wolf moon! Happy New Year! On another note, I skied early in my life but gave it up fairly soon, was too fearful of breaking something. My whole extended family are up skiing right now & one granddaughter is on her 3rd year on a ski team, fearless.
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Thanks, Linda! I was mesmerized by last night’s full moon. In my area it looked mysterious, glowing through surrounding clouds. And the part about me being a skiier? That’s definitely the FIB!
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Yes, it was wonderful last night! Glad you could see it. I always worry that it will be too cloudy! Have a lovely weekend.
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Rose, I was excited to see that you were already part of the Two Truths and a Fib-O-Ram. I still have to read the piece. I am also excited to be part of the anthology and to have a day to celebrate at the end of the month. Congratulations-your poems are wonderfully written.
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I haven’t dug into my contributor copy yet, but just by looking at the table of contents (and loving Bridget’s FB reveals) I’m excited to have poems living inside the same covers with so many PF Peeps! I love your moon poems and, as Kay noted, the way they wane and wax just like the moon! I love when form and function play so nicely!
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Wonderful poems! These two fit nicely together and are perfect for kids. Well done, Rose.
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This is wonderful! I need to get a copy of the book!
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Congratulations on your poems, Rose! I love your pairing of nonet and etheree to tell a moon’s story of light. Can’t wait to read more – and especially the fib…
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Rose, congratulations on your poems! They are beautiful and I resonate with both poems because I love looking at the moon. Tonight’s huge, creamy moon made me think of wolves howling at it-mesmerizing. In your nonet, your first two lines hooked me because “curious, /hypnotized with wonder and awe” is exactly what I feel about the moon, too. I love your metaphor “a luminary/in the dark sky” – luminary is a favorite word of mine that you reminded me of. I have to write luminary in my favorite word’s notebook. Remember Georgia and Rebecca telling us to word notebook?
Your etheree form is perfect here. You hooked me from the beginning and kept reeling me in and delighting me with longer lines, rhyme, repetition, assonance, and rhythm! Your last two lines “until finally it lights the night— /fully illuminated, glowing, bright” are an excellent ending. Three more favorite words on my list “illuminated”, illumination, mesmerizing, and I have to add “hypnotized.” Thank you for sharing, giving me joy, and inspiration. I have never written an etheree poem; I’ll have to try it. AND I am buying Bridget’s anthology!
Would you let me write your poems in my notebook as mentor poems with the copyright sign near your name?
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Gail,I would be honored to have my poems in your notebook. Thanks for the lovely comments. I hope we meet again soon.
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Thank you, Rose and your welcome. Yes, I would like to meet you again, too. 🙂
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I love these poems about “our faithful cosmic friend,” Rose! I’m looking forward to reading your fib!
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Nice to share the pages of this book with you! I agree with Kay’s comment about your waxing and waning choice of forms. Happy 2023 to you!
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