Happy Poetry Friday!
Irene has the round up today at Live Your Poem where she’s celebrating the Moon in advance of her forthcoming collection of poems, The Museum on the Moon: The Curious Objects on the Lunar Surface with illustrations by Myriam Wares, launching on August 8th.
Our Moon has been an object of curiosity for many people through the years, including myself. I have several picture books, fiction and nonfiction, on the subject. So it’s not surprising that when fellow poet, Bridget Magee, put out a call for her anthology, Two Truths and a Fib (2023), that I chose the Moon as my subject.
Here are two of my poems that appear in that book. Since one is a nonet and one is an etheree they kind of go together. I’ll save the third one, the FIB, for you to discover on your own.
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
The next full moon is almost here – July 3. That one will appear larger and brighter, the first supermoon of 2023.
Imagine the Possibilities 
There are no dark sides to your moon poems, Rose! One of my favorite subjects/poem trio in our anthology. (Sshh, don’t tell.) 😉
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Rose, your poetry shines.
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Thanks, Joyce!
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Rose, I love that you wrote about the moon for Bridget’s book! I’m in love with the opening lines “from / darkness.” You could go so many directions from there! Thank you, cosmic friend. xo
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Thanks, Irene. Love celebrating the moon with you.
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The rhymes are just right as you explore our night orb. I’m happy I have these poems to use as models for students as I prepare to do moon poems in the fall. Celebrating Irene’s book.
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Ahh, celebrating the way the moon lights our way, and her changing forms – lovely. Thanks, Rose!
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Wow, these are wonderful. The etheree, in particular, is so lovely to read aloud and savor…
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Thanks, Laura.
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I am excited to see the super moon, and had I not been at Poetry Friday today, I wouldn’t have been aware of it! These poems are beautiful, Rose.
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“Stretching. . . until finally” – love the journey, Rose. I know your poems & love them from the anthology! Hooray for moon poems!
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I love how your poems wane and wax on the page! Well played!!
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I never thought of it that way, but you’re right!
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I love these moon poem pairings. I love the phrase “long-night moon.” It always makes me go hmmmm.
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Thanks, Marcie.
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What an amazing nonet, Rose!
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Your poems are perfect mirrors together, Rose. And I love the FIB!
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Yes, the moon is our cosmic friend, Rose. I will need to reread your poems in Two Truths and a Fib. Have a great 4th of July.
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Both your poems shine brightly like the Moon Rose—I especially like the movement in your etheree, and
“spreading over time,
waxing to half a dime,”
Thanks for spreading more Moonshine!
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