moon
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June Moon
Rose Moon, open. Strawberry Moon, fill our mouths with sweetness. It is the month of marriage, weddings under arches, long dresses and dress coats. Women marry men, men marry men, women marry women, inconstant humans promising constancy, forgetting how you fade, how you pass from fullness to absence; from promise to amnesia. Bless these brides,… Continue reading
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Flower Moon
May Moon, Milk moon, you hide in the rain. Meadows are wild with lupine, columbine and phlox. Tulips and violets open their hearts. It is time to plant the corn. Young squirrels practice mating in the garden, all four in a tumble of spring, taking turns being boy, being girl. Flower Moon, this year you… Continue reading
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Pink Moon
Full Moon over Fitzroy Originally uploaded by johncarney Pink Moon, Egg Moon, you bring snow and crow complaining from the spruce tree. You bury the crocus. You bend the trees down. Grass Moon, Fish Moon, harbinger of spring, why are you so cold? Apr. 20, 6:25 a.m. EDT — Full Pink Moon. The grass pink… Continue reading
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Moon
I float through my days on a soft cushion of medication. I am in a big blow-up raft, high, and dry, and well away from deep water. I focus on minutiae — the foam bubbles at the surface; reflections of sky and trees. Softly up, softly down, the current carries me where it will. At… Continue reading
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