Did men really walk on that?
It looks too pale and flimsy
at nine in the morning
a ghost of itself
that clouds could pass through
not strong enough to bear
the weight of history
something the night
had left behind
& forgotten
Up Late
John Malone
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Oh I really like that one!! So many lovely ideas!
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thank you ; it’s funny when I first wrote the poem over fifteen years back I read it to my son, the daylight moon at his back, who puzzled over it at first until I read it again and it clicked 🙂 perhaps it is tricky without the picture
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Yes. That’s interesting. I wonder if I would’ve got it without the surrounding context. 🤔🙂
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hard to say; there are clues there but without the picture you’d puzzle a bit ; it was published twice in a children’s magazine but with an image of a daylight moon; tricky 🙂
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Lovely, and the perfect ethereal, barely-there picture as well.
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thanks, Matthew: that’s a great description of my poem 🙂
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The weight of history- perfect
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yes, that’s my favourite line too; it anchors the poem 🙂
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Something the night has left behind and forgotten….. love that closing line. I like this poem. I’ve always loved the morning moon myself.
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thank you; I’ve written a series of moon poems: I may put up more during January seeing this one struck a chord with readers
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Please do.
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I’ve got an Easter-themed one that I’ve set aside for Good Friday: not too many moons away 🙂
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I saw a moon almost like that this morning.
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I don’t think many notice, unless it’s a blood-red or super moon
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I love this! So interesting to read a poem about the pale moon of the morning. I feel like most poems are about the big solid moon of the night; and I love your take
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thanks: it’s the neglected, overlooked things that interest me like red pencil sharpeners and daylight moons 🙂
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It’s all been said already. Great poem John!
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I wrote this many moons ago so it was time for it to see the light of day again 🙂
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Glad that it did!
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Love this!
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good to hear from you, Bob; I was going to do the dark side of the moon but Pink Floyd got in first 🙂
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