I ... entered the poem of life, whose purpose is ... simply to witness the beauties of the world, to discover the many forms that love can take. (Barabara Blackman in 'Glass After Glass')

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5 July 2012

Full Moon Observance

Dark rainsky
I think the moon
will be hidden.

When I go out
into clear cold
she is right above.

I tilt my head
her white circle doubles
the two overlap.

Around the vesica piscis
bright blue light
shines and deepens.

Lady Moon
I stand on the earth
and beg for blessings.

The hour grows late
help me now to fulfill
all my promises.

Submitted for dVerse Open Link Night #51

 This poem also appears in Sherry's Poets United feature: A Chat With Rosemary Nissen-Wade ~ On Poetry and Witchcraft.
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13 comments:

  1. Claudia5 July 2012 at 02:33

    nice..i love watching the moon...so soothing...did you know that the moon in german is male..i have to get used to a female moon yet, you know..smiles

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade11 July 2012 at 11:02

      I think in some tribal cultures also, the moon is male and the sun female. Depends on the viewpoint, I suppose. I like sun as male and moon as female because of the yin-yang correlation - and aslo because that is how I have learnt it. :)

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    2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade11 July 2012 at 11:03

      PS No, I didn't know that was the case in Germany. We learn something every day! I wonder hw that came about?

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  2. Brian Miller5 July 2012 at 07:00

    nice...the moon has been so big and full...def enjoy watching it...she def has an allure for me...smiles....

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  3. hedgewitch5 July 2012 at 08:21

    Love the mood in this, very ethereal, yet also grounded and solemn...and you also built a lovely visual of the circles, the moon overlapping your own head/self.

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  4. Daydreamertoo5 July 2012 at 09:52

    We had a full moon last night, so beautiful to see her looking dressed up in her finest. I hope she did help you to fulfil your promises.
    RYN: Thank you, made me smile. :)

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  5. kaykuala5 July 2012 at 11:03

    I get the feel of a love-sick soul who finds solace in seeing a full moon and pouring his feelings for its support and sympathy to fulfill certain obligations! Great Write Rosemary!

    Hank

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  6. Unknown5 July 2012 at 11:05

    Contemplative, prayerful, this has the deep reverence that prayer requires. Your words make the prayer so immediate, bringing to our awareness the consciousness that attines to nature to ask it, in the firm of the moon, for blessings. Very lovely words to invoke the celestial spirit.

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  7. emmett wheatfall5 July 2012 at 12:37

    Lovely! I like the short and tight construction. Great diction too! This poem speaks to me. Again, lovely.

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  8. Sue Judd5 July 2012 at 17:26

    I like the gentle, contemplative mood in this....

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  9. Laurie Kolp5 July 2012 at 22:09

    Mystical feel here... I really enjoyed this, Rosemary!

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  10. Semaphore6 July 2012 at 14:28

    I completely adore moon poems. There is so much to explore in lunar mythology, in its interaction with the earth, in how it affects the very tides of the human body, and perhaps even the tides of the human soul.

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  11. Rosemary Nissen-Wade11 July 2012 at 11:05

    Thank you, dear people. I have not had much time online of late, so it is lovely to come back here and find all these warm comments.

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