October 2024
June Crawford Sanders
juneinca@aol.com
juneinca@aol.com
Author's Note: Driving last month, watching the moon move across the water, I think the rhythm of the road wrote the poem.
The moon lies still on the face of the water
The old moon, the Harvest Moon
Says to the water, says follow me, follow me
The Harvest Moon, the old moon
The snow goose flies over the body of water
The still water, the blue water
Says I will follow, I will follow
The old moon, the Lovers’ Moon
Shadows there are that live in the water
Beneath the moon, the old moon
Shadow of dolphin, sunfish, and star
Shadow of sturgeon, mudfish, and gar
The water reflects the face of the moon
The crescent moon, the new moon
Cradles the moon, wet and tender
The silver moon, the new moon
The silver moon, the new moon
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