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Blame It On the Moon

The shadows caste were long upon the span of empty field,
darkness grayed the rye gleanings beneath a Hunter's moon.

Purple pansies bruised by an early frost bend blackening
in the porch's planter hiding there beneath a Hunter's moon.

The farmer's gunshot cracks the air a white tail flees to glen
soon the venison with hang on hooks beneath a Hunter's moon.

The silo's full of cattle corn, the apple trees picked clean, so bare
ring necked geese are on the lake lamenting beneath a Hunter's Moon.

All that's secret, haunts the shade, fingering the pods and seeds
blanched, washed by the light unwavering beneath a Hunter's Moon.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 2/2/2014 9:30:00 AM
Well if one can write such dreamy poetry as this, I'd love to have the Hunter's moon outside my window...oh ummm, I removed my soupmail option ages ago, but one can still reply to it if I soupmailed you first, just click 'reply'. pls check soupmail in a bit... thank you
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Debbie Guzzi
Date: 2/2/2014 9:52:00 AM
nope it doesn't work dear BIG HUGS
Date: 11/24/2013 8:57:00 AM
Great write Debbie!!
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Date: 11/5/2013 4:19:00 PM
Reads like this family was almost totally ready for the winter with all their stores gathered in..Enjoyed reading this one today..Thanks for the visit to my page..Soup Mail..Sara
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Date: 11/2/2013 10:49:00 AM
great imagery Debbie.I love this one.(: )Jenish.
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Date: 10/30/2013 7:45:00 PM
Splendid imagery, Debbie... Terry (& thank you for your kind comments)
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Date: 10/28/2013 6:59:00 AM
It's NOT a tradition Ghazal but a Contemporary Ghazal, in the contemporary version the rhyme in lines 1,2,4,6,8 etc is not needed. All that's needed is LONG couplets [simply meaning a 2 line thought, not 2 lines end rhymed] where mystical thought is portrayed.
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Debbie Guzzi
Date: 10/28/2013 7:00:00 AM
The only aspect of the traditional ghazal I chose to use was the repeated phrase the RADEEF
Date: 10/28/2013 2:16:00 AM
So this is Gazal.Beautiful poem Debi.Will try one.
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Date: 10/26/2013 11:50:00 PM
Debbie; this is a beautiful pome. I like the way you ended it. Thanks for sharing and for reading - A Vida Loca. ... Lucilla
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Date: 10/25/2013 6:14:00 PM
great ghazal....could relate to and see all of your images! lovely write my friend :)
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Date: 10/25/2013 11:48:00 AM
This flows so beautifully... You could win your own contest with this one. :o) Glad you liked my tree verse.
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Date: 10/25/2013 4:09:00 AM
could not possibly do that Debbie, it is the source to this wonderful poetry...long time missed a lot of wonderful poetry especially yours...
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Date: 10/24/2013 8:15:00 PM
Great write Deb, definitely deserves the top spot...Seren
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Date: 10/24/2013 6:53:00 PM
nicely penned Debbie..
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Date: 10/24/2013 4:36:00 PM
- This was beautiful Debbie !!! - I had to read your entry, because I have also written one for this contest today. - I wish you good luck in the contest! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 10/24/2013 4:30:00 PM
very cool. Debbie, good luck in the contest...............SKAT
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