The Moon
The Moon is often feminine in poetry,
Sylvia Plath was heavily influenced
by the White Goddess.
Lady Mary W Montagu, writes
in the ‘Hymn to the Moon’
“The lover’s guardian and the muse’s aid
By thy pale beams I solitary rove,
To thee my tender grief confide;
Serenely sweet you gild the silent grove
My friend, my goddess and my guide…”
And for Emily Dickinson
The moon was but a chin of gold,
“and now she turns her perfect face
Upon the world below,”
Like Lady Godiva,
Goddess Selene sits astride
the gleaming silvery steed
wrapped in a warm glow of white fire
and rides across the sky.
She is the muse of the poet,
Tethered to the spirit of the sea,
A sparkling beacon in the night
for two hearts lost in love.
Fickle, whimsical, mysterious
like a coy maiden
She often hides behind the veil
offering teasing glimpses
to charm the lovelorn souls.
~Contest: Is the Moon male or Female
~Sponsor: Chantelle Anne Cooke.
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