Childhood Moon Poems

In the shadow of a moon with two faces,
I walk, a tangled web of woven traces.
His kindness, light that warms a wintry day,
His wrath, a...

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when skies bleed 
your sonnets~
every drop of 
           garnet rain 
    ...

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What is the noise I hear,  
could it be a loud cheer?  
Oh no my dear,  
we must leave and go the...

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Sunday eventide on the slope of the
fire-hued mountain,
owls take flight from the pine boughs,
I'm sitting by an open window,
peace of writing in the night.

Hunter's moon,...

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The black velvet sky,  
with diamond dancing stars.  
The full moon,  
shining brightly.  
Morning awaits,   
sun bursting into color....

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Lorca Translations II

Canción del jinete (“Song of the Rider”)
by Federico Garcia Lorca
translation by Michael R. Burch

Cordoba. Distant and lone.
Black pony, big moon,
olives in my saddlebag.
Although...

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Our sky is filled with beauty,                                       ...

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The day is coming to a close,                  ...

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Late evening.
I have put aside a book 
and prefer to wander
the freedom of a darkened room, 
drift through a window
into a framed sky
where a bright...

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The bright sun 
hot for me 
burned my skin 



The moon night 
full is best 
sky lights up 



Stars that shine 
one~two more 
make a...

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Erroneous mirror scatters his face
        Mills his skin into thin porous powder
      ...

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Paper Airplanes
I made paper airplanes decades ago
One super creation I named Zoomo 
Once my Zoomo and I took off in flight
Lift off was on the...

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As I sink deep into my mattress and pillow,                ...

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There are piggies of The Woods,
there are piggies of The Sea.
Not all piggies are equal;
this is clear to me.

There are piggies who sing -
and they...

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Tonight we sit under the full moonlight,                           what a beautiful sight.     ...

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