Moon Sliver Poems

Surrounded by the cold dark night.
You're all that I have, so I hold you tight. 
No warm bed could be found. 
So in your car...

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sliver of moon shines
deep blue sky dotted with stars.... 
fall''s stillness surrounds    ...

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sliver of a crescent moon
lies upon her back
Orion's belt shining bright
guiding the moon through
the dark night
Until the morning light
...

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I was an experienced astrologer, for wandering stars held much fascination,
Luring in opal darkness of mystery, like beautiful butterfly transformations.

My days were spent charting pretty...

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His final shingle.

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A sliver of silver was discreetly hidden deep in strange woods
Not found for century after century, compounding herself
Dropping coin babies into a hidden crèche in...

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sliver of moon
in summer stillness
she smiles back



AP: 2nd place 2021

Posted May 20, 2018...

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A sliver of moon is enough for me
As it hangs there in the sky,
Like a smile of the Cheshire cat we’d see
If, like Alice, we’d...

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In the sky the moon is but a sliver.
Amidst pondering thoughts I begin to shiver.
Something's there stirring from deep within.
Mingling around the contents of this...

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Gently falling from
The midnight sky

A sliver of silver
Dropped into
My palm,

It began to slowly melt
Into a little silver pool

Caressing
Each fold,
Each crease,

Quiescent in quietude,
Coalescing
With the warmth
Of my...

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Driving home from work
on a hot, August night
the sliver of moon in the sky
never looked so bright.

It looked close enough to touch
hanging so low in...

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