Everybody Wrote a Poem about the Moon

[Manna]

Everybody must write at least one
poem about the moon.

......An invitation, then?
......I'm aware people are tired of moon poems,
......but you should always try everything four times
......and not grow even mildly tired of it.

Ok, then let's write freshly of the moon
(no mentioning dairy products).

......Everyone, write of cheese and milky light!
...... Moon Moon go away.
...... Come again some other day.

I see you on the sunless side
and beauty is different with each encounter
......perfect.

......Everybody has to write
......a poem about the moon.
......Moonshine oh moonshine
......as sweet as you flow -
......shine on the sunless

Tell me lover, if that light were on me,
would you still give me dark chocolate?
and would I still…

...... last week the moon was just a sliver
...... the whole sphere gently lit
...... then it changed back again,
...... last week was just a sliver
...... on the sunless side.
...... you murmur, last week
...... last week the moon was just a sliver –
...... very beautiful.

Greg says,
...... I like implicit moons more,
...... and now I see I ruined a good idea,
...... a poem splintered upon the sea.

(This one belongs on the lunatic fringe.)

Pagan I, deified in a gap:
A cleft in the Rock of Eden
houses my nomadic longing.
A howl plays backwards.

......~ Maybe Greg’s intricate blue figure
......lying in the nomad's cleft
......is the wreckage of the full moon
......floating broken on the open poem

The figure looks like a flower that’s dying
splintered upon the sea.
Although the words say
'a heavy burden has been lifted...'
the man resembles razor blades.

...... is the implicit light in the top of a cave
...... there so Greg can read the words?
...... did Greg write them?
...... or is he completely separate?

Moon Moon go away.
Come again some other day.
(Greg wrote that. Wink.)
that star on his forehead
is a reflection of a day moon

Everybody has to write at least one broken poem

...... now night or day, he calls
...... to romance the moon
...... with dark chocolate
...... and by telling her she's beautiful.