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Monday Poetry Prompt: Moon

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To honor the 50th anniversary of the first man on the moon this week, let’s write a poem about the moon. Sure, the moon might be most popular inspiration for poetry after love but that doesn’t mean the best moon poem has been written yet. Write an ode to the moon or astronauts, write an elegy for the Apollo program, write a poem about werewolves, I don’t care, just write!

Then post your results in the comments below.

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About Bartholomew Barker

Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry, a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. Born and raised in Ohio, studied in Chicago, he worked in Connecticut for nearly twenty years before moving to Hillsborough where he makes money as a computer programmer to fund his poetry habit.

Discussion

13 thoughts on “Monday Poetry Prompt: Moon

  1. Cold Light Of Day.
    Many many dark moons ago
    A neanderthal gazed up, dull eyes aglow,
    Millennia later, up goes Apollo-
    Now that there’s no warm heavenly body, hell no.
    Wonders have ceased, but now we know,

    Liked by 1 person

    Posted by obbverse | July 19, 2019, 11:05 PM
  2. In 2019
    moon over Manhattan shone
    lone lighting the streets

    Liked by 2 people

    Posted by Lisa Tomey | July 15, 2019, 5:25 PM
  3. Under light of night
    we talked of man on the moon
    how small that became

    Liked by 2 people

    Posted by Lisa Tomey | July 15, 2019, 5:23 PM
  4. the moon’s kiss of white light
    a whisper of peace where
    frogs croak, fireflies blink

    while its quiet power
    moves the earth’s molten center,
    rocks oceans in their beds

    Liked by 2 people

    Posted by Steve Croft | July 15, 2019, 3:54 PM

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