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.
About Bartholomew Barker
Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
Living Poetry 
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
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Posted by Steve Croft | July 15, 2019, 3:54 PMTidally good!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 16, 2019, 4:03 PMNicely done!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | July 16, 2019, 4:13 PMUnder light of night
we talked of man on the moon
how small that became
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | July 15, 2019, 5:23 PMExcellent.
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 16, 2019, 4:04 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | July 16, 2019, 4:12 PMIn 2019
moon over Manhattan shone
lone lighting the streets
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | July 15, 2019, 5:25 PMLisa, I like the haiku (wink)
sun’s herald of light
moon’s soul of ceramic white
marvels day and night
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Posted by Stevve Croft | July 16, 2019, 2:58 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | July 16, 2019, 4:12 PMTimely!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 16, 2019, 4:04 PMThank you!
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Posted by Lisa Tomey | July 16, 2019, 4:12 PMCold 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,
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Posted by obbverse | July 19, 2019, 11:05 PMVery nice!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 19, 2019, 11:13 PM