This is one of my poems I wrote in a small room in Kosovo after being surprised by a gorgeous moon. That room holds a lot of meaning, the friends and army buddies I shared it with, the many emotions and experiences that met me in that small Sea-hut built of pine by our Navy brothers.
This is one of my poems I wrote in a small room in Kosovo after being surprised by a gorgeous moon. That room holds a lot of meaning, the friends and army buddies I shared it with, the many emotions and experiences that met me in that small Sea-hut built of pine by our Navy brothers.
Billy, this is gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing. You pulled me right into the simple beauty of that moment. I love the comparison of Susan and the moon and your perfect final line - “could catch my breath.”
Thank you for sharing, Billy -- this is beautiful. There's a real openness and sense of wonder in allowing your breath to be caught by familiar things. Your poem feels imbued with wonder.
Thank you for sharing this, Billy! I love the subtle difference in your last line between the perhaps more common "make me catch my breath" and how you instead wrote, "could catch my breath."
This is wonderful and lovely, Billy. Your poem has a lyrical beauty and flow, and evokes the beauty of the moon and the tenderness and wonder of a person and a place. Thank you for bringing light and depth to a place so many of us know only for its tragedies and hard times. Blessings to you.
"Antiqued and clear/low and luminous/she floats" - really gorgeous lines. And the line about realizing that we never really know one another struck me as poignant and true. Thanks for sharing.
This is one of my poems I wrote in a small room in Kosovo after being surprised by a gorgeous moon. That room holds a lot of meaning, the friends and army buddies I shared it with, the many emotions and experiences that met me in that small Sea-hut built of pine by our Navy brothers.
https://open.substack.com/pub/billy2r6q7/p/24-feb-2000-half-moon-waning?r=1nyjrs&utm_medium=ios
Billy, this is gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing. You pulled me right into the simple beauty of that moment. I love the comparison of Susan and the moon and your perfect final line - “could catch my breath.”
Thank you for sharing, Billy -- this is beautiful. There's a real openness and sense of wonder in allowing your breath to be caught by familiar things. Your poem feels imbued with wonder.
Thank you for sharing this, Billy! I love the subtle difference in your last line between the perhaps more common "make me catch my breath" and how you instead wrote, "could catch my breath."
This is wonderful and lovely, Billy. Your poem has a lyrical beauty and flow, and evokes the beauty of the moon and the tenderness and wonder of a person and a place. Thank you for bringing light and depth to a place so many of us know only for its tragedies and hard times. Blessings to you.
"Antiqued and clear/low and luminous/she floats" - really gorgeous lines. And the line about realizing that we never really know one another struck me as poignant and true. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing Billy...I am transported to that small room and seeing that large moon with your writing!
I like the idea of the moon garnering our attention.
Also, Go navy.