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A Love Poem for the Moon Celebrating the Solar Eclipse, April 8, 2024

Moonlight Yoga

The October full moon lingers in her pale shadow
waiting for the sun to plunge into the sunset river

before she enters the night.

Standing under an old oak, I place my hand
onto its bark thickened and grooved

like a rice farmer’s palm.

I stretch my arms over the head and slowly arch back
like a crescent moon and inhale the faint scent
of the old tree.

When I was innocent like a plum I used to play
hide-and-seek under a harvest moon, hiding

behind a stone Buddha with missing ears.

I circle the oak, like the moon around the earth
not once turning her face to reveal

the dark side of her.

The full moon beams down onto my head
as if trying to levitate me.

Aware of her magic that can lift the ocean,
I dig down my heels into the earth
where I belong.

Drinking the forgiving air of the moon-drunken park
I amble down to the city light dancing
in the full moon night.

Written and posted © Therese Young Kim
The Moon in the Park
Photo Credit: The Moon in the Park by © Therese Young Kim

Poem


Cartoon ship, cut pearl chip

Majestic, and in flight

Like some slow-thrown handkerchief

Tossed from Juno’s hand

Before she took the step

from life to stone

The Moon.


Poem by Thomas Holahan, who lives in New York City and works
there under a vault of painted stars.


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"Ode to the oak" and other poems

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Ode to the Oak

River of Time

Your Sentimental Stranger


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"Ode to the Oak" was published in Tuck Magazine with the following link
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Photo Credit: Nadine Matthews

 




A title poem for the website http://yoursentimentalstranger.com,
written and read by Therese Young Kim.
Venue: The Poetry Project c/o St. Mark's Church open reading,
New York City, 10/06/2014
Audio provided by Laura Henriksen
Images from Therese Young Kim's photo album.
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All the photos that don't contain the images of the poet were taken by the poet.

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