Who Hung The Moon? Poem by Daniella Ramirez
Who Hung The Moon?
The nights I have gazed
to the black shore and back,
the stars, themselves, appraised
the worth of the black.
To sail solar flares
and to ride without wings
among the sparkling heirs;
we are mere fledglings.
How errant I am
to seek cloudy castles.
Across dark skies I swam
to meet the battles,
Only to be late
with my compass at hand.
It was clear a stalemate
was upon the land.
What Man in the Moon -
What Spirit of the Night -
could make a cricket croon?
or claim the starlight?
So shall I never
know who hung the moon up
'til sweet death endeavors
or until sunup.
The willowy wind
sends my thoughts to the sky;
And the moon simply grins
from his perch up high.
Who hung the moon?
Who hung the moon?
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 9:31:44 PM # 1.0.0.1119
i especially enjoyed the lines: What Man in the Moon - What Spirit of the Night - could make a cricket croon? or claim the starlight? .........................................let me know if you find the answer! :) (moon face) also: And the moon simply grins from his perch up high.' i enjoyed seeing the punctuation used in this poem, instead of no punctuation being used at all, or a period or comma or semicolon used at the end of EACH line (no matter what the sentence structure is) , all three i think being habits used by some poets. that i can not claim to understand this poem does not bother me so much as it bothered me when i read Beautiful Lies and did not understand it. i think it is because this Moon poem seems more of a fantasy, so it could mean most anything. again, i liked the sound of this one, but i liked it a lot better than B. Lies. i always enjoy good rhyming, so i enjoyed these. and i liked that the question at the end was repeated. thanks for sharing. bri :)