FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: MOON STONES Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words moon and/or stone, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on June14th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Moon Stones will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, June 15th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Saturday, June 8, 2024

linda m. crate

a poet wedded to the sea


moonstones are some

of my favorite

stones,

 

love how they shimmer like

the whitest moon sings in the sky;

 

and their energy is always

healing

to me—

 

carnelian is lovely,

too,

but there's just something

about moonstone that always calls

to me

 

like a siren song;

 

i want to adorn myself in a dress

made of moonstones one day as i walk

by the ocean shore,

and the sun and moon can dance as an audience

for my hymns as i sing my siren song

to the universe—

 

a poet wedded to the sea,

born of the moon;

daughter of the sun and sister

to the clouds and crows alike.




do they long for the ocean?


i wonder if the

moon counts

all of her stones,

 

if she remembers how

each one was formed;

 

i wonder what secrets she

may harbor in their

shells

 

& if i will ever know

their secrets—

 

i am her daughter,

but she can still be a mystery to me;

 

she has taught me i am beautiful

in all of my phases,

and that i always shine even when

i cannot see my light;

 

but i wonder about her stones—

 

do they long for the ocean

like i do?




moonstone & flowers


i want a flower crown

laced with moonstones,

 

as i walk beneath the

silvery whisper

of the moon at night;

 

listening to the roar of the

ocean as ghost crabs

 

scuttle about trying to

avoid the eager human hands

trying to catch them—

 

i want to be kissed underneath

this silvery whisper

of moonlight,

 

to give the moon rocks of my love

which have remained buried deep within

the protective shells of my trust for years to

someone who will appreciate their

beauty and magic along with mine.


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