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Phases of the Moon
by Glenn CurrierShe is the new moon--
but in her soft darkness
you see vice.
She is poised for waxing--
but sliver by sliver
silver overtakes her night.
Right there in sight
slowly circling
she bares her self.
Why are you blinded
by quarter shadows
as she rises to fullness?
From the abyss
of your court
see the shining in her wane.
"
inside is a creature
it's distant and dark
inside is a heart."
Last verse from Lau-tzu's Taoteching, verse 21 08/22/2004 Author's Note: I hope this is not too abstract. I continue--very slowly--to read the Taoteching and have not understood verse 21 as fully as I would like. So I went to a website (see below) about the phases of the moon and finally I got it. Of late, as a result of some reading and dialoging with my wife, Helen, I have had some new awareness about the nature of spirituality, namely, that it is about the transformation of the self in the big middle of the ordinary everyday messiness of life. Originally I began the poem with the word: "I" but decided that I might get some better insights if I made it about another, making myself the "you" in the poem. http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonphase/
Posted on 08/22/2004
Copyright © 2024 Glenn Currier
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Jack Lanier on 08/23/04 at 03:08 PM The flow of this, Glenn is what is so magnetic. Great work!! |
| Posted by JD Clay on 09/10/04 at 12:05 AM I appears that you have begun thinking with your heart while allowing your mind to rest. That is the way. Cerebral read, Glenn...pe4ce |
| Posted by Betania Tesch on 10/26/04 at 08:04 PM you are a master poet, glenn, and reading your work is such a pleasure...I am recently studying astronomy and this is touching on nerves with me...the cycles of the moon are so feminine and along with literary ideals of the female we have an interesting paradox of darkness and beauty...it may be interesting to note, however that we always only see one side of the moon...the same face ever and again...for me that adds even more depth to this. |
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