FULL
MOON: CORN MOON
It
hears a root make movement in the soil,
words
that leaves make when the wind comes strong and
sudden.
Reads that map the shadows trace to
show
where day has gone. It speaks in tongues we
have
forgotten. In the sparrow’s flight can
see
a signal, or sense danger in the glisten
of
a pond. It wears the woodland cinquefoil
for
yellow buttons on each silver strand
of
light it pulls across the prairieland.
This
moon embraces life. Impatiently
perusing,
pleading like a lonely man
who
has repented loneliness: “Listen —
I
who now know love this summer night,
Urge
all green hearts to blossom and delight!”
~Hugh Moore
Hugh Moore’s art exhibit, “Tasting the Universe Pie,” is on display at Prairie House Custom Frames through the end of July. Stores hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
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This article appears in Jun 12-18, 2014.
