Poetry Tag - Blog Posts

poems about the moon 🌒

Worm Moon by Mary Oliver

Moon Song by Roy Ivan Johnson

To Catch the Moon by Chong Bum Kim

Morning Song by Sara Teasdale

Not The Moon by Margaret Atwood

Everyone Is Asleep by Enomoto Seifu-jo

The Sweetness of Dogs by Mary Oliver

The Moon Looked Into My Window by E. E. Cummings

Dear Moon by Warsan Shire

The Poet Of Ignorance by Anne Sexton

Owl and Pussycat, Some Years Later by Margaret Atwood

Will You Come? by Edward Thomas

If My Hands Could Peel by Federico García Lorca

Days Of Kindness by Leonard Cohen

The Moonlight by Noah Buchholz

The Moon was But a Chin of Gold by Emily Dickinson

What We Have by Warsan Shire

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who r ur fav poets!? ive been wanting to start read some poetry and i find myself scrolling thru ur poetry tag sometimes :3

ahh thank you for asking!!! here are a few of my faves, i hope you like them! please feel free to come back and let me know what u think <3

richard siken (obviously) — like i think if you're on tumblr you're probably already familiar with siken's work, but. his stuff just Hits and i've read and reread and highlighted and annotated both of his books so many times. recommended poem: litany in which certain things are crossed out

grendel menz — i think comics poetry is really cool and does not get enough recognition as a genre of poem (or as a genre of comic)!!! and grendel's stuff is always fucking incredible. hits 100% of the time. recommended poem: mirror resurrected

ocean vuong — i still haven't read his latest, but night sky with exit wounds is def among my fave poetry collections. recommended poem: home wrecker

sophie collins — i read this poem for the first time a couple years ago and it's lodged itself in my brain completely. it's such a stunning and heartbreaking exploration of a very specific location, and the last couple lines destroy me every time i read it. recommended poem: healers

emily berry — i'm torn on which poem i want to recommend you of hers so i'm giving you two, because i think her work works best when it's read together and you can get an idea of her voice. so. recommended poem(s): tragedy for one voice (one of my favorite poems of all time) & bad new government

ada limón — if you've scrolled through my poetry tag you've definitely seen a ton of her stuff! i need to buy more of her books (i only own bright dead things). recommended poem: the conditional

i need to read more poetry too, honestly, so if anyone has any recs for me i would love to hear them! :^)

Nights in Arabia

“I dream of green;

Then I dream of bronze;

I dream;

Oh;

I dream;

Of sunlit shafts;

And winding roads;

Of springtime blossom;

The squawk of crows;

I dream of sand and salt;

Of harsh sea winds;

;

Of eyes, slits of vision;

Held fast against the dark desert dust;

I dream of dunes;

Shifting and swaying with change;

Moving in time with the breath of the world;

I dream of oasis;

Of veils and strange women;

Of war and peace;

Of hawks, hunting prey in twilight;

Of conquest;

Pillage and plunder;

Of nights in Arabia;

;”

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Sweet Summer Dear

“Locks of chocolate;

My sweet summer dear;

Eyes of bronze;

Her beauty I fear;

Cannot compare;

To any you know;

These words shall fail;

But on I must go;

For beauties sake;

I try;

Oh I try;

To capture my love;

Held earnest in eye;

Tender and fierce;

Her soul hot with fire;

I go without;

For my heart is in dire;

Need of such comforts;

As lovers embrace;

My sweet summer dear;

Oh please just erase;

This pain from my heart;

Plead people around;

From heaven to hell;

Or sky to ground;

My sweet summer dear;

Steals hearts with a glance;

Scrunches them up;

Then charges with lance;

Pierces and conquers;

Then throws without;

Loves exit the trance;

Words failed;

No doubt;”

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“With muscle of lead;

But mind like iron;

With a heart of gold;

And passionate crying;

Come one, come all;

Here be pain;

Here be sorrow;

His midnight tears;

Are gone on the morrow;

Tired and weary;

His eyes do tell;

Those lies of courage;

Oh known too well;

To friends and foes;

Show no compare;

Brave wrinkled heart;

A-shock with care;

Fear and doubt;

Oh grip so tight;

So cry to me;

My sweet;

Goodnight;”

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“In a world of busyness and action;

I am still. I am silent;

.

Noise of excess;

Of screeching tyres;

Of high heels on tile;

Of strutting skirts and sweeping suits;

Of running and impatient waiting;

I hear, and yet I do not;

Of tics and bells;

And whistles and alarms;

On and on, the reminders march;

I here;

I hear not”

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“The naked moon, painted; Pink with envy. Stares greedily upon the land Dunes, moving in their turn. Call back to her from below; Her supple flesh, naught but a sliver, smiles shyly upon lovers wrapped in passion; On young babes, squealing in fright; Her fey light, dull and ghostly, entices young lithe bodies, whispering of wanderings; Of lonely clouds, of cirrus and cumulonimbus; of far off lands; Of exotic desert woman, with eyes of piercing marble, and veils of black pitch; Her lust, springs forth from her loins; And spills across the seas; Intoxicating sailors; And inciting miseries; Lonely nights of longing; Come quick upon their ships; Dreams of fine young women; With thick and supple lips; ”

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“Slowly, his heart does beat; Quiet as the sea; On a cold starry night; Brisk and fresh, the air; Whispered on the wind; His love, hot; Like fire in the mouth of the cave; Shouts out to the darkening void; . Begging; Screaming; Oh pleading for respite;”

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i the eye

“i;

A mirror;

Who’s eyes look inward;

Eyes searching for i;

Who is the i that searches, and who’s eyes do search for i?;

For what am i? But a mirror who searches inward;

Reflected back;

Unto the infinite;”

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Rain undone

“Sold his heart, in a backstreet corner;

Dark and bleak, the tears of a mourner;

Slow yet steady, the shadows creep;

With silent steps, hear not a creak;

Come light of day, turn rain undone;

Come rays of sun, oh what fun;

Sky cracked wide, and earth closed over;

Blackened skin, bright supernova;”

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