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A Moonlit Call

January 16, 2021
By Anonymous

A full 

moon brimming,

silently rising,


A hollow 

cry piercing,

longing,


do I 

hear 

a soul?


perhaps he’s

looking for 

his long-lost 

love, searching

for her 

song, singing 

praise

to the 

moon for

lighting his

path


but perhaps 

he calls 

for the

sun to 

rise, a 

solstice, to 

melt the 

falling snow


or perhaps

it is an echo

from his 

pride; his

mother, brother

and ancestors 


or else 

he may be voicing 

his resolution 

to proceed,

while trapped in

the icy

world


The author's comments:

This poem is about a wolf howling to the moon. In this poem, I try to capture the eerie call, the longing if the wolf, and the silvery quality the moon gives that completes the scene.


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