Lunar Light
Journal of Arts and Literature
Reflections, illuminations, insights, and fanciful ponderings for your delight.
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One More Time, S.L. Hamrick
Can I hold you one more time
before the day your grown.
And tell you that I love you
even though you’ve always know...
My Heart Beats
My Heart Beats
but time moves
My heart beats
the clock ticks
things change forever
and forever stay the same…
Jaguar Song: Poetry & Art by Sarah Burkle
Her black fur glistens
Even in the dark of the moon
The low growl rumbling in soft waves…
Birdie, by Tressa Brittin Berman
Now I am going to tell a story. What they used to tell about.
—Ella P. Waters
If it wasn’t for Birdie, daughter of Matilda Waters, great-grand-daughter of Sitting Bear, I would not have touched into that small opening that held me to this place from the inside…
Sister Hunting, by Keith Gaboury
When the Sunday morning sun
hands out sunburns
like maternity ward newborns,
I sprint through
that neonate heat…
I Shall Call You, by Kimberly Satterfield
You have so many names, 108?
What should I call you?
Great Mother, Divine Mother—
Using a well-worn salutation feels lazy…
A Finger Skyscraper, by Keith Gaboury
I know I’m unremarkable.
I’m one of 8 billion human beings
all with a pulse
vibrating through limbed consciousness…
Bending to the Day, by Kimberly Satterfield
Wrap me in a shawl of
no expectation,
a blue shawl
with green metallic thread…
OCD’s Got This, by Cy Anne
I often deal with problems
by saying “I got this.”
This is a lie. I do not got this…
Your Name, by Jennifer Mills Kerr
Heavy on my tongue,
hard candy that doesn’t
melt or sweeten,
the taste of old pennies
in spring water…
Poetry & Photography by Idlore Eroldi
I let the room fill with smoke, from me and the hearth,
for its warmth and musk.
I let my heart get filled with emotion, from building memories upon memories…
A New Unique Literary Journal: WordSwell
Creatives, get ready with your poetry, prose, and artwork! There’s a new literary journal now accepting provocative poetry, prose, and artwork submissions…
Shane Michael Close: Illuminating Paths with Positivity
Where to begin?
If I won
I would pay it forward
I would not worry
I could share it…
Our Lunar Daughter, by Keith Gaboury
Our Lunar Daughter
our new moon daughter
descended from an orbiting perch
nine months ago…
Capricorn New Moon, Poetry by Jacqueline Lasahn
New year, new moon.
Feet on the ground.
Precious life. Precious earth.
Hands on responsibility…
In Honor of the New Moon: Poetry by Mark Coleman; Art by Sarah Burkle
If you knew you were about
To step off the cliff of the known
To slip from the safety of the familiar
Into the womb of darkness
That has no names
Would you still cross that threshold…
Poetry & Art by Derry Van Nortwick
It is not hard to accept that
you are better off without me hanging round
Driving in smokey cars
Crashing through morning
Hard enough
To have had a friend, who now
Rather not care for me at all…
Poetry & Art by Sarah Burkle
A hummingbird came to me,
Through my balcony and to my shoe
I could say it was attracted to my pink sneaker
But I think it came really to say hello to my soul…
Life Lived: Poetry by Sarah Burkle
Oh life, what a beauty you are!
Light and love-filled
And as my shadow crawls to the surface
I allow the light to creep into the darkest corners…
“The darkness in you will begin to glow, and you will see clearly... If you will light your lamp you can gaze far over the ocean and even embark on it. Sitting in your chair you can travel farther than ever...”
Art by Sarah Burkle