Lunar Light
Journal of Arts and Literature
Reflections, illuminations, insights, and fanciful ponderings for your delight.
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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…
Women of Another Era, by Denis Hickey
I believe that of the three sisters, Virginia had the most fun. She worked full-time as an artist, and in the summers was hired by a cruise-ship line to teach art on their cruises. She sailed the seas with my Uncle Leon as her assistant…
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…
Poets Don’t Sleep at Night, by Taya Vasilyeva
Watch video-poem of Taya Vasilyeva reading “Poets Don’t Sleep at Night.”
Drinking wine and watching stars falling.
Another sip, another sleepless night.
They will burn out into inky blackness
just like my muted thoughts, without a fight…
You Have to Cry, by Clive Matson
Watch video-poem of Clive Matson reading “You Have to Cry.”
Don't you know you have to cry?
You have to cry.
You have to cry out all those tears…
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…
♫ Co-founder Katrina Sings Her Heart Out ♫
It's Christmas time! And Moon Blossom coordinators are having holiday cheer as co-founder, Katrina Stuart, sings her heart out in a soulful rendition of Adele's All I Ask ♫…
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…
Green Poem & Green Art by Dawn Bratton
This poem thinks green.
You know, once an aura-reader at a meditation group
told me I was green, I thought he was crazy.
now? a green moment has presented itself…
Poetic Ponderings
As Simple As by Sarah Burkle
It does often seem glamorous
Waking from groggy nightmares
Crusted eyes and dry mouth…
“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