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The Lunar Moth

she stood there like she had done every night
for the last three years
…alone...
in the endless darkness she shivered
in spite of the warm summer air
looking up the at the stars
sprinkled across sky like tiny diamonds
she closed her bright green eyes
she felt nothing as her thoughts
whirled into motion
…but....
what was so different about tonight?
opening her eyes slightly
she saw a strange glow
laying on the wet ground
a small lunar moth shone
a brilliant green
stunned, the frail girl scooped
the tiny creature up in her hands.
As the girl lifted the helpless creature
toward the heavens a soft wind blew
the creature fluttered against the gentle wind
...resisting....
the girl drew her hands in
…whispering…
"everything
will be alright....I promise"
once again she lifted the beauty up
…but…
a different breeze blew, even softer than the first
and once again the creature fluttered
…but with a will…
as the green moth floated away into the night
the small girl smiled for the first time
in three years

by invu2
posted on 01/07/2008

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Comment by DeVdoll343: Jan 7, 2008 5:57 pm
this is succhhhh a beautiful poem! great write, keep up the good work
Comment by quies: Jan 7, 2008 6:21 pm
Interesting and enjoyable. However, the poem lacks punctuation that seems necessary in several parts of it. True, poems can be written how the poet intends, but without punctuation (which you already use in other parts), some lines leading into others become run-on and impede the flow of reading. For example, "...the frail girl scooped the tiny creature up in her hands" (a comma, or preferably period, is needed after "hands"). Also, in the only quote in the poem, it begins on one line and continues on another. However, you use quotation marks in both parts of it, like "everything"/"will be alright....I promise". This is unnecessary unless the quotations were from two different people/things or interrupted. To correct it, simply remove the ending quotation from everything, and the beginning from the next line, so it reads "everything / be alright....I promise".

Overall, an interesting poem and topic. I really enjoy poems that are written in this fashion and tell a story (regardless of length or whether they rhyme). It's one of the closest forms of poetry that evokes personal experience or emotion as it can get. Good job.
Comment by UpAgainstTheWall: Jan 7, 2008 8:23 pm
I really enjoyed it. Jod job.
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