White Star

White Star
The draft it muttered and gently grew,
Like moonlight was washing through,
But curtains shut and others slept,
And in my room this orb of light crept.
Toward and back it would swiftly go,
Not ghostlike, a spirit that could glow,
Yet it muttered by and shone lark,
And lit the darkest room ever of dark.
Passes me there its soul was [...]

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The Moon and The Sun

The Moon and The Sun
The full moon creeps to touch my window ledge
and a million stars shine brightly tonight
the silver moon shimmers at nighttime so bright.
The moon and the stars are hidden away
day light dawns the sun in the distance
not gone forever but blinded by persistence.

© Andrew Lockley 2008

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Could a world if moonless be lost?

Could a world if moonless be lost?
Should a night’s sky be so full?
If a star should shoot away out of our years
Would future sights be merely dull?
As if we would notice them gone.
A place for a full moons presence to be a treasure
wish such a place was not light-years away,
For a night sky’s magic to [...]

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Lunar Night

Lunar Night
Lay bare on a hillside enrich the deepest darks
mirrored on a shattered lake of glass,
broaden the night congress among stars.
Willow trees weep to a waters edge
a dozen brown moths flutter beyond,
golden dust falls by leaves a moth’s chosen path
our full moon beauty mysteriously bound.
My golden moon once was our relic
shone down a gleaming charm [...]

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Black Moon

Black Moon
A blackened moon once was a relic
shon down a gleaming charm on silver lined sky
her years of glory, eclipsing, rotating, waiting
though shortening, shattering, soon to die.
© Andrew Lockley 2008

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The Moon

The Moon
Luminous moon
Enlighten the night,
Twinkling stars
Glowing with light,
Behind is the sun
Keeping it bright,
Shining in darkness
It blazes alight.
© Andrew Lockley 2008

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