Artemis rising

by Larry Chamberlin   Mar 20, 2011


Great Moon, mounting globe, sacred Lunar
eucharist eye: portion for her feast.
awe struck, stilled by beauty fire-infused,
spirit starved minds howl at her like beasts.

She's near enough to earth to tumble down
and crush each mortal and his schemes;
we scurry 'neath her torch-lit globe impaled
mid-flight and wary of God's dreams.

We're drawn transfixed into the fields;
when the maid rises to her perigee
we wake, grasp other wolfish hands,
esteem spirit, then bless eternity.

[19 March 2011, full moon in extreme perigee]
[six major religions are reflected in this work]

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  • 13 years ago

    by Larry Chamberlin

    I used a semicolon because the stanza consisted of two interdependent clauses: the seeming physical threat of the moon in the first clause is transformed into a paralyzing cognitive force in the second clause.

    A colon would have forced the interpretation that impalement occurred in the physical sense as presented in the first clause; a period would have passed up the opportunity to reflect the clauses against each other; a comma would have been far too weak a stop; a hyphen would have made the second clause subordinate to the first.

  • 13 years ago

    by Sunshine

    Amazing,well worded. you have a great talent lary,always have. the expressions were perfectly worded,alas am on phone trying to get myself sleep and cant choose u my best parts. strong opening and effective ending.

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