Claudia from dVerse Poets has introduced us to a wonderful German artist, Judith Clay, whose dream-like paintings are our poetic inspiration this week. For more pictures and details, please visit Judith’s website http://society6.com/judithclay.
Blue Moon
Please take just this once my hand
and lead me to the terrace
to bathe in silken moonrays
drink in the shush of trees
laugh softly at the mewl of plaintive cats
and trace that whimper within us
eyes sinking in each other’s.
For once switch off reason
indulge in full moon madness
dance among the giants of Poesy
and leave
algorithms, measurements
to tremble just a little
at fear of your neglect,
your newfound magic powers.
And if you can’t lead, follow,
join me in this folly,
savour every twinkle
of fairy-silver dust.
As I ascend, so fly me
with eyes open to wonder
and planetary music our only constant guides.
Just be
Just feel
Oh sweetness
of stolen blue
moon incantation.
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trace the whimper within us…oo i love that….and def some moon madness…and if not leading to follow…eyes open, lets fly…smiles…like the whimsy in this….
Oy, I was trying to be romantic instead of cynical for once! ; – )
oh nice…i like how you move with your poem in just that dreamy mood of her pic….a bath in silken moonrays…i’m def. in for this..ha…just being and a bit of fullmoon madness…sounds wonderful
Yes, that full moon the other night really brought on the madness… Thank you for your kind comments and for joining me on the flight!
This poem is filled with a beautiful kind of joy. I love the folly and the fairy dust!!
Unmoderated folly (in moderation) can only bring about fair dust magic, right?
I enjoyed the romantic mood of your poem!
Ha, glad to see some people saw the romance – just joking, Brian!
Marina Sofia – What a lovely hymn to a little moon-madness. There’s something about the moon that takes us out of it all isn’t there? And you capture it perfectly.
I couldn’t sleep at all the night of the full moon, so I decided to make the most of it.
I really like the first stanza moving into the moon madness of love in the second. A sweet tribute to uncondional passion… Very romantic
Yes! Result! Someone else thought it was romantic. Thanks, Bjorn!
Magical… I especially like the 2nd stanza.
Thank you, Laurie, it’s hard to leave behind the everyday calculations and formulae.
How totally romantic ~ I love the blue full moon madness ~
Thank you – yes, occasionally I do get romantic.
A sensuous invitation, irresistible, I would image. It is full of what we long to engage but rarely allow ourselves the joy of experiencing. Beautiful!
Thank you. It should be irresistible, but all too often we find ourselves resisting … or regretting.
I have someone I’d like to send this invitation to! Like you, I wish everyone could enjoy being a bit crazy from time-to-time. And the full moon can do it!
We all should do it from time to time. Like you, I too had someone specific in mind.
…fly… fly… fly… i always dream to fly like peter pan & now like Mary, the girl in that artwork… fly me to the moon & together we play incantation… loved this… smiles…
Fly Me to the Moon (needless to say) is one of my favourite songs. Well spotted!
Do the needful to savor life at its best, just fly away into some ostensibly good times. Sometimes one need to do just that! Nicely Marina!
Hank
I was actually thinking of another painting when I was writing this – Marc Chagall’s The Walk, with the woman flying skyward, holding the man’s hand.
oh yes, to drink in the shush of trees and let ourselves go moon-mad, even if only once – delicious, lovely
The tree in our garden was making this ‘shush-shush’ noise in the breeze and I couldn’t find a better way of describing it. Thank you, Ruth, for your kind words.
Truly beautiful, I love it … ‘to tremble just a little
at fear of your neglect,’
Thank you, Daniela, I really appreciate that. A change of pace from my usual poetic fare.
What a delightful journey you invite us to take. “For once switch off reason, indulge in full moon madness.” Wonderfully inspiring.
… drink in the shush of trees… I like that! = )
lovely! a very nice poetic journey!
Oooooh, how nice! The second stanza is great. I especially like the beginning of it– “For once switch off reason/indulge in full moon madness/dance among the giants of Poesy/and leave/algorithms, measurements/to tremble just a little/at fear of your neglect… wonderful wording.
Thank you, how kind of you to visit and comment!