Dear Moon
I hope this letter finds you well
I know you go through phases
So it’s tricky to tell
Please excuse my rumination
As you go through your lunation
And the flow of my thoughts start to rise and swell
I saw you waning
And fading
As ghosts tried to cling to the hem of your skirt
Whispering secrets better left in the dirt
Begging for a blessing, or maybe a curse
Their voices unraveling the edge of the verse
But you turned like a tide, too silent to stay
And swept all their yearning shadows away
New moon
Black mask
An intermission at last
Time for reflection
On all that has passed
Though your face is hidden
I know you’re still watching
My insomniac dance
Now you wax so eloquent
Coy little smile
Makes me feel so relevant
And I’m shuffling my feet
All bashful and shy
At your beauty and grace
On display in the sky
Full bloom
Your light makes everything mysterious
But concurrently reminds not everything is Sirius
Anyway
I listen to the wolves with haikus in their throats
Rabbits cast magic and pull praise from their coats
The owls are hinting at mysteries they know
And moths with your name are dancing ‘round hope
But hey
Don’t feel like you need to write back
Just do what you do on your orbital track
And I’ll look up for inspiration at the end of the day
Forever yours phasally
A
About the Creator
Aaron Morrison
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Born during a (___natural disaster___), Aaron spends his free time exploring (___unusual location (plural) ___) and raising domesticated (___fictional creature (plural)___).
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The Ritual of Winter Challenge Winners
Welcome to the Winners Announcement for The Ritual of Winter challenge. This prompt focused on winter rituals and the meaning that settles into them over time. The top pieces stay grounded in ordinary acts and repeated routines, letting winter shape the work through pace, attention, and restraint.
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absolutely beautiful, congrats on the win👏👏👏
Wooohooooo congratulations on your win! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Fantastic! I enjoyed every brilliant line. So much fun to read—such a playfully immersive experience. This is a very strong entry! Well done!!!! 👏🏽🩷✨
Nice story
This is absolutely awesome. So much clever wordplay, and such sharp-witted turns of phrase (or should I say phase...lol). This is such a stellar entry for the challenge, and a very well-deserved Top Story! :)
Nice, made me wish it were a little bit closer, 240,000 miles is a very long way!
I read this outlaid like a rap
Wow 😲
Born during a sirocco, Aaron spends his free time exploring abandoned mines and raising domesticated frumious bandersnatches. So much fun!
This poem made me smile, I like that, doesn't happen often. Thank you for this delightful surprise! The "anyway" caught me off guard, like we're just having a conversation almost felt like a voicemail and for fun: Born during a hurricane, Aaron spends his free time exploring space and raising domesticated moon rabbits.
I agree with Mackenzie, fantastic work...happy to find your poem, subscribed and looking forward to more
Enjoyable
I absolutely love the rhyme scheme in this; could be put to music! The humor, the puns, the meta-awareness is all working so fricking well. The first half is probably my favorite section, though I love all of it, especially how the sign off is still within the rhyme. This is probably my favorite couplet: "I listen to the wolves with haikus in their throats Rabbits cast magic and pull praise from their coats" I don’t know, feels like a commentary... ;D Great entry! I really want it to place!