Reaching for the moon, or: One giant step

A limerick

Ruled by hunger, the glutton was hasty,
Though the blackberry moon sure looked tasty!
He reached- but grabbed only air,
For rising up out of his chair
Left the fat man panting, sweaty, and pasty.

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d’Verse poetics: Mooning around

At d’Verse, writers were encouraged to select one of the following names for the October moon and include it in a poem:

• Traveller’s
• Blackberry
• Gopher Looks Back
• Hunter’s
• Blood
• Seed Fall
• In Ivy
• Kindly

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Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!