“i am done with you,”
the moon said to the poets
and disappeared.
who will now take the shape/size/stigma
of a wiling metaphor,
for the face of the beloved,
for the lip-service of madness,
for the tongue-tied tears of memories,
for the handheld company of solitary souls,
gazing through a window-screen
at a moon-less sky?
.
© Anmol Arora
A 55-worded verse for Weekend Mini-Challenge: Strange News at WRT
HA's Place 
I feel like a guilty killer in the witness box- having beaten those metaphors to death. But the moon gave me no choice 🙂
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I believe this is my favorite poem of yours that I’ve read.
“who will now take the shape/size/stigma
of a wiling metaphor,
for the face of the beloved,
for the lip-service of madness,
for the tongue-tied tears of memories,
for the handheld company of solitary souls”
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Ooooo I love the attributes you have accredited to the moon as we choose them poetically.. this is a brilliant piece!
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The moon might be an overused metaphor… I prefer to see it as a mirror, and without a mirror we would be lost.
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This is absolutely breathtaking, Anmol! ❤️ I don’t think we humans realize the significance of the moon.. how it stabilizes the earth’s rotation and how tides are one of the most important ways that the Moon affects life on Earth. Especially love; “for the tongue-tied tears of memories.” 🙂
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Yes, we would be in a pickle, without the moon to spark our muse………..I love this poem!
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Love the metaphors!
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I think he cut off his nose to spite his face. Now were will the man in the moon be able to hang out? 🙂
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Sometimes, enough is just enough. Who will shine on the poet’s muses, indeed… What will happened to all the unfocused madness and howls.
I really love the tone of this one, especially the personality of the moon.
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I like what you did with the challenge!!
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Love this, especially those first three punchy lines. Great!
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Oh yes, what would we poets do without the moon?
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I love the use of window-screen here as it seems like something one both sees through and uses as a block. Very cool! Thanks. K.
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wow, that beginning struck straight to the heart. I felt a pissed off moon walking out. And the poet stuttering “but I need you for my metaphors!” Love the whole poem
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Ahh this is beautiful!
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