
was to be the cover painting for “Pitcher of Moon” but didn’t work out.
JULY MOON
A pale moon rises,
Unheralded, surprising
With its presence so early at dusk.
It wavers in the summer heat
Like a ghost under water.
The cicadas hold their breath-
Their leg-fiddles muted,
And the earth turns quiet
If only for a moment.
Brushing the lush green tree tops
It floats upward into a still-lavender sky,
Gaining presence, strength, gloss
As it balances in the darkening light,
A well-trod path– fascinating eternity.
A world-weary face appears
And casts a bemused gaze downward
Before sailing through the night
Into the harbor of Dawn.
Jane Kohut-Bartels
Copyrighted, 2017
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