Rock Paper Cheese
June 5th, 2008

Rock Paper Cheese

I love looking at the moon, especially when
it’s a full moon. It makes me a little crazy.

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“The child’s wonder
At the old moon
Comes back nightly.
She points her finger
To the far silent yellow thing
Shining through the branches
Filtering on the leaves a golden sand,
Crying with her little tongue, “See the moon!”
And in her bed fading to sleep
With babblings of the moon on her little mouth.”
Poem by Carl Sandburg, Child Moon

^ 14 Comments...

  1. Abigail

    But the child will ask the eternal question “who lives there?” And will stay pondering who/what/if until sleep and dreams take them to yet another far off land.

  2. nursemyra

    now I’m singing “Blue moon….” by the cowboy junkies

  3. Lindsaylobe

    What do you know~ K Karmody/Paul Kelly/ One night THE Moon
    There is a story in your eyes
    I wish I could see
    Clouds of sorrow shadowed in your eyes
    Calling to me
    What do you know ? What can you see? I can track the shadows of the moon
    Across the winds of time
    From the heart to the limits of the land
    The path is well defined
    Beyond the known, we’re not alone

  4. Eidur

    same here Sera, same here…
    gettin a little dizzy/crazy once per month should be enforced by law…

  5. Theresa

    So, are you a werewolf? I love the moon too, but I don’t know if it makes me crazy. I t makes me wonder how many other people are looking at it. :)

  6. Seraphine Khorana

    Abigail. Children are honest to themselves, that’s why their thoughts are amazing/sweet.
    Eidur. And it’s you girl makin’ it spin, you’re making me dizzy, my heart is spinning.
    Lindsaylobe. That’s beautiful. We’re not alone.
    Nurse Myra. I *love* the cowboy junkies! They get better and better.
    Theresa. No not a werewolf. An ant perhaps. I get “antsy” and talkative.

  7. Zippora Zabelin

    This song immediately came into my mind. And hmm… I tend to sleep restless when it’s full moon ;-)

  8. matthew

    For me its rain. I LOVE the rain. I get super happy whenever its gloomy and raining outside. Not sure why but i just go with it. The moon is nice to look at through a telescope. Too bad someday it will pull away from us and drift to a new destination. Imagine what it looked like to ancient man. It must have seemed huge!!!

  9. Kira

    The universe is really fantastic!
    you are really right, i feel the same way sometimes…

    a kiss!

  10. nova-san

    I love the moon, and it makes me crazy too. I have a wolf, and she howls at the moon. It’s the coolest thing.

  11. Zee

    Now - what am I going to say? Forget it, I am going to bed now, new moon, half moon or no moon. Doesn’t matter. That thing is swirling around the sky all the time anyway. What difference does it make except for me going crazy?
    What’s that “green cheese” all about? I thought there was only blue-cheese. Well, I suppose “green-cheese” could be goat cheese sprinkled with chives.
    Love you Sera, I’m back from the island to be in the enchanted Berkshires for a few weeks. It already almost killed me even though I only arrived yesterday. Figure that one. Will be checking your posts more frequently from now on, I do have steady internet access here.
    All the best - moi

  12. Zhu

    Same here… full moon is always a weird time for me. I ust have been a werewolf.

  13. susan

    The moon, methinks, looks with a wat’ry eye; And
    when she weeps, weeps every little flower;
    –William Shakesphere

  14. Carolina Lange

    Love it!
    And the photo is so beautiful!

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