moon at perigee
moonset near perigee
pulls my blood
into a fall east
and I want to worship it
spin unhinged
the way a dervish does
or maybe strut
a more choreographed joy
like a bollywood dancer
raising one eyebrow
flirted in time
to cymbals
and sideways hip snaps
shimmied up
almosttouching
that lowest rib
the one it’s said
I borrowed
but tonight
is not a night
to number bones
let’s dance
under that yellow stone
**Thanks in part to Holly and her shimmy.
Susan Daniels Poetry 
Seems like a night for beautiful poetry my dear.>KB
Thank you, KB. It seems to be the day for it, over at your place too.
The moon is just enormous here in the desert…at least it was last night. I like the idea of the dervishes whirling. Nice work, Susan.
Thanks so much, Victoria! Going to be even closer tomorrow, as perigee will be full tomorrow.
What a glorious gift this poem is. Beautiful and fun and mythic,
The moon, la luna, is a sister to me, in a spiritual sense.
Eric, thanks! That moon was GORGEOUS tonight. Had to pay some homage to it.
Really, really beautiful. As full of emotional substance as the moon!
Thanks, David! Nope. Not asleep yet. Up late listening to music…
Ahhhhhh, Bollywood under that beautiful moon! Yes!
-Jennifer
Reminded me of Aaja Nachle–which is really the only Bollywood video clip I ever saw–amazingly watched it last night, and then saw that moon tonight…
OMG!
Morning, YOF! Hope that’s a good OMG 😉
O absolutely!
Yay–thank you!
Wonder what it’s like on Jupiter with all those moons … 😉
Oh, think of the degrees of lunatism, being pulled so many ways at once! You should write about that!
This is BEAUTIFUL Susan! I particularly love “spin unhinged” – it’s so mobile and free and fits with the idea of the full moon.
And thank you for the link to my dancing poem – the dancing you describe is the grace I’d love to aspire to, so this is like what I’m envisioning in my head when I’m gallumphing about like a heifer!
Oh, I wish I was more dancer and less gallumper myself, but I am graceless, except through poetry 😉
That poem, and the images from your friend, really sparked me, but it didn’t hit until I saw the moon last night!
“let’s dance under that yellow stone”. Bravo on this line. Sigh. It is a rock up there in the sky, after all. Alice
It is, but a beautiful one at perigee today 😉
sensual – clever as always – almosttouching was brilliant – but again with dervish? lol
Hahaha–I was spun dizzy last night. I am blaming the moon.
Joyous and sensual. Very nice.
Thank you, Adriene!
Spinning dervish. Dancing to your wonderful beat here Susan
Thanks, Audra. Mind you don’t get too dizzy 😉
I was born dizzy and ditzy 🙂