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MOON POEM
by Ruth Mountaingrove
This week's featured poet is one of Humboldt's
very own: a gifted performance poet who never fails to leave her
charmed audiences smiling and feeling good about the
world.
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I turn my back on the moon,
She sits in
her garden
rocking to moon songs
the dog running off
energy
chasing moon music
in the middle of the night.
I turn
my back on the moon
wooing sleep, forgetfulness.
The moon burns a
flame
through my curtain.
I lie curled in my bed
my eyes shut
tight.
I turn my back on the moon;
Lunacy is not for me
not
for me the rocking chair
under the moon nor the moon's
shadows
dancing with the dog
under the moon's light.
I turn my back on
the moon
no garden to rock in, no dog
charged energy crazed
by
her laughter bouncing
against the fence.
Not for me that
sight.
I turn my back on the moon.
She goes on rocking
the
dog goes on running
in my mind. Turning my back,
turning my back I
go to sleep.
And dream all is right.
(c)2001 Ruth Mountaingrove
Ruth
Mountaingrove, a gifted performance poet, was Queen of the Humboldt county
Poetry Jam and Slam in 1996, after which she retired so that the honor
could go to someone else. She is the author of two poetry books:
Rhythms of Spring and For Those Who Cannot Sleep. Her most
recent published work appeared in two issues of the Manzanita Quarterly.
Ruth has a weekly radio show on KHSU which features women - locally,
nationally and internationally.
Her website is Ruth Mountaingrove
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