When darkness
has harnessed my heart
in its talons of fright;
when blackness
has nested itself as ache
deep in my stomach;
when November displays
its terror as angst;
my darling come closer
and crack me your moon-smile
delightfully pearly,
to lighten my gloom.
Quadrille at dVerse, the word is crack and De hosts.
—
November 18, 2019
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“crack me your moon-smile”
You KNOW I love this! 🙂
🙂 I could guess
November is a good month for general snuggling and cosiness. We need all the smiles we can get! That ache in the stomach is very effective.
Moon smiles in the cold…it does brighten the soul. No matter how cold it is.
Love that moon smile!
Great writing! 🖤
The dawning of the moon smile a glorious portend of hope. All else fades away. Well done, Bjorn.
/when blackness has nested itself as ache/ hooked me hard, brother. Do you have a holiday like Thanksgiving to brighten the gloom of November?
Nope… not unless you include the Sunday’s of advent… but no holiday’s until Christmas. Actually we have no holiday’s from Midsummer until Christmas…
Every word is perfect. I like this one a lot. Every time I think I’ve found my favorite Bjorn poem, another one takes its place. Love that cracking the pearly moon smile. It’s simply over the top!
Excellent piece Björn. The pic goes perfectly!
Oh! Nice
Happy Monday
Much✏love
When darkness
has harnessed my heart
in its talons of fright;
A great opening line!
There is something about November that I think you could only describe so perfectly for me in this quadrille. I can relate.Thank goodness for that smiley moon to shed some light.
Oh a moon poem. I always enjoyed De Jackson’s moon poems but I think this ranks up with hers. Lovely.
How cozy and delightful Bjorn. Love how that moon-smile can lighten the gloom. We used the some similar words in our poem, smiles~
How lovely to have that someone to crack that smile!
I like how the moon smile can lighten one’s mood.
from haunting dark to sweet sweet light. so beautiful.
i learned a word today — talon. 😉
I couldn’t help but smile, Björn, when I read ‘my darling come closer / and crack me your moon-smile’, which lit up my day after the November blackness that ‘nested itself as ache / deep in my stomach’. The farther north, the gloomier the November – we need all the moon smiles we can get!
I love the cracking of a smile in the midst of all that is uncertain.
I really love this one. November is so gloomy, and it must be even more so farther north where you are.
I love the imagery, and the moon-smile–yes!
Joy in a smile, a metaphysical world view, love it.
“Crack me your moonsmile”! An incredibly clever bit of prose.
“crack me your moon smile”
just one of those images one wish one had come up with oneself.
Yeah. Moon smile. Such a blessing when darkness has one’s heart in its grip.
“crack me your moon-smile
to lighten my gloom.” – wonderful lines.
Winter darkness is only made endurable by moonlight and dancing.