51 responses to “Mysterious Moon”

1. The Case of the Misunderstood Simile, indeed, and the fine art of unraveling it to a satisfying end. In the meantime, you give us the humor and the smile we are craving in the mystery. I love it.

   • Thank you… poetry maybe dangerous… likened to a rose I may think about thorns ;.-)

2. Oh, to be likened to the moon, Björn! I love the thought of being ‘a mirror reflecting the light from someone brighter than me’. And then you made me chuckle at being compared to the moon simply because of going bald!

   • Having a moon is actually something you say about bald men in Swedish.

     • Ah! I understand! My husband is bald and calls himself a slaphead!

     • You should remind him of the moon… I remember an old comic with a couple standing in moonlight: He says dreamily: do you see the moon my dear, and she answers…. Yes of course, put on your hat.

     • LOL

     • When I was little and had a bare bottom after a bath my grandmother called it the full moon of Brighton.

   • ‘slaphead’ is so English! It seems really rude to my now more worldly refined tastes, yet somehow the English in me finds it comforting too! haha!

     • I’m not fond of ‘slaphead’ either, Shaun, and baldy is just as rude. I can’t think of any word that is kinder or more poetic than Bjorn’s moon.

3. BRAVO!Nice one

   much love

4. i have missed the context of many things. a friend once said to me a closed mouth gathers no feet it took a few years to work out what he meant.

   • 🤣

5. I love the theme of light throughout – perhaps in time the ending will be a a moment of realisation too!

   • I hope so..

6. I’m glad she cleared up the mystery for him. What is that saying — and book title — Men are from Mars and Women are from Venue? Sometime the gulf between the genders is vast. I smiled a little on the baldness.

7. p.s. I just read the comment where that’s what baldness is called in Sweden. Makes sense. Here we sometimes call it chrome dome, cue ball, or just plain baldy.

   • Thank you… it was fun to write about the unclarity of similes

     • You’re welcome.

8. A nice twist at the end…

   • I like twists.

9. The ‘bald’ line made me laugh out loud! Thanks.

   • A moon can mean so much

10. Oh, love this! You’ve hit a common weakness in us all and it resonates.

    • Thank you… glad to resonate

11. Björn how lovely to be compared to the glorious moon – you did make me smile when you say you thought it was because you were going bald! 😃 Great read 🙌

    • Ha… but having a moon is a way of telling that you are going bald.

      • 😅

12. Lol! Not the fact of being bald 😜

    • It is common…. and in that respect I have been fortunate so far.

      • Yes, very common. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

13. Love it! The moon can make one swoon perhaps 🙂

    • Maybe… but a simile could mean so much

14. I really love this one, Björn. I expected it to go dark, as you usually do, but this one turned light and lovely.

    • I am glad to surprise a bit.

      • 😂

15. Being likened to the moon could definitely leave room for wide interpretation! I can see why clarification would be needed!

    • A simile can be dangerous indeed.

16. We men often over think and miss things it seems. Well done.

    • Clarity is needed sometimes.

      • :>)

17. A sweet affectionate little write, nicely done Björn 👏

    • Thank you… I had fun writing it for a smile

18. Wonderful poem, Bjorn!

    Yvette M Calleiro :-)http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

    • Thank you so much

19. Oh I needed to read this one for a bit of comic relief. Thank you for that! Great way to highlight similes and how they can be misinterpreted.

    • It may be clear when you say it, but maybe less when you hear it.

20. What? No, bald is cool! I always kissed my favorite uncle on his bald head.

21. Love this, Björn, especially the way you employed similes for smiles.

22. May I begin by sharing I think a gentleman’s bald head is quite the turn-on … that being said, I wonder how many similes are of the misunderstood variety, many I would wager.

    • some similes need to be explained a bit to work

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