Beguiling Moonlight
Every autumn evening, at the end of day,
The moon’s pale eminence sends out a silver-shining ray
A-glinting through the branches and glimmering on leaves
And shimmering on spiderwebs tucked underneath the eaves
And calling all the kitty-cats from shadowed alleys out
To torment all the night-birds still fluttering about,
And drawing from their houses the dogs behind the slats
Of shuttered sleepy windows to torment all the cats,
And pulling on the heart-strings of every sleepy child
To call each one to play out in the moonlight, in the wild,
To dance among the cat-kins and soar among the birds
And leap among the moon-mad dogs and sing the magic words
That cast a spell of loveliness on creatures so, and soon,
We’ll fall asleep, each one of us, under the autumn moon.
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I think this is my favorite…I’m a huge fan of playing in the moonlight. 🙂
It made me think of the song “Moondance” by Van Morrison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVYHSi3HQNg
Yes, a longtime favorite of mine too! Perhaps it was humming in the back of my brain . . . 🙂
Definitely requires a full moon, which is never more beautiful than at this time of year.
You paint the autumn picture perfectly…
Coincidentally, the night I wrote the poem was a tiny (yet beautiful) sliver moon, and I love it in all of its phases, but I confess there’s particular magic in the full moon for me as for many others. 🙂
A most endearing and vibrant description of autumn, Kathryn! So many beautifully descriptive lines, like:
‘The moon’s pale eminence sends out a silver-shining ray
A-glinting through the branches and glimmering on leaves
And shimmering on spiderwebs tucked underneath the eaves
And calling all the kitty-cats from shadowed alleys out
To torment all the night-birds still fluttering about,
One of my favorite poems of yours!
As one who loves and understands kitty-cats, you will of course ‘get’ this one better than many! 🙂