Luna Moth

Cherry

By skinner_jennifer

Mon, 23 May 2022
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Did you stop to gaze at moon,

hypnotized by its beauty?

Moth with unfolding wings,

in wild trance and zephyr's

breeze; fluttering limbs with

ease...sensations quiver.

 

Sadly your time is short upon

this earth, to sow your seeds

before you're done; needing

mate to procreate, for new life

to facilitate.

 

In respite – winding down as

approaching soon daylight's

gown; anticipating nights to

follow, stars lingering bright

in space they seem to wallow;

as glowing sphere poised in

darkest sky...seems so near,

yet clearly far.

 

Was this moth resembling

ghost just passing by in

silence? With long back

wings and tail, transmitting

sounds its presence to veil,

 

bat darts this way and that

unaware of moth's existence,

be quick gentle harmless Luna;

for you only have one short week

before your life's work's complete.

 

 

Inspired by Di Hard's beautiful poem: Butterfly Moment.

 

Free to use pixabay image.

 

For more information on the Luna Moth. Check out below:

 

Luna moth - Wikipedia

 

 

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Comments

Submitted by airyfairy on

This is beautiful Jenny! And it's always so wonderful when a piece of work from one writer sparks something off in another. 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Wow! Thank you so much airyfairy, that was a really quick response. I don't know what to say...other than thank you so much for your comment and those beautiful cherries. Over the moon. smiley

Jenny.

 

 

Submitted by marandina on

A moving summation of a Luna Moth's life. Beautifully done, Jenny. Paul 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Thank you very much for your kind words of encouragement Paul. I'm very grateful.

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Oh!  Thankyou Jenny! What a lovely poem you have made, so much more detail - I love "sensations quiver"! You have given your moth a story, a character, I was glad at the end when it had escaped the bat :0)

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

you know I keep going back to your poem, it has so much detail in it, and I do love butterflies. When I read up about the Luna Moth, I just felt the need to put pen to paper. I'm so glad you liked reading this poem, it was a joy to write and share.

Many thanks for reading and commenting, always lovely to hear from you.

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

I agree with airy - so lovely to see one piece sparked into life by another - well deserved cherries!

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I did enjoy writing this poem so much, and had fun learning about a moth I'd never heard of before, and for much that I learned from Di's poem too.

Thank you for your encouraging words. Those lovely cherries were such a bonus too.

Many thanks again.

Jenny. smiley

 

 

Submitted by Jane Hyphen on

Hi Jenny, they are like 'ghosts just passing by in silence'. They appear to inhabit another world, somewhere deep inside the night. I've noticed a lot of them around recently and if they're in the house, I go to great lengths to escort them out safely. Beautiful Luna Moth.

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

how lucky you are to have the Luna Moth inhabit your part of the world. I'd never heard of this beautiful moths before I wrote this poem. I have been watching them on youtube and they're so unbelievably gentle and thankfully harmless. 

I love the mystery of these moths, they do resemble passing ghosts...yet colourful too.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts which are always welcome.

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Dear Jenny, I concur with all the comments. It is indeed a beautiful poem and I'm sure you'll forgive me if I am so pedantic as to point out two very tiny things: I would add the article 'the' in front of moon in the first line and an apostrophe in 'zephyr's breeze'.

Luigi xx

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Luigi,

I always welcome advice on writing and can see exactly what you mean, I will change zephyrs to zephyr's, but think I will keep the first line, It just feels right to me to leave it as it is. But I do appreciate your advice which I did take on board.

Appreciate your read and comment.

Many thanks.

Jenny. smiley 

 

Submitted by celticman on

ghost moth. perhaps its time is short, but for a moth, perhaps not? 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

You're right Jack, what we think is short, in the insect world is not even considered. Being human I suppose we over think everything. wink

Thank you for stopping by and reading, always great to hear from you.

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by jeand on

Hi Jenny

 

Your beautiful poem is like a little story about a short life, quickly told

Jean Day

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Many thanks for your thoughts Jean.

Jenny.