Terra and Luna Two poems beginning with lines by Robert Bly

Terra and Luna

Two poems beginning with lines by Robert Bly

1

The great wheel turns around into black,

her purple profile

she turns her face from us

hides her frown, a thin Euphrates

droughted to dust

we suck dry wineskins

communion bitter as dirt

and she is always turning away

upon her axis, while in the still center

her aurora blooms

as we go down to sleep

2

Water kneeling in the moonlight

slips around the knee of stone

an icy calf dipping toes

toward a dark pool

translucent tonight

our prayers are pure diamonds

swirling in darkness so slowly

they appear changeless

the moon is warm as desert stone

as a child's face

as we bend our knees

in supplication, fears released: gems to

break up the night sky