As a little girl, reading had become my secret thrill. I’d read well past bedtime, even resorting to a flashlight under my blankets- until mum caught me, that is.
My favourite stories were about witches flying on their brooms silhouetted against the moon on clear nights. Anytime the moon came out I’d stand in our courtyard and peer at her face, trying to make out a tell-tale figure with a pointy hat, on a broom-stick. Until mum chased me to bed, that is.
Across winter’s moon
her face shines at passers-by
tides return home
©Vivian Zems
For dVerse Poets, Victoria invites us to enjoy the magic of our winter moon.
January 8, 2018 at 10:55 pm
Fellow rebel late night reader here. Love this. 🙂
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January 9, 2018 at 12:13 am
Thanks *giggle* 🙂
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January 8, 2018 at 11:09 pm
There are those dark mares on the moon that can help the imagination see things.
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January 9, 2018 at 12:24 am
Exactly. Thanks for having a read, Frank.
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January 9, 2018 at 12:39 am
I wonder how many of us are guilty of the “sin” of reading under the covers. And isn’t that one thing that helped us to become lovers of the written word. Fun!
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January 9, 2018 at 2:11 am
Ooh! I’m glad I wasn’t the only one 🙂
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January 9, 2018 at 4:12 am
A great story Virginia. Great haiku as well.
Dwight
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January 10, 2018 at 11:16 pm
Ouch!…… who’s Virginia?? We need to have a long talk about this..grrrr…… (LOL!) Oh Dwight, I’m gutted 😦 :(….but I’ll forgive you this time..*sob!*…)
Cheers….Viv
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January 11, 2018 at 1:00 am
Uh Oh!!!! So sorry! Hope Virginia is not the cold lady in the moon!! Ha Ha… I will do better next time!
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January 11, 2018 at 7:28 am
You’re forgiven😌💙
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January 11, 2018 at 1:05 pm
I should have know better since this was not the first post I have read of yours.
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January 11, 2018 at 5:51 pm
Tee-hee! No worries 😆
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January 9, 2018 at 4:25 am
Yes, if you stare at it long enough you might just see a witch! I love those memories – beautiful!
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January 10, 2018 at 10:58 pm
Thanks, Victoria! I personally think that keeping in touch with that inner child’s imagination makes us better writers. 🙂
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January 11, 2018 at 6:16 pm
absolutely!
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January 11, 2018 at 8:05 pm
😊
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January 9, 2018 at 7:56 am
HA! I believe a lot of us can relate to this. 😀
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January 10, 2018 at 10:47 pm
Considering we’re all here doing this now…. we must all have had really over-active imaginations…as well as a love for reading.
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January 9, 2018 at 9:05 am
Oh, Viv, I so identify with that little girl reading by flashlight under the blankets!
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January 10, 2018 at 10:45 pm
You did it too? 🙂 🙂
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January 11, 2018 at 6:16 am
🙂
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January 9, 2018 at 9:06 am
i used to hide under the bed so I could read – and avoid the chores! I sometimes think my mother knew and just let me! The tides returning home was a wonderful wrap to the whole haibun.
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January 10, 2018 at 10:44 pm
Thanks… glad to know it wasn’t just me…!
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January 9, 2018 at 12:52 pm
Also I read with a flashlight under the blanket… 🙂 and was never caught.
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January 9, 2018 at 3:18 pm
You were smarter than me😕
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January 9, 2018 at 1:25 pm
late night time prohibited reading and magical witches silhouette, you brought back some lovely memories.
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January 9, 2018 at 3:18 pm
That’s a mum’s job – to ruin good times!😂😂😂
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January 9, 2018 at 5:25 pm
You remind me of those nights when I’d sneak my headphones into bed to listen to “Metal Shop.” Good times!
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January 9, 2018 at 7:51 pm
Indeed 😆. .. good times
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January 10, 2018 at 2:53 am
Late night reader here too ~ Enjoyed your haibun ~
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January 10, 2018 at 10:38 pm
Thanks, Grace (I’m so late in catching up with everyone else’s 😦 )
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January 10, 2018 at 1:35 pm
The moon holds many secrets. (K)
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January 10, 2018 at 10:36 pm
It sure does!
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