Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOONFLOWER, by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN First Line: The flower that lives in the light of the moon Last Line: There to sleep forever, drowned in the nectar I have drunk. Subject(s): Flowers; Women | ||||||||
THE flower that lives in the light of the moon Will, when morning comes, enfold betimes in its closing petals The air-dancers of night who in the moonlight Have crept into its heart to drink of its nectar. Drowned in the joy they have sought, suffocated with sweetness. I, too, a dancer of night, have at last found my nectar Unbought have I given, and takenof nectar, In the light of the moon. Now would I, too, go; Lest the days that come afterand the nights Dim the radiance which to-night's moon has given, Take from me that which fills my heart, Which glorifies my life, which makes holy That which the world counts shame. So to the holy moon, the protector of women, I clap my hands and pray That in his beams, which to-night make of the silvered earth A perfect moon-flower, I may be enfolded, may be drawn to his heart. There to sleep forever, drowned in the nectar I have drunk. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV CHERRY TREES IN APRIL by JANET B. MONTGOMERY MCGOVERN |
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