Earth-Moon by Ted Hughes
Once upon a time there was a person
He was walking along
He met the full burning moon
Rolling slowly towards him
Crushing the stones and houses by the wayside.
She shut his eyes from the glare.
He drew his dagger
And stabbed and stabbed and stabbed.
The cry that quit the moon’s wounds
Circled the earth.
The moon shrank, like a punctured airship,
Shrank, shrank, smaller, smaller,
Till it was nothing
But a silk handkerchief, torn,
And wet as tears.
The person picked it up. He walked on
Into moonless night
Carrying his strange trophy.
Esme's Cloud 
What a strange and tragic tale! No doubt the moonkiller did not know, the stars would gather to avenge the moons murder, making sure the moonkiller would never know a peaceful nights rest ever again! And I dare say, the sun would hunt the moonkiller down day after day and always the same burn every one of his houses down to the ground!There would be no place for him to hide. Such terrible torments day and night delivered for a fiend who would dare slay a moon ( even an angry moon who crushed houses) can at last only be resolved by using the weapon of murder, his dagger, upon himself. I would wish the moonkiller rest in peace, but the moon was a friend of mine…and I still cry every night.Sigh.
My dear cloud, tell me another story…
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I think Ted would be highly pleased with your passion for his words, and the moon, yes, such a beautiful tragedy, and a fine friend to sail the sky with for I know him too, (though only second hand through the Cloud who has spent every New Years Eve bar two with him for the whole of time itself.) I shall ask the Cloud for a story, but he can be a proper growler at times, so we’ll have to see how that pans out.
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My first search in your archives and I see a poem about the moon. 🙂 I know it’s not yours, but I like it. I don’t know if you are familiar with the King Killer Trilogy by Patrick Rothfuss. Actually the third book on the trilogy is not out yet, but if you are interested in fantasy, you might like it. I am a pretty big Lord of the Rings nerd, and I think a pretty knowledgeable about what good prose is, so when I say that this series is equivalent to Tolkein, I do not say such a thing lightly. The reason I mentioned it is that the moon figures pretty strongly into the mythology of the world. The overarching theme of the book i storytelling and the value of stories. Another reason why I think you would like it. There is a story that is told by one of the characters in the 2nd book called The Boy Who Fell in Love the Moon. This poem reminded me of it.
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Yes I’m a big fan of the moon, there’s no doubt of that and often refer to it in my posts. I’ve not read the trilogy, but it shall go on my reading list for sure, I have a few ahead just now in the stack that looms at my bedside, they shall sit with them all, thank you for the tip. – nods.
‘The Boy Who Fell in Love the Moon.’ – That’s nice just as it is! Hahahahaha.
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Thank you for taking my recommendation to heart…I make recommendations rarely, because people that I do make recommendation to, have often much to read on their reading list, and I hate to add to it. lol But I’m usually pretty good at matching my recommendations to the reader. 🙂
And if you haven’t noticed, I’m also a big fan of the moon. Here is another poem I wrote about the moon
https://cloakunfurled.com/2015/12/09/the-slender-moon/
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