Sonnet to the Moon

Moon homage to Sylvia Plath

The silent centrepiece of sky and spaceSuspended just below my window frameWould give a poet pause, to fitly nameThe paralysing power of her face. This face that through my window ladles lightAnd burns away the borders of my dreams, She blazes sheet and pillow with her beamsAnd makes a mocking morning of the night. Now slowly … Read more