False color image of the moon
NASA photo gallery.
Found this over at The Cortland Review online:
Mix-Up
Caught sight of the moon
caught in its
net of
branches
and thought-
I've got to get free of that.
John Brehm
I sense a blending of speaker and poet here. The speaker spots the moon, visually entangled in tree branches, and identifies with it; perhaps he feels his own life is tangled up and sees that manifested in the moon's "plight."
On the other hand, there is a concensus among poets that the moon is an overused image. I imagine the poet's attention turning toward the moon, findng inspiration, crafting some words, then thinking: wait. Can't write about the moon. Need to think of something else.
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