ONE POEM
M.A. Quigley
THE MOON
The moon is wrapped in a pale veil
She rises like a dying lady
Pale and weary
Bigger than an eye
Watching over everyone
Wandering through terrain
That has no appeal to her infirm mind
Trembling amid the icy air
Shrouded in clouds, tampering her light
Oak trees create a shadow tomb
Adding to the ethereal gloom
Leaves chant a song, she no longer remembers
She emits a beam on heaven’s gate
Where ancestral spirits dance in splendour
As the joyless enter
She floats away in a trance of gleam less thought
Alone, for no stars shine tonight
Disappearing long before the sun decides to enter
The moon is wrapped in a pale veil
She rises like a dying lady
Pale and weary
Bigger than an eye
Watching over everyone
Wandering through terrain
That has no appeal to her infirm mind
Trembling amid the icy air
Shrouded in clouds, tampering her light
Oak trees create a shadow tomb
Adding to the ethereal gloom
Leaves chant a song, she no longer remembers
She emits a beam on heaven’s gate
Where ancestral spirits dance in splendour
As the joyless enter
She floats away in a trance of gleam less thought
Alone, for no stars shine tonight
Disappearing long before the sun decides to enter
ABOUT
M.A QUIGLEY completed the Associated Degree in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia in 2015. Her flash fiction, poetry, and short stories have been published in over 30 anthologies worldwide. Her debut novel, 'The Complexities of Love' was published in 2021 and last month it won an International Book Award in America. Her poetry novel 'Bereft' was published in December 2022.
Her short story 'Wool' was published in March 2023 in Monash University’s Literary Magazine.