It's Tuesday Poetics, and Lillian has given us a site that lists the #1 hits in the year of our birth, and challenges us to use that title in our poem. I'm not sure whether to be insulted, to weep or laugh. I am apparently so old the calendar at the site begins in l940 when I was 6 years old! I had to look elsewhere to discover #1 in my birth year was "Moon Glow" by.Benny Goodman. But along the way I wondered why we consider the moon to be masculine. Submitted to dVerse, 9/20/21
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Why do we say man in the moon
Why not lady of midnight
Could the moon cast her moonglow
On objects below
Could she send her magic moonlight
Moonbeaming lovers in the dark
Who says that's not right
Being the queen of romance
and star-studded dance
Could we just for once say
The lady shines tonight?
LOVE this! Certainly did not mean to insult you with the site.....I was born in 1947 and I think I was lucky the site started there, I believe. However, I couldn't find it in myself to use the words Goodnight Irene in a poem :) SO GLAD you posted to the prompt! And oh yes....I shall now look up at the full moon and see that glorious lady in the moon! I SO agree with your premise here :) Anything that glows that brightly, creates a glisten path on the ocean, and always returns, even when fading to just a sliver....well, it just has to be feminine in gender....we persevere and always shine our light!
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! Why the man in the moon, indeed!
ReplyDeleteI could not get a 1950 in the British Australian or Canadian sites. But i did get it in the US. So i used that one for my poem and had so much fun. Thanks for dropping by to read mine.
ReplyDeleteI always refer to the moon as female in my writings☺ even though i luv all moon poems
Much💖love
Very smoothly done, Beverly.
ReplyDeleteSure, certainly we can say that Bev! Absolutely! 👍🙂
ReplyDeleteOnly a man thinks the moon could be masculine... I like your questions and how you wrote to them.
ReplyDeleteBev, why not indeed? I'm fully in support of your idea :)
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David [ben Alexander]
Bev, my name means the full moon! So I whole heartedly say why not!!
ReplyDeleteI have always considered the moon to be a woman... but you are right about the man in the moon...
ReplyDeleteMother moon indeed, her reflected light is always more flattering, right? :-) Lovely poem.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love this one, Bev! The opening line is such a hook 💝💝
ReplyDeleteMoonglow is one of my favorite songs ... ever. I remember (vividly) dancing to it when I was in the seventh grade ... a day-cruise on a steamer down the Mississippi. A dance floor and a real orchestra!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI think the moon is considered feminine for many cultures. Love your image and verse, I think she is definitely a romantic girl! 🌙🌝🌙
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