A nonet from the Oracle for NaPoWriMo and Muri’s April Scavenger Hunt.
I want to be drunk with moon music
sing a thousand ships through shadows
still the mad wind that cries death
live inside the language
of the skylit sea–
time whispers spring
above my
rain-soaked
sleep
K. 
Perhaps spring will bring some of those wishes home. I hope so.
There’s a lot of verve in these words, a real spring urge.
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I hope so too Jane. Every day the news sinks deeper into the psyche.
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I really love this. So often nonets seems forced, but this flows so naturally. I love the art, too.
I just finished reading a novel about Helen and Klytemnestra called Daughters of Sparta. The thousand ships and mad winds made me think of the Trojan War.
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Those wars just keep coming. But that particular one is filled with stories. I figured I would try a nonet and abandon it if it didn’t work, but the Oracle was accommodating.
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I’m glad she was. 😊
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Moon drunk! I love the idea of moon music and the alliteration made this one silky on the tongue as it slips through my thoughts! I’m so excited that you have joined the scavenger hunt this time around!! Thanks!
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Thanks Muri. I’m glad to have multiple prompts each day to choose from. I think I once did a post I titled moondrunk too. An excellent elixer.
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“live inside the language / of the skylit sea” captivates me. A beautiful, evocative poem. 🙂 Stephanie
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Thanks Stephanie.
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I absolutely love this, Kerfe! I can’t pick a favourite line because the entire nonet is stellar.
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Thanks Punam. I did have help from the Oracle…
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You are so welcome.
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I love the yearning in these lines!
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Thanks Ingrid.
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awesome words and art, the flow so profoundly!
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Thanks Kate.
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Ooo lovely. Your Oracle can do it all.
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She can!
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