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A FULL MOON POEM

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| March 8, 2021

A FULL MOON POEM

On a clear, crisp night…the Snow Moon,

cold orb, craters an empty Sea of Love,

time melting to a Dali clock—grey lunar museum.

Scenes frozen like Whistler’s Mother.

April Ryan

April Ryan is a retired Seattle bus driver turned Seattle writer/transcendental poet.

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