In 1988 the Moon Birthed a Poet

In honor of tonight’s gorgeous super moon, I thought I’d share the first poem I ever wrote, completely unedited except I have kind of forgotten where the original line breaks were. I was in the fifth grade when that gorgeous silver satellite inspired me to write for the very first time. Here it is:

THE MOON

The moon is a jagged diamond
hanging and waiting in suspense
for someone, just one lonely traveler,
to pluck her from this mine of darkness
that holds her captive,
captive in a sea of stars
that no one dares enter
for fear they’d never return.


-M.