Such a Night as This

Two full moons in December. Did you find a kiss under one of them? Quiet, perfect, quiet…

Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, v. I.

The moon shines bright. In such a night as this,
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees,
And they did make no noise —-

  1. Red Bird
    January 12th, 2010 at 11:54 | #1

    You don’t dance to the music in the room
    The smell of ginger, your perfume
    Has tied my mind, your eyes have made me bold

    I long to be as close as you wish you could have been
    Finding constellations on your skin
    A blue moon, I find, comes not once but twice

    Isolda, I can’t hold you
    But I want you so bad
    I want you so bad

    from ‘Isolda’ by Paul Burch (2000)

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