Lisel Mueller Moon Poems

  • 1.
    The moon lies on the river
    like a drop of oil.
    The children come to the banks to be healed
    of their wounds and bruises.
    ...
  • 2.
    1992

    1) I was born in a Free City, near the North Sea.

    ...
  • 3.
    When the moon was full they came to the water.
    some with pitchforks, some with rakes,
    some with sieves and ladles,
    and one with a silver cup.
    ...
  • 4.
    In 1936, a child
    in Hitler's Germany,
    what did I know about the war in Spain?
    Andalusia was a tango
    ...
  • 5.
    I. Insomnia

    The bulb at the front door burns and burns.
    If it were a white rose it would tire of blooming
    ...
Total 5 Moon Poems by Lisel Mueller

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