The Moon was strangely vibrant in colour.
The most red it had ever been.
The wolf,
Alone,
And frightened,
Felt the need to set the scene.
She howled,
Silently at first,
And then raised her voice more and more.
The blood redness of the Moon that night had affected her for sure.
She sang a song that birds should sing,
But not a single bird was near,
As they were all in their nests,
Cowering in fear.
The Moon that night had caused a fright to all within her glow,
But why the Moon was red so soon,
Not a soul did know.
The wolf fulfilled her task at hand,
And sang to her heart’s desire,
Her words known briefly to but a few,
Who’d dared to go enquire…
Me! Me! Me me me!
By Tom Merriman
arrgh loved this Tom… Wolves and the Moon are my favourites.. and I think everyon should look up at the moon and sing a song…
Thanks, Sue. I completely agree with your comment there!
That was cute! I love wolves…an animal widely misunderstood.
I do too, Deb. We don’t have any wild wolves over here – not that I know of anyway – but I still think of them as lovely creatures!
Good one Tom!
I’ve seen a blood moon – really freaky!!!
God Bless my friend!
Prenin.
Thanks, Prenin… I think I may have seen one once, possibly during an eclipse, but I’m not sure! It is an unusual sight!
Gorgeous! Really! Scansion, meter, an easy going piece of utter entertainment.Thanks!
Thanks, Kate. You lost me a little with the scansion and meter (and then I lost myself completely looking up the meanings!) as I didn’t realise my rhyme had any of those! I am grateful that you found it entertaining, and also for the fact that you have taught me two new words I never realised existed before!
The Campaign for Real English would hang me from the yardarm …lovely poem, though, really. I so enjoyed it.
Tom, this is exquisite. The words and the artful assembly.
Thank you Andra… I like to play with words and colour every now and then. I’m pleased you liked it!
No birds near? Raven was watching through my Ravenscope…
Raven, I thought as much when I wrote this, many Moons ago, but decided to go with the no birds option, meaning the immediate vicinity. I’ll see if I can include a Raven or two in one of my forthcoming rhymes…!