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Mrs Moon

by Roger McGough

Roger McGough

Mrs Moon
sitting up in the sky
little old lady
rock-a-bye
with a ball of fading light
and silvery needles
knitting the night




Quotes of the Day

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
• Alphonse de Lamartine


Poems of the Day
  • Herman Melville
    Crossing The Tropics
    by Herman Melville
    From 'The Saya-y-Manto.' While now the Pole Star sinks from sight The Southern Cross it climbs the sky; But losing thee, my love, my light, O bride but for one bridal night,