<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358567" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>How to Accompany The Moon Without Walking</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Harsh, harsh, the maram grass on the salt dune, <br>seen by the cricket’s eye against the harbor moon, <br>anchor-frost and seaward, the lighthouse moon— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the bellbuoy-beating moon, the tiderip bronze <br>ringing above deep channels and old bones, <br>the hawsehole moon, where blood and money runs— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">foremast and mainmast moon, up harbor still, <br>island and smokestack moon, and the wind-spill <br>falling from the sail-throat for the moon to fill— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">up harbor, the old wharf moon, the capstan moon, <br>and round it the capstan bars, the heeling tune, <br>India Wharf, we'll bring you to Rio soon— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">the shipyard moon, the grain-elevator moon, <br>derrick and gantry, and the turbine croon <br>sweet under seafoam as a bird in June— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">red-warehouse moon, yacht-basin moon, where spars <br>tangle and telegraph with stays and stars— <br>hi ho, the queen of accordions and guitars— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">ship-chandler moon, sea-boots and Wharf Street shine, <br>the ropewalk moon that spins in turpentine, <br>sail-loft invaded with a pour of silver twine— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and high! up spinning! skyscraper tipped on purple! <br>skyscraper moon, and high! for the stare of people— <br>skysign and belltower moon, moon for the steeple— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">bells breaking bronze, gold, down, the scattered tinkle, <br>silver-bell moon, cornice and rooftop twinkle, <br>Christmas and graveyard moon, the tinsel sprinkle— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and dead, the stockyard moon, where blood drips down, <br>dead longhorn and mute snout; the barrelhouse moon, <br>moonmusic doubling, rigadoon, jigadoon— </div><div style="margin:10px 0">so down, and down, who will be darkened soon, <br>red and green lights, the pallid airport moon— <br>ah! on the flying field, the captive balloon! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and cold; for the rim of night, the earth’s black arc, <br>swings up, blots out the stars, to the last spark; <br>while, underworld, the moon drowns dead and dark.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Conrad+Potter+Aiken">Conrad Potter Aiken</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=358567" data-title="How to Accompany The Moon Without Walking de Conrad Potter Aiken" data-description="Harsh, harsh, the maram grass on the salt dune, seen by the cricket’s eye against the harbor moon, anchor-frost and seaward, the lighthouse moon— the bellbuoy-beating moon, the tiderip bronze ringing above deep channels and old bones, th..."></div> </div> </div>

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