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Love Me Like a Luna

written by: Joni Caggiano

@theinnerchild1

 

petals drop from hazel eyes
moonbeams dust, cleaning skies
sleepy mushrooms deny they snore
vester bats taste an array of insects, then soar

honeysuckle nectar, kiss sweet
archaic willow oaks veil my treat
two hearts beat, amending our weather
heating up, whiffs of lavender and leather

his vest opens, wildflowers skip
naked, I bite my trembling red lip
luna moths mating, a vast debt to pay
death, for one evening in which, as two, we lay

your wings scatter in a breeze
leaving sticky eggs under leaves
dying my task achieved, yet no fear
together, my green lover, same time next year

Joni Caggiano

Joni Caggiano

Joni's blog is Rum and Robots, where she publishes poetry, photography, and short stories. Take a look at Joni’s work in Spillwords Press NYC, Vita Brevis Press, The Finest Example, The Tiny Seed Literary Journal, I Write Her – The Short of it, MasticadoresUSA, MasticadoresIndia (regular contributor), and The Edge of Humanity Magazine. Her work has been included in the following anthologies: The Sound of Brilliance (The Short of It Publishing, Volume 1 2020), Inner Eye (Poets Choice, 2021), and It’s Not Easy (Poets Choice 2021), Wounds I Healed - The Poetry of Strong Women (2022), Social Justice Inks: Anthology of Poetry (2022). Joni received an honorable mention in Gabriela Marie Milton’s (Amazon #1 Best Selling Poet) Short Prose Contest. Joni’s blog is an effort to give back – she is a surviving Adult Child of Alcoholics. She is a retired nurse and paralegal who feels a strong kinship with nature.
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17 Responses

    1. Hello Mich, and thank you so very much for your gracious comment. I am delighted you liked this one. She is such a special creature. She only lives for 48 hours and she has her eggs fertilized and then she is gone. Her green color and she is as big as my hand so combine the two and she is a spectacular creature. I hope you have a truly blessed weekend. Your week has been full of wonderful things in regards to your work. So happy for you! Hugs, Joni

    1. Nancy so sorry this is two days late, please forgive that. I so appreciate your kind words about my writing and you are such a fabulous writer. This means an awful lot to me Nancy, again sorry for the late response.

      She is such an illusive creature the Luna Moth. So big and beautiful. No mouth she literally lives her two days, (although some articles say she can live for up to a week) sometimes shorter to get her eggs fertilized and she places them in the ground. Twice we have witnessed these amazing creatures mating on our screen porch (which is a southern thing), and both times we felt blessed. Thanks again for reading me here Nancy. Hugs, Joni

    1. Dear Manuela thank you so much for your lovely comment and for reading me here at SpillWords Press NYC. I so appreciate it and many blessings. Hugs, Joni

    1. Shobana thank you for reading me here and your lovely comment. The Luna moth is a beautiful creature of nature and easy to admire after seeing her mating twice on our porch. Very rare to see them actually mate. She is big and their colors so beautiful. Making it easy to express her imagery and compare it to a mature love of humans as well. Big hugs my friend. Have a blessed week.

  5. Congratulations my dear friend and amazing poet. This poem is ethereal and passionate and beautifully painted in the colors of one magical night. You so deserve this recognition and much more. Alf Mabrook Joni!!

    1. Dearest Karima, how do you thank a writer who votes for you instead of themselves? You touched my heart and complimented me like no other; your poetry is fresh, intoxicating, and always so incredibly vivid. You are a piece of kindness personified. Thank you for this additional show of support, and I am grateful. Sending my respect and love to you, Josie

  6. Joni, I love your poem and am so happy that your work was voted publication of the month. The skilled use of imagery and concision tell a love story.

    1. Oh thank you so much for reading me here at SpillWords and sharing your words full of great kindness. They mean so much to me. I have always been grateful to SpillWords for publishing my work and this award is worth more than a bar of gold to me, honestly. Blessings to you my friend.

    1. Thank you so much Cindy. The Luna is an amazing creature. She lives just to mate for 24 hours and to lay her eggs. She is born without even a mouth. We have seen twice the mating of the Luna moths on our screen porch. They are precious and a truly beautifully colored moth. Thank you Cindy, I was so honored and felt so blessed when the piece was voted publication of the month for November 2022. It was representative of those humans who would live a lifetime waiting to see their love one last time to be together as husband and wife. I appreciate your reading and your kind comment. I hope your holidays are wonderful! Big hugs, Joni

  8. Joni this is so exciting & I love reading your poem again. It is so beautiful & I am so elated for you. Such wonderful comments about your special poem. Congrats again my dearest friend. I love you

    1. Hello my dear friend, thank you for your very kind words and for all ways reading and commenting on all my work. You are so sweet to do so. I know you have a full plate and your time spent on reading my work is just a gift. Thank you Janette and I pray your holiday is most wonderful and filled with blessings and love. We both send you two our love, always along with our prayers.

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