Why is The Moon Angry Tonight
written by: Maria Evelyn Quilla Soleta
the moon’s belly shows pregnant veins
ready to pop at 9cm!
nimbus clouds chase the yelling beams
and cover the quiet stars against their will.
tonight, on this one special night,
the bursting moon should show
because ships must sail,
lovers must kiss,
poets must hunt for passion
among the shadows of trees.
but now, at 9am,
the moon is so hurt.
it is gritting at the clouds,
lashing at the winds,
ranting at the minutes,
even loathing the sky
that places her in its midst.
tonight, this full moon
is heavy and laborious
like the crashing waves,
it whips at every shore
and is very, very furious!
MARIA EVELYN QUILLA SOLETA gives thanks to prose and poetry! Motherhood is a calling and subject so close to her heart. She lives in Cavite, Philippines. Her poems are unadorned yet truthful, purposely warm, and witty. People, places, things, (living and non-living), and even circumstances give colors to her rhythm and rhymes, stanzas, and lines. She began to write poems when she was six and has published two books on poetry, 'My Twenty Poems' and 'Finding My Heart', (an Amazon bestseller in five categories a few hours after its launch in January 2021). Her works can be found in many anthology books and journals. Evelyn has also won local and international awards. Her poems resemble the works of a woman poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay. Evelyn's husband Danny, and their four girls Andrea, Guia, Daniella, and Laura, and two granddaughters Tala and Mayla, keep her inspired to continue this passion of hers-- Writing!
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