BLUE MOON (One Shot Wednesday)
Flashbacks of you
I browse endlessly
through the pages
of my memory
inquiring all of you
in the luminous light
of the silver blue moon
I find many an angel
but
it’s your eyes I’m seeking
your mouth, your hands
and through the window
the Southern Cross
caresses the night
and in the light
of the Blue Moon
I find you
on the empty pillow
beside my own
©AvdL 2010
Submitted for
One Shot Wednesday at One Stop Poetry
SEAT OF MY SOUL 
October 6, 2010 at 2:26 pm
would love to see the southern cross one day
October 6, 2010 at 3:21 pm
So do I 🙂 Thanks for your kind comment xxx
October 6, 2010 at 2:42 pm
I just promised myself I’d get to bed but so happy I stopped by here first! What a beautiful way to end my night reading. So dreamy and beautiful, love the image, love the music, in love with that blue moon. You have me imagining my sweet love in dreams on the “empty pillow beside my own” ~ahhh so sweet!!! 🙂 April *hugs* dear friend your words are a true treasure!
October 6, 2010 at 3:23 pm
I do that most of the time too 🙂 Hope you have sweet dream and dream of your sweet love 🙂 Hug the pillow in the meantime 🙂 Love you sweet April 🙂 xxx
October 6, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Oh, that’s lovely! And the blue moon sparkling in the water is beautiful…
October 6, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Thank you sweet girlfriend…glad you enjoyed the read 🙂 HUgs xx
October 6, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Wow!!! This is awesome.
October 7, 2010 at 8:41 am
Thanks so much Sandra, your visit and support means so much xx
October 6, 2010 at 4:11 pm
what a beautiful poem! I love the image of Blue moon.
October 7, 2010 at 8:41 am
Thanks my friend…hugs xx
October 6, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Simply the best!….There’s something about the southern cross…I look at it everytime I’m home funny enough! xx
October 7, 2010 at 8:43 am
It is the most amazing beautiful thing ever 🙂 oxoxox
October 6, 2010 at 4:49 pm
You create a majestically, romantic atmosphere… very emotional …the animations are always a treat too.
October 7, 2010 at 8:44 am
Thanks Adam, am on my way to read all the beautiful poems at Onestop!! Hugs oxox
October 6, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Hey, clever you, writing such a haunting poem and linking it with the wonderful Chris Isaak. My cup overflows:>)
October 7, 2010 at 8:44 am
I love his music…thanks for being here my friend xxx
October 6, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Just imagine this…under that same moon you and your loved one may be sharing the same thought through moon-mail. Or if your loved one has passed one could just see their spirit traveling on the moon beams as free as the wind and know that you may earn the right to be there to dancing on those moon beams one day as well. How could those beams not be magical?
They carry love in their glow. I am certain of it!
October 7, 2010 at 8:45 am
Your imagnation has taken me right there …what an awesome description you have painted here…hmmm..dancing on those moon beams 🙂 🙂 Love it so…thanks for being here and have a great day my friend xx
October 6, 2010 at 6:30 pm
It all comes together to make a sensual wholeness. Very very nice.
October 7, 2010 at 8:46 am
Thanks for this beautiful comment, your presence here means so much xx
October 6, 2010 at 6:45 pm
This is a fantastic poem, Amanda, it may well be the best one you have written. Wonderful lines and structure, but the best part is the emotion and image it evokes…a true Love poem. Beautiful!
October 7, 2010 at 8:49 am
Thanks Tracy, what a wonderful compliment that is…I always treasure and appreciate you kindness and presence here. Hugs xx
October 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Beautiful I am in love now!=P haha happy Wednesday, my friend!<3
October 7, 2010 at 8:49 am
hahahahaha Happy Thursday to you my dear!!
October 6, 2010 at 7:55 pm
I especially love the imagery you use to open this poem. It is very evocative. Something we can all identify with :O)
October 7, 2010 at 8:57 am
Well, thanks so very much Madeleine…I love your comment and appreciate your presence here so very much !! xoxox
October 6, 2010 at 8:00 pm
those last two lines bring this into complete focus…lots of emotion stirred…nice one shot.
October 7, 2010 at 8:58 am
Thanks Brian, it is awesome to be with onestop…know that I always appreciate your feedback and visits here. Have a great day my friend xxx
October 6, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Very lovely, but sad too… I liked it very much, my friend! xxx
October 7, 2010 at 9:13 am
I always smile when you like it Adee, thanks from the heart my dear friend xx
October 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm
full of emotions – sorrow and love
great one shot 🙂
October 7, 2010 at 9:14 am
Thanks Gabriela, wonderful to have you here, happy reading at one shot 🙂 xxx Hugs xx
October 6, 2010 at 9:01 pm
excellent poem
‘Caresses the night’ that sounds so nice when you say it out loud
October 7, 2010 at 9:18 am
Thanks my friend, I read poetry out loud too…sounds so much better. Hugs xx
October 6, 2010 at 9:58 pm
I absolutely love this……stunning piece indeed…..take care…..huggs and xxxxx
October 7, 2010 at 9:18 am
Thanks Dewald, always appreciate you here, how are you doing? Sending you love and will be over soon to visit 🙂 mwah xx
October 6, 2010 at 10:40 pm
What a perfect blue love poem. Sweet! I listened to the video and was 15 again, dancing with my first beau. Thank you for that! It’s not a dream…there was a time before my legs felld own around my ankles!
LOL 🙂
Have a great day, dear one. Thanks for the memories! Hugs! xx
October 7, 2010 at 9:19 am
Always loved his music…oh those sweet memories of times gone by 🙂 Hugs xx
October 6, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Dear Amanda,
I am not tuned to so much blue love from the fair sex.
You create naughty desires.
Mystery of empty pillow is, I hope not flirting with ghosts.
It is really, really very faminine-ly great.
Have Sweetest dreams and whatever else you want.
October 7, 2010 at 9:23 am
No flirting with ghosts, luckily 🙂 🙂 🙂 Amazing where our mind wonders in the deep dark hours of the night, I normally have a notepad and pen right next to my bed and write it down, worried I might forget when I wake 🙂 Thanks for your lovely comment and hope you have a wonderful day my friend xx
October 6, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Amanda, this is so lovely and poignant. And I love the mention of the Southern Cross. I was so thrilled the first time i saw it. (Of course, I was a little tipsy too…)
Nice One Shot, dear friend. xoxo
October 7, 2010 at 9:37 am
LOL…your comment made me laugh out loud. Glad you liked the read my friend, will be over shortly to read yours for One Shot. Love always oxox
October 6, 2010 at 10:58 pm
and in the light
of the Blue Moon
I find you
on the empty pillow
beside my own – so bittersweet, beautiful way to wrap this emotional poem
October 7, 2010 at 9:52 am
Glad you liked, thanks Suzi xxx
October 6, 2010 at 11:18 pm
such an elegant poem. i loved it, as well as the picture.
October 7, 2010 at 9:52 am
Thanks so much for being here and your kind comment my friend xx
October 6, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Simply beautiful! The sorrow and romance intertwine exquisitely. Great write, my friend!
October 7, 2010 at 9:52 am
Thanks Ms M…hugs xx
October 6, 2010 at 11:29 pm
Really lovely..one can find angels from time to time..but true love?? This has a subtle beat to it…
October 7, 2010 at 9:53 am
Thanks Lyn, your presence here means so much. Hugs xx
October 6, 2010 at 11:42 pm
awww lovely picture..the song is a pure bliss and Amanda your words take my breath away..lovely poem and quite moving..tight write 🙂
October 7, 2010 at 9:58 am
Thanks my friend, your presence and comment means a lot…have a great day xx 🙂
October 7, 2010 at 12:03 am
breath taking!
October 7, 2010 at 9:58 am
Thanks Ji, really appreciate your comment x
October 7, 2010 at 12:07 am
sometimes we meet a person and stop searching for any one else. 🙂
October 7, 2010 at 12:09 am
I found myself wanting to fall onto that pillow, so it would no longer be empty. (Or maybe I’m just sleepy? LOL!)
Romantic and hopeful, with just a hint of sorrow.
October 7, 2010 at 10:08 am
LOL…thanks for reading my friend and sweet dreams xx
October 7, 2010 at 12:10 am
P.S.
I saw Chris Isaak in concert – great stuff!
October 7, 2010 at 10:08 am
So would love to see him!! Just love his music xx
October 7, 2010 at 12:46 am
Beautiful piece! you show a lot of deep emotion in here, and the flow is superb. I really enjoy reading your work:)
October 7, 2010 at 10:09 am
And you make it all so worth while my dear friend. Thanks so much oxoxox
October 7, 2010 at 12:48 am
As I read the last line, I had to take a deep breath …such beauty in the poem.
October 7, 2010 at 10:10 am
Thanks for reading Charles. Hugs xx
October 7, 2010 at 2:09 am
Amanda, you make me smile 🙂 u write so beautiful.. its a pleasure dropping by here whenever I can 😀
the starting and ending were the best I felt! 🙂
My One Shot and Potluck Is HERE:
http://leonnyes.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/the-elements/
October 7, 2010 at 10:12 am
And you make me smile with your presence here my friend…thanks for the beautiful comment, it means so much. Many hugs and take care oxox
October 7, 2010 at 2:36 am
Beautiful – loved the final lines…
October 7, 2010 at 10:13 am
Thanks Ruth…sending big hugs across the ocean oxox
October 7, 2010 at 2:54 am
Blue Moon is one of my all time favorite love songs. Your images in graphics and those formed by your artfully placed words in verse express the heart longings of one remembering a former love somehow absent. Your talent for touching the heart of every one that has ever loved another stands out in all your work. Thank you for sharing another work of art.
October 7, 2010 at 10:20 am
Big hugs for that wonderful comment my friend …love you loads xxx
October 7, 2010 at 4:25 am
“It’s your eyes I’m seeking”
So much to fill that empty pillow
You know the moon is one of my favorite subjects – this one is exceptionally bright and full of meaning my dear
Thanks for the Blue One Shot
smiles from the not so blue moon
October 7, 2010 at 10:35 am
Glad you liked it my friend…big hugs xx
October 7, 2010 at 4:42 am
Haunting images! Well done. – bill
October 7, 2010 at 10:37 am
Thanks Bill, glad you liked the read…hope you’re well. Hugs xx
October 7, 2010 at 6:18 am
Very interesting and I liked reading it so much..and the images are good too…
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
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October 7, 2010 at 10:38 am
Thanks so much, very happy you liked the read.. blessings my friend x
October 7, 2010 at 7:21 am
“…I find you on the empty pillow beside my own”. Wow!
This version of Blue Moon is one of the best I have ever heard and the poem makes a reader come back over and over and over again.
Big Hugs for this one!!
October 7, 2010 at 10:40 am
*Blush*…thanks for your wonderful comment 🙂 Hugs x
October 7, 2010 at 7:39 am
yes…there on the pillow! I love this moment within the blue moon…thanks for letting me witness such beauty!
Lovely lady!!! you are fantastic
October 7, 2010 at 10:41 am
Ditto my sweet friend, you always say such kind things…big hugs 🙂 🙂 xxx
October 7, 2010 at 8:03 am
I associate this song to my mother’s generation–that noble generation of WWII soldiers and wives who thought those might be the “end of days” and prayed for us, the baby boomers to be the salvation of the planet. Sadly, it seems we failed; but your poem is so fitting as a tribute to the many who have served for home and country. Thank you. Gay @beachanny
October 7, 2010 at 10:50 am
And I thank you from the heart for such a wonderful comment…it means much to me. Have a happy day my friend xxx
October 7, 2010 at 12:12 pm
a kind of sensual melancholy in this; reads beautifully. well written, dear friend. 🙂
October 8, 2010 at 2:41 pm
Thanks my dear friend, I value and treasure your continued support and comments. Sending you loads of love xxx
October 7, 2010 at 1:12 pm
Lovely, so romantic and passionate. I loved the ending. You always write such romantic poetry, I really like that. I find it hard to write romance.
October 8, 2010 at 2:42 pm
DP…I must have been Guinevere in my previous life lol 🙂 Thanks for the kind comment xxx
October 7, 2010 at 1:24 pm
A lovely one shot–a longing, lulling sense of romanticism, quite atmospheric. An emotional treat, with a distinctly dream-like quality to it that I find only serve to draw you in deeper. Nice work. And the animation’s a nice plus, too. Just a gif you picked up somewhere or something you made yourself?
October 8, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Chris, this one was a gif but I am lucky to have a girlfriend that does graphic design and send me the most amazing images. I am glad you liked the read and value your support more than you’ll know. Have a great day my friend xx
October 7, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Amanda, you wrote this today? God, how lovely. The thoughtfulness in choosing words, the animation is cool, too.
Great work, my new friend! Amy Barlow Liberatore
PS The old standard “Blue Moon” is one of my favorites to sing at jazz gigs.
October 8, 2010 at 2:44 pm
You sing too?….wow, a lady with such a lot of talent!! Thanks so much for your sweet and delightful comment, it means so much xxx Big hugs xx
October 7, 2010 at 2:18 pm
So melancholic, so dreamy, and yet filled with quiet and passionate longing, too. Gorgeous!
(and I love me some Chris Isaak so thank you for that, too)
October 8, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Me loves him too 🙂 🙂 Thanks for your kind comment xxxx Hugs xxx
October 7, 2010 at 3:22 pm
So lovely!
October 8, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Been missing you girlfriend xxxx Sending you BIGGGG HUGSSSS XXXX
October 7, 2010 at 5:00 pm
There is nothing like seeing one’s beloved in the moonlight. Your poem made me miss mine–the universality of specific experience is a transcendent and powerful thing. Well written.
Thank you for this poem.
October 8, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Well, thank you for such a delightful and sweet comment, I really appreciate your presence here. Sending you hugs xxx
October 7, 2010 at 10:15 pm
A lovely, lovely, evocative poem.
Lady Nyo
October 8, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Well, thanks so much for that kind and warm comment… I send you big hugs xxx
October 8, 2010 at 12:52 am
Beautiful oneshot and truly touched girlfriend very creative you’re too 🙂
October 8, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Your kind and warm comment made me smile my dear friend, thanks so very much!! Big Hugsssss oxoxox
October 8, 2010 at 1:58 am
Beautiful, nostalgic, haunting and the visuals are very clever.
October 8, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Thank you Sherry, what a warm and kind comment, I really appreciate it so much. Big hugs xxx
October 8, 2010 at 3:21 am
so beautiful – loved esp. the last line…I find you on the empty pillow beside my own..
October 8, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Glad you liked it…Mwah xxx
October 8, 2010 at 4:32 am
Amanda, I loved this one!! There is something very alluring about the moon and I’ve seen dreamers like you and I, fall head over heels in love with Mr Moon. Don’t we? (My name means Full Moon .. 🙂 I’m not sure if that has anything to do with my liking for it.. The Moon is in itself a glory worth praising.) Love, Punam
October 8, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Your name means Full Moon…wowowwow…well, now I understand why you loved this so much. Thanks again for your presence here and I hope you’ll visit again soon. Love xx
October 14, 2010 at 7:12 am
Simply beautful!!! Chloe 😀 xx