⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Who needs
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀cable news
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀fitting stats
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀on bulge
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and shine
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀in with wars
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and scandals,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and who needs
⠀⠀⠀⠀a dedicated channel
⠀⠀⠀to forecast whether
⠀⠀⠀clouds will appear
⠀⠀to come between,
⠀⠀and who needs
⠀an official website
⠀with charts
⠀that reach
thousands
and thousands
and tens of thousands
of years beyond
our turn,
and who needs
⠀an app
⠀to keep track
⠀of the phase,
⠀⠀and who even needs
⠀⠀domestic surveillance
⠀⠀⠀to make sure
⠀⠀⠀we keep safe
⠀⠀⠀⠀from what might fall,
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and who needs
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀anything remotely
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀more modern
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀than the heart
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀we have had
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀from the first
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀to know
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀where
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀and how
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written for Daily Prompt: 21st Century Citizen
at the Daily Post
clarior e tenebris 
Loved this work.
Thanks for the reading and sharing the love.
Creative format.
Thank you. Came from a mind that happens to think the crescent moon is as super as any full one, so it just felt it had to be that way.
im with blue, been ages since ive seen a poem in the image of the thing it describes. lovely
I like the way the poem is presented. It’s pretty creative
Thanks. Blame it on the moon.
Interesting!
Thanks for reading.
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Well done, love the imagery. Thank you.
Thanks. It was a pleasure to write.
So clever!
Excellent post
🙂
Thanks for reading.
~breathless~
Thanks. That’s how the moon leaves me.
Form and content merge to make something greater than either separately. Wonderfull wordcraft. Merci.
Maybe like how the sun and moon collaborate to create together what neither could create separately on each one’s own. Thanks for being here.
Bootiful! Just been staying in a tribal highland village in Vietnam where they don’t even have electricity and the moon looked better than ever she did again 🙂
We had a taste of that with power outages where I was last winter. Where I’ve moved to, there’s more light pollution than I’m used to, so it’s like holding my breath to the next clear night I’ll be out away from everything.
I know that feeling well! It’s so weird how civilisation so often forces us to live in big cities and we so often long to leave them! I left London forever recently and it was the best move I ever made…
Loved how you did the crescent. Reminds me of E.E. Ciummings. Great job.
I enjoy reading Cummings. Thanks for reading me.
You have caused my peak in creativity. I will try to do a collage in marbles with the word Life in the middle and colored marbles in a circle around it. I will call it the Circle of Life. What do you think?
Bravo!
Thanks for the read.
how creative and lovely depiction of today’s word. congratulations on being freshly pressed.
Gratitude I express to the moon and to the WP prompt. And to you for reading here.
So how was the moon then last night?
Evocative. Seductive.
Bright too? http://www.segmation.wordpress.com
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed! Really enjoyed your concrete poem. We have similar styles. I love shape poems. If you get a chance, check out my concrete poem (Waxing Poetic) of a crescent moon complete with eye, nose, lips and the big dipper. I look forward to following you! Keep up the inspired poetry and have a relaxing Sunday!
Cheers,
Tyler 🙂
Thanks. Concrete is not my preferred form, but I did feel this one called for it. And I do enjoy reading concrete form. (I took the liberty of editing your comment to include a link to the one you wrote, I hope you don’t mind, say if so.)
Thank you for including the link to my poem. I appreciate it! Keep up the excellent poetry on your blog and congrats again on being Freshly Pressed! When they say dust off the welcome mat, they aren’t kidding 😉 Hope the follows keep piling up for you, my friend!
Cheers,
Tyler
I’ll be honest – I’m always reading about Food and Travel. Your innovative way of writing the poem lured me here. How beautiful!
I love to eat, and I’ve traveled more the past year than the whole rest of my life before. So maybe I can write a poem or two more that might cross your path. Thanks for being here.
You are most welcome! Hope our paths cross too:)
That was very creative! It’s hard to write modern poetry in such an interesting fashion. I don’t know that I’ve come across any poetry with references to modern-day innovations that I actually appreciated. It’s all just so…rap-esque. You are talented. Awesome!
Thank you for your comment.
I’m not convinced that poetic form, style, or method has changed all that much over the centuries. I myself am not into rap, but I can picture modern rappers fitting right in with the medieval troubadours whose art led to much of our modern poetry tradition.
In a sense, I thought to make some similar connection here, in response to the prompt “modern,” upon thinking how millennia ago there were as many years that held a night on which the moon appeared as awesome as it did this past month.
Beautiful
Thank you.
I really love the format of this poem. I am going to print it so I can read it to my 4-year old and he can see it. He will love it!
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
Thank you. I read his mother’s words to a 3-month baby I help watch. Children should grow up with poetry singing to them, I feel.
Beautiful!
Thank you.
Interesting format. I like what you have done.
Thank you for being here.
Great poem 🙂
Thank you.
Beautiful poem, thanks for sharing! Also, congrats on being freshly pressed! Keep up the great writing 🙂
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Thanks. I’ve got a lot of time on my hands these days, so for now the writing will have its way with me.
amazing work. the creativity was not limited to the words but also to the presentation. impressive.
Thanks. I had help on the layout, from a friend who helps me with other layout things.
And I don’t do concrete poetry often, but I do appreciate it when others write it. And the moon made me do it.
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poetry is about presentation too. no need to limit the creativity to coined phrases and black and white personification.
Thanks. I agree.
Reblogged this on SurceaseOfSorrow and commented:
This is fantastic. All I have to say is: Kudos
This was a beautiful read! Damn!
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Love this.
LOVED YOUR WORK.. great job! 🙂
This lovely piece applies Occam’s Razor to extract the fundamental essence of life. Excellent concept, voice, presentation, language and phrasing. Great work.
Beautiful formatting! Wonderful