He babbles away to the moon

The mad poet

He babbles away to the moon

moonlight infests him
its pallor driving him insane

He grapples with its coolness
his mind rumpled with pain

The night akin to a curse
invokes urges in him profane

he stands spitting at the wind
that returns with sharp disdain

smacking his crusty, wrathful mouth
spewing unholy quatrains

with his own drool wandering
down his matted beard again

He babbles away to the moon

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Not a shred of romance here. Makes a change from the usual moonlight and love scenes. This guy is haunted by the moonlight. Cursed by it. No wonder he is uttering his own profanities. No howling wolves, just a mad poet here doing his own thing.

Chris

[AJNJ]

As I intended :)
Thank you Chris

[barleygirl]

Tho I'm guilty of penning a plethora of swirly-sweet moon poems, I'm always most pleased when a writer smashes such expectations, redefining an oft-used symbol like the moon. The reason this makes so much more sense than the romantic moon ramble -- most are indeed in such a tortured state when howling to the moon. I love "babbles away" combined with the many twisted specifics you spill, it makes for a nicely torqued reading which reflects our garden variety midnight angst (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[AJNJ]

To try and make a writing more interesting, sometimes one tries to break the mold, step away from the conventional. For some reason, I always turn against the moon in my poetic efforts probably rebelling against its sweet, romantic image. Thank you very much for appreciating this piece, Ms.Margie.

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Some method in the madness...or sadness...or sanity ....🌹🌹🌹

[AJNJ]

Thanks a lot for stopping by. 🥀

[JR]

I too have babbled away at the moon. There is such a sense of longing here, and change... well done. Usually I find rhyme distracting, but you did a good job of using it to enhance the piece, rather than become something that takes away from it. Really enjoyed this.

[AJNJ]

Thanks man! Just emerging from a heavy weekend. Will be back soon ;)

[JR]

Love it, bro. Had a pretty heavy weekend myself. Just starting to write about it now.

[Pennywriter]

Visceral poetry about descending into feral madness. This could completely become part of a longer story. Nice work.

[AJNJ]

Thanks :) working on it

[Rania M]

Nice work Pestonjee. Something different from your usual :)

[AJNJ]

Thanks for unblocking. I owe you and her a dinner. :)

[Rania M]

No probs. People here are mostly fair. Just keep a cool head.

[AJNJ]

If ever you’re in New Delhi, just let me know. Dinner at the fanciest joint is on me.

[Poetic Beauty]

This reminds me of someone turning into a werewolf. The babbling at the moon. It’s just what came to mind as I read it. Great descriptions

[AJNJ]

Stunning! That’s an awesome suggestion. A werewolf engages in a war with the moon. An ancient and mystical kind of war. I think, I’ll use your idea and change the Artwork to that of a werewolf. Thanks Poetic Beauty!

[Poetic Beauty]

I’m a lover of all things paranormal be it vampire, werewolf ghosts and so on. Only I don’t do horror. Lol I read a lot of paranormal romance but don’t let the romance part fool you they are usually a murder mystery or something along those lines.That is why that was the first thought that came to mind but I it could also be a mentally I’ll homeless person as well.

[AJNJ]

I have a couple of real paranormal romance novels. Awesome.

[Pestonjee_]

Woah! Nice on this is ! .

[AJNJ]

Yeah. It applies to all the crazies on the Café too 😜😜😜

[Dave Brown]

I see this too often..........

[AJNJ]

Yes. Actually this is not uncommon. 🤣