When the moon
hangs out with the sun
as night has melted away
and winter’s mad grip
is broken
and we resuscitate Joveus,
the god of starlit madness
and the days shift
into an endless plethora
sewn into memories
of mixed tapes
and unmapped car trips
ah well, for one tiny moment
you have escaped
the ordinary.
Loved this! Your poem and the song. 🙂 Thank you Lana.
Thank you so much, hope you are having a nice weekend, Betty. 😀
Hope you are too, Lana 🙂
Bon Joveus, yes that young
rebellious roadtrip glorious.
Those were surely the days 😀 Thanks!
Will winter’s mad grip EVER be broken? Me and my flowers are beginning to wonder. Is Joveus, the god of starlit madness any relation to Bon Joveus, the god of living on a prayer who was a big star on the mix tapes played on unmapped car trips in the 80’s? Thanks for the tiny moment of escape, Lana. 🙂
That is the question for sure, normally this time of the year we are all wearing tank tops and shorts, well some people, not me, LOL. Ain’t nobody even starting a tan right now. We’ve had temps in the high 50s/low sixties when the AC should be going, so I don’t know if winter will be going anywhere. I’m liking the image of Bon Joveus as a long-haired rock god to hang out with underneath the stars for sure! Oh those 80s, they were the days alright, I’m way overdue for an unmapped car trip, I won’t even use that infernal GPS either, haha. Hope you are having a super weekend, Joan, surely there will be May flowers 😀
Good poem
Thanks so much. I hope you enjoyed a super weekend! 😀
Yes, I have. I hope you have a great week.
I love the ending. I remember those days when I had the world by the tail and escaped the ordinary. I was 17 and didn’t know better, but what a feeling! Wonderful poem. 🙂
Lovely!
Thanks, Jennie. Happy Almost End of School! 😀
Thanks so much. The end of school is bitter sweet. Saying goodbye to children is terribly sad for me, yet I have to make it exciting and positive for children. I’m just a big kid! 🙂
Better than nothing!
For sure, we need all the moments we can get! 😀
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Very nice, thank you 😀
Beautiful writing and poem, Lana. Happy Earth Day! <3
Thanks, Iris. Happy Earth Day to you also! 😀
Loved this piece 👍 great poem. Keep Glittering,….love TGA by Misha.
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Thanks so much, Misha! xx
The rhythm seems just right in this one!
Thanks, Jo! 😀
Oh how I love those tiny moments of escape. And I always love your song choices. Thanks for taking me back! <3
Those moments of escape are good for the soul. Thanks so much, Debby 😀
Thank YOU Lana <3
Ahh – those mixed tapes! How much I loved them (and how shockingly old must I be to remember them! 😂) Then for a short time it was CDs before everything went to hell and became digital.
Went to hell, LOL, yeah, you may be right on that. I’m afraid I can even go back before mixed tapes, waaaayyy back to 8 track tapes, ever heard of them? What a trip they were; they would get stuck in the player and enough tape would unravel that you could actually wrap around your car two or three times. haha! Old is relevant depending on what party you are at. I was with high schoolers earlier this week who just unloaded on me about how OLD I was. I guess I’m going to have to go for that fifteen-step Korean skin care now, LOL 😀 Crank that music up 😀 Much love, my friend.
I think I´ll have to join you soon for that Korean skin treatment – lol! 😀
The good thing is though that I almost always feel much younger than I truly am! 😉 Must be all that painting that keeps my inner child well occupied. 🙂
Have a wonderful day, Lana! Much love! xoxo <3
I feel that way too, and today I was the one (instead of all the 30-year-olds who could throw a loop up over a steel beam, bring it down and secure it so the kids could hit the pinata). After sitting around watching them trying to do it for 15 minutes, I said, “Give me that rope!” Lol. xx
Wonderful poem Lana, I think winter has vanished for a while, and the all the fluffy flowers have already vanished from the Spring Trees, I supposed it is summer at my side of the world. Just loving it. I love your song, yeah yeah, we will soon be dancing in the summer moonlight hahaha! Thank you Lana for your poem!
Very welcome, Juli. Summer is almost upon us too. We have temperatures in the 90s this week. Ugh, then will come the 100s and a long, long summer. But don’t get me wrong, summer is my favorite time of the year. 😀
And my eyes are already being sticky with allergies. Eye drops are getting me on my feet. And yes still summer is the best.
It is allergy season, same thing here, sigh….
Cool! You should check out my article on the physics of Black Holes:https://therealsciblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/20/black-holes/
Sure, it sounds interesting!