12 June, 2009

20 July 1969

in honor of the upcoming fortieth anniversary of the apollo 11 landing on the moon, i thought we'd try an a to z poem. . .

if you'd like you can leave a comment with your additions to the poem and i will add it and link to your site.

also there are three references in this poem to bob dylan song lyrics, see if you can spot them.

absentMoon 3
badMoon rising 6
beckoningMoon
behind the clouds neonMoon 3
blueMoon (lonelyMoon) 4
carolinaMoon 6
cookieMoon 8
crateredMoon 10
dark side of theMoon 7
demiluneMoon 10
ethereal, ecru-coloredMoon 4
eclipses both the sun andMoon
fishMoon 11
for michael collinsMoon
gloomy not watching with K theMoon 2
headfirst over theMoon
in uteroMoon 5
increscentMoon 10
junebugMoon 12
jujubeMoon 12
kangarooMoon
lopsidedMoon 10
mississippiMoon
Moon, covered by clouds 4
neverMoon
newMoon
noonMoon
orphanMoon
panamanianMoon
psychedelicMoon (happyMoon) 4
quickMoon 12
quietMoon quips 12
quillMoon 12
rantMoon 9
rocket to theMoon 6
secretMoon
strayMoon
shineMoon
the cow jumped over theMoon 7
under the paleMoon 7
voicelessMoon 12
void theMoon 12
vpMoon 12 (inside joke)
12 - thank you Kathleen

15 comments:

David Zen-Kennedy said...

It's okay, you know, even part of the process, if you'd like to leave a comment or two to help fill in the blanks in a to zMoon.

Thank you.

earthtoholly said...

gloomy not watching with K, themoon

watched with my parents instead, themoon

Theresa said...

absentMoon, behind the clouds

neonMoon

yellowMoon, replaces the gray

Jena Isle said...

E for ethereal, ecru-colored moon - moon covered by clouds.

Jennifer said...

I was in utero during the moon landing, but does in utero moon make any sense???

david zen-kennedy. said...

oh gosh - so many great things to add. . . Thanks Holly and Theresa, Jena and Jennifer.

I will start making the addtions tomorrow (it got late tonight).

these adds are stories in themselves.

no one wants to try find the dylan lyrics yet?

And in case you don't remember michael collins (the m line).

he was the man left in the command module when the L.E.M with armstrong and aldrin landed on the moon. they called him the lonliest man for being all alone and a quarter million miles from home.

Jessie said...

rocket to the moon
i know you already have a "b": bad moon rising
carolina moon

i'm not a big Dylan fan, i found a website if anyone wants to delve in fingers and eyes first ...

http://www.azlyrics.com/d/dylan.html

Robin said...

dark side of the moon

the cow jumped over the moon

under the pale moon

earthtoholly said...

Hi David...you know what the Dylan quotes call for, don't ya? Drjay! Where is he when ya need him...

Margo said...

cookie moon, like an oreo

David Zen-Kennedy said...

Jessie, Robin, Holly (again!), Margo - thank you so much. I didn't add anything last night - was distracted by not seeing the moon for the last week due to the almost non-stop rain. I'm hoping to be back tonight to make the additions to the poem.

And I simply am bowled over by the things everyone is coming up with.

I watched the moon landing with my brother and my aunt. It was incredible.

And oh - by the way - Margo - that is a picture of the moon - I opened the shutter on the camera and threw it up in the air.

Jena Isle said...

blue moon (lonely moon) , psychedelic moon (happy moon)

G. said...

Radiant Moon.

Writing Nag said...

increscent moon
cratered moon
demilune moon
lopsided moon

David Zen-Kennedy said...

Jena! - Again thank you. I love when people come back to 'post' again. Once is great. Twice is amazing. Three times! Has anyone every posted to an a to z poem three times? I don't think it's ever been done.

G - thank you for the adds - RadiantMoon - very nice indeed.

W. Nag - thank you too for adding to the poem. increscent moon is an interesting addition. I like the idea of a lopsided moon.

and

Jennifer - I think 'in utero moon' is very profound. It makes a lot of sense.

Let's see if I can remember which lines are from bob dylan (and Holly - I don't think dr. Jay visits this blog). Panamanian Moon is from (I think) Stuck outside of mobile with the memphis blues again.

I am going to go out prospecting for some Moon Lines in some other blogs. I saw that Robin was writing about the moon today. . . Thanks again everyone.