Editing the Moon

By Caroline Caddy b. 1944 Caroline Caddy

Be precise

authority is magic.

When you think you've got it straight

wax wane declination

feel the movement under your hand

one summer morning

as you observe it set

then rise that night.

Always use a well-sharpened pencil

followed by a good eraser.

Watch the white emerge.

Caroline Caddy, "Editing the Moon" text from Esperance, Fremantle Press, 2007; audio from The Tibetan Cabinet, Audio CD, 2010: by permission of River Road Press and the poet. Copyright © 2007, 2010 by Caroline Caddy.

Source: Esperance (Fremantle Press, 2007)

Editing the Moon

Editing the Moon

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