Tuesday, December 14, 2010

watching the moon...long after the honeymoon has passed

                                         
                                                --Thomas Lamb


  
A book can be written about this poignant & memorable haiku--one of the finest one-line haiku ever written. honeymoon: conjuring up images of  initial  love, romance, adventure, faraway places, but no matter how intense, the honeymoon is usually of short duration and passes into other phases and cycles of married or unmarried life--and as it passes you are left with the moon its long celebrated romantic history---an enduring romance in contrast to the "honeymoon romance" which is temporal.The moon: forever welcoming all lovers who watch-- the young, the old, newlyweds, serenading all who feel its pull: inspiration for poets, authors, artists and songwriters.

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