Half moon

One day

I catch the waxing

moon in the mid-winter’s

early evening dark.  The clear

great circle that is the day-night

terminator of the moon is edge-on:

a vertical straight line bordering the

half-disk of the lit moon which hangs

right.  Conjures up other moons, other

times, full, gibbous or crescent, waxing

in the evening with horns pointing east

or perhaps, in the small hours, waning

with horns pointing west.  Seen from

windows, from pavements, beaches,

cliff-tops, hill-tops, or paths along

the edges of fields.  Bright, dim,

in and out of clouds, over

or between buildings

or trees.