LA LUNA <br /> <br />The moon stares at you. <br />You gaze back – not seeing it. <br />Naked in its light. <br /> <br />“Ahhhh...my little sleepwalker <br />lost now in a world...of your own. <br /> <br /> <br />******** <br /> <br />ARTIST <br /> <br />Suddenly blank moon <br />sketches pine tree & lone bird <br />with swiftest of strokes. <br />Written all over its face. <br />Then dissatisfied....starts again. <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />SILLY MOON <br /> <br />Moon plays hide & seek <br />against the skinny bamboo <br />hiding now behind <br />a single stem...hard not to see <br />its great big behind. I laugh. <br /> <br /> <br />******* <br /> <br />PUT THAT MOON DOWN THIS MINUTE! <br /> <br />One tree passes moon <br />to the other tree slyly <br />as if it had thought <br />I hadn’t seen it do it. <br />But ah...I smile: “Gotcha! ”<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/moon-tankas-2/
