{"id":3070,"date":"2019-02-17T12:45:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T12:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2019-02-18T03:41:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T03:41:58","slug":"moon-natalie-crick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/moon-natalie-crick\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moon by Natalie Crick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3072 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/moon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1115\" height=\"729\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/moon.jpg 1115w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/moon-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/moon-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/moon-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/moon-624x408.jpg 624w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1115px) 100vw, 1115px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1115px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1115\/729;\" \/><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Moon<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Natalie Crick<\/p>\n<p>Schools of moths descend,<br \/>\nPulled in by waves of light when<\/p>\n<p>The fields begin to steam like horses<br \/>\nIn the cool<\/p>\n<p>Like the hush of rainfall<br \/>\nAfter the sun\u2019s marriage to the skies.<\/p>\n<p>From his window, the child can see;<br \/>\nThe young moon sulking behind the sun,<\/p>\n<p>Disappearing beneath the moors<br \/>\nWith a final sweep of chill.<\/p>\n<p>An actress on stage<br \/>\nApplauded by the throng<\/p>\n<p>One last time,<br \/>\nOnly to return again next night<\/p>\n<p>From where it grows to fullness,<br \/>\nA round milky globe<br \/>\nAsking the question:<br \/>\nWho will admire me next?<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Crick, from Newcastle in the UK, has found delight in writing all of her life and first began writing when she was a very young girl. She graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in English Literature and plan to pursue an MA at Newcastle this year. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in a range of journals and magazines including <em>The Lake, Ink Sweat and Tears, Poetry Pacific, Interpreters House and Jet Fuel Review<\/em>. Her work also features or is forthcoming in a number of anthologies, including<em> Lehigh Valley Vanguard Collections 13<\/em>. This year her poem, &#8216;Sunday School&#8217; was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Crick, from Newcastle in the UK, has found delight in writing all of her life and first began writing when she was a very young girl. 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