Dregs Of Moon Poem by Felix Bongjoh

Felix Bongjoh

Felix Bongjoh

Shisong-Bui, Cameroon
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Felix Bongjoh
Shisong-Bui, Cameroon
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Dregs Of Moon



(i)

From pewter
and coin
space thinning

out into
an alabaster
beam,

the moon fills
its hollows
with gold
and lace patches.

Drink me off,
bawls out
the cream silver
spinning ball,

to the floor
of this
bloating glass

only after
a jumbo bottle
of light
has been poured in.

A glass
of moon swells
into
the donjon
tower

of a sinking
bottle,
graphite drips
of moon

melting light
into
a beaded
creep

all shaken
and
tapped off
into the glass.

O full glass
of moon
tilting
to point its
nipple

to a poet's
dry mouth,

when light
spins
skeletons
of dripping

silhouettes
melting
into corners
of the glass,

a tumbler
pouring light
into
the mouth

of a poet's pen
spinning
off a poem
to light up

the deep
dark gorge
of a drifting canyon
sinking

with a deep
ladder
into open rock,
a basement
floor

only sinking
into darker
layers
of the glass.

(ii)

O blush
and lead corners
of a tan
glass of moon,

foaming
as it drains out,
let your
soot crystals

bubble in a thin
graphite
layer and settle

with dregs
a poet must drink
to mold
a full-bodied

moon with dregs
and dark spots
to craft a poem

for the swan
that settled
a spume of light,

when the moon
had just
bounced out

of its womb
and sheep
in the moonlight
were seen

settling
by the baby moon
in an expanding
firmament

shaving off
moon's thickened
hair and feathers,

as a whimpering.
sky of moon
poured itself
into a full glass.

And a flock
of sheep
settled to dig

into deep
spaces
of the glass

to lick off
gossamer fibers
sticking
to the bottom.

Monday, November 2, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: creativity,moon,nature
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Felix Bongjoh

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Shisong-Bui, Cameroon
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Shisong-Bui, Cameroon
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