Moon Creatures

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jerry in mandurriao

Before the moon
creatures on the road
buy bread, barbeque and beer

blurred shot of a boy on the road at night
I love the night culture of the Philippines and how the twilight turns headlights into the moon. After the hot sun sinks and before the moon rises, the streets are teeming with the BBQ smoke of street vendors and their customers.

PS: “Moon Creatures‘ is the title of Chapter 9 in Poetry in the Making by Ted Hughes. The chapter is a selection (and discussion) of speculative poems about the moon. I thought it sounded edgy and surreal, so I apprehended it for my little poem here.

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Melinda J. Irvine

Melinda J. Irvine is a freelance writer, blogger and creative. She writes for business clients and online publications all over the world. When she’s not writing about holistic health and ways to become a more effective writer, Mel is practicing tai chi and supporting the emotional wellbeing of marginalised kids in the Philippines. Sometimes she even has time to cross stitch.

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