October 3rd Prompt
Previous Prompts: 1, 2
Tonight is a full moon, so I thought it'd be appropriate to have a moon-themed prompt. Let us consider the moon and its effects on the boys, tonight!
Prompt #3, October 3rd, 2009
The Crazed Moon
By W.B. Yeats
Crazed through much child-bearing
The moon is staggering in the sky;
Moon-struck by the despairing
Glances of her wandering eye
We grope, and grope in vain,
For children born of her pain.
Children dazed or dead!
When she in all her virginal pride
First trod on the mountain's head
What stir ran through the countryside
Where every foot obeyed her glance!
What manhood led the dance!
Fly-catchers of the moon,
Our hands are blenched, our fingers seem
But slender needles of bone;
Blenched by that malicious dream
They are spread wide that each
May rend what comes in reach.
I attempted to find out when Yeats wrote that, but I failed. :( So let's all pretend that he wrote it in October. (That makes it all the better!)
I'm so excited to see all the responses! Yay! You guys are amazing, everything so far has been beautiful. And we still have an entire month of awesome ahead of us :D Keep on writing! I'll be promoting the community a bit, so we might even get some more people involved :D
Questions or Suggestions? Leave a comment! :)
Tonight is a full moon, so I thought it'd be appropriate to have a moon-themed prompt. Let us consider the moon and its effects on the boys, tonight!
Prompt #3, October 3rd, 2009
The Crazed Moon
By W.B. Yeats
Crazed through much child-bearing
The moon is staggering in the sky;
Moon-struck by the despairing
Glances of her wandering eye
We grope, and grope in vain,
For children born of her pain.
Children dazed or dead!
When she in all her virginal pride
First trod on the mountain's head
What stir ran through the countryside
Where every foot obeyed her glance!
What manhood led the dance!
Fly-catchers of the moon,
Our hands are blenched, our fingers seem
But slender needles of bone;
Blenched by that malicious dream
They are spread wide that each
May rend what comes in reach.
I attempted to find out when Yeats wrote that, but I failed. :( So let's all pretend that he wrote it in October. (That makes it all the better!)
I'm so excited to see all the responses! Yay! You guys are amazing, everything so far has been beautiful. And we still have an entire month of awesome ahead of us :D Keep on writing! I'll be promoting the community a bit, so we might even get some more people involved :D
Questions or Suggestions? Leave a comment! :)