open sky :: SAMVAAD/20th July
- sanjuktaa
- Jul 20
- 1 min read
hosts : Sanjuktaa Asopa & Aparna Pathak
what I think
but cannot say
moonlight
-Susan Yavaniski
(The Heron’s Nest, Vol XXVI, December, 2024; published in : Jim Kacian & Julie Schwerin, editors, A New Resonance 14, 2025, Red Moon Press. )
thank you so much Mohua!
So tender and full of wonder! Resonates with me…suddenly the glorious moon and all thoughts disappear. 💕
Nightfall and moonlight definitely has the effect of a flood of thoughts crossing the mind - Vocalising them is not an option - this excellent ku resonates with me.
A tender universal poem!
Susan is a brilliant poet and I love her poems. This one hits a chord. It happens to all of us that thoughts come rushing in the moment you hit the sack. But, most of these can’t be put into words. Night has that effect on us. Moreover, I read somewhere that women’s bodies are controlled by lunar cycle and maybe that’s why our emotions come flooding in during night.
I think I’m exactly in the same state Susan has portrayed in her ku.
Kudos to the hosts for featuring this.