Moon Meditation by Neil Ellman

Moon Meditation by Richard Pousette-Dart

Moon Meditation

(after the painting by Richard Pousette-Dart)

Walking on the moon

in the breathlessness of dust

no wind, the cold

cutting like diamond blades of ice

through stone and skin

the first perhaps

the last

I walk in the shadow

of the gods

who came before.  

At the Sea of Tranquility

I am alone

with no one to guide me

but the stars

and no one to believe in

but myself.

Neil Ellman is a poet from New Jersey.  He has published numerous poems, more than 1,000 of which are ekphrastic and written in response to works of modern art, in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world.  He has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and twice for Best of the Net.

Editors Note: This is an ekphrastic poem and based on a work of modern art. The title of this poem is that of the original image (after the painting by Richard Pousette-Dart)