Poiema Poetry: Full Worm Moon (Paperback)

Like The Old Farmer s Almanac chronicles the cycles of sun moon stars and planets Full Worm Moon explores the profound transitions from promise to loss depicting one woman s endeavor to move into a third space / hospitable for another life / more rare more raw. In particular Julie L. Moore tracks the phases of a long marriage s brutal disintegration a year as turbulent as the wind that uproots a birch tree leaving it prostrate on the ground / like one spouse pleading / with the other not to leave. Every month s full moon weaves through seasons of vicissitude creating a new vocabulary for solitude without loneliness and endurance without passivity. As they delve into divorce s myriad aftershocks Moore s poems remain intelligent and intimate; amid their stunning landscapes emerge both beauty and violence as well as a host of memorable characters: Milton and Monet Charon and Cicero Benedictine monks and Cooper s Hawks clueless administrators and clever students an oblivious weatherman and a philosophical neighbor. All are welcome and in her lyrical trustworthy voice Moore guides us with our longing / for answered prayer to press on and practice . . . / anything but resignation.