Half Moon in a High Wind
Half Moon in a High Wind - meaning Summary
Longing Under a Half Moon
The poem presents a speaker watching a yellow half moon in a windy sky and feeling a mix of desire and detachment. Refrains and repeated words mirror the wind's restless motion and the speaker's wavering wishes: wanting the moon to stay, then to move on. Money is dismissed as irrelevant, emphasizing emotional urgency over material concerns. The mood shifts between tenderness, uncertainty, and acceptance of impermanence.
Read Complete AnalysesMONEY is nothing now, even if I had it, O mooney moon, yellow half moon, Up over the green pines and gray elms, Up in the new blue. Streel, streel, White lacey mist sheets of cloud, Streel in the blowing of the wind, Streel over the blue-and-moon sky, Yellow gold half moon. It is light On the snow; it is dark on the snow, Streel, O lacey thin sheets, up in the new blue. Come down, stay there, move on. I want you, I don't, keep all. There is no song to your singing. I am hit deep, you drive far, O mooney yellow half moon, Steady, steady; or will you tip over? Or will the wind and the streeling Thin sheets only pass and move on And leave you alone and lovely? I want you, I don't, come down, Stay there, move on. Money is nothing now, even if I had it.
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