Hunter's Moon

The tides ripple,
and nothing
caught
in its net of long fingers.
This light of stone
will still summon the pull.
Everyone comes forth —
fox, shark, the silver
of gulls.
This stone, too,
is seeking,
and drawing out
their bloodless call.

Meg Smith is a poet, writer, journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass. Her poems have appeared in The Cafe Review, Pudding, Poetry Bay, The Horror Zine, Silver Blade, Raven Cage, The Blue Hour Anthology, and many more. Her most recent poetry books, This Scarlet Dancing and Dear Deepest Ghost, are available on Amazon. She welcomes visits to megsmithwriter.net.

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