DPF / Strand

Moons make me think of Sylvia; but, since Sylvia’s had her turn for a time, here is one of Strand’s moons today.


from
The Prediction / by Mark Strand

That night, the moon drifted over the pond,
turning the water to milk, and under
the boughs of the trees, the blue trees,
a young woman walked, and for an instant

the future came to her