Tag: astrological poems

• “from ‘Cancer, or, The Crab’, a section of The Ecliptic” by Joseph Macleod

  

  A poem for Cancer season image: The Crab and the Heron – Gurupada//@Google Arts & Culture As we enter the final week of Cancer, here’s a poem about crabs. This excerpt from Joseph Macleod’s long poem from 1930 captures the eerie unearthly stillness of a moonlit beach, edges blurry and indistinct beneath pale blue light.…

  forestpunk

  July 14, 2023

  Poetry, Writing

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