From Moon Songs
isolation
lyric poem
dreamlike
The moon lays a long horn, of light, on the sea. Tremoring, ecstatic, the grey-green unicorn. The sky floats over the wind, a huge flower of lotus. (O you, walking alone, in the last house of night!)
From Moon Songs - meaning Summary
Nocturnal, Surreal Illumination
This short lyric paints a nocturnal, dreamlike scene where the moon casts a luminous "horn" across the sea and surreal images—a trembling unicorn and a lotus-sky—transform the landscape. The poem merges natural and fantastical elements to evoke ecstatic wonder and gentle unease. Addressing a lone walker in the "last house of night," it frames solitude as both vulnerable and illuminated, suggesting inward contemplation amid mysterious beauty.
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