my friend and I go down to the sea
casting our nets into the deep
darkness of the night sky
pulling in our catch of shimmering
stars as they fall heaped
on to our deck their voices
rise into song and we catch
the song and sing
together of the great black blueness
of the deep night sky and the great blue
blackness of the deep night sea
celestial and terrestrial
the song rises into the bowing trees
and the trees sing of stars and sky and sea
and shaking their thorny heads send the stars
falling from the deep dark sky into the deep dark sea
molten and glorious
thecourseofourseasons 
Beautifully written
Wow, the breathlessly beautiful magic of the night ❤ Awesome!
Oh I love the mirroring of “great black blueness” and “great blue blackness”.
To be lost under the starry sky, with the vast blue sea, nature’s bliss, who would not want to be lost like this.
Definitely magical. (K)
‘…we catch
the song and sing
together of the great black blueness
of the deep night sky and the great blue
blackness of the deep night sea’ –
I don’t want to breathe it out.
Your poem is a knockout–gorgeous, complicated, mysterious, the blues, a ballad–a dark smoky jazz bar with the chanteuse wearing an orchid; sweet. So good to see you resurface.
This has a lyrical feels. I read it twice as I liked the rhythm.
the song rises into the bowing trees
and the trees sing of stars and sky and sea
“the great black blueness
of the deep night sky and the great blue
blackness of the deep night sea”
Love the incantation of this poem, like the words of a hypnotist.
Oh, heavens. THIS:
“sing
together of the great black blueness
of the deep night sky and the great blue
blackness of the deep night sea”
Gorgeous.
Black blueness or blue blackness, this is a magical poem!
I just love this. The ebb and flow of words, like the sea, and the dreamlike quality of it all. It’s fabulous.
What a beautiful way to begin a Tsukimi.moon-viewing, A Japanese custom this time every year. They even have a festival for it. I love all the stars you catch in your nets. Gorgeous.
The sky and the sea both seem deep and dark. Nice magical story.
Wow! What a magical poem. I love “…the great black blueness / of the deep night sky and / the great blue blackness of the deep night sea…”. Just perfect!
Lovely sing song rhythm with a magical repetition of imagery
I love this magical poem, especially ‘casting our nets into the deep darkness of the night sky, pulling in our catch of shimmering stars’
I like your way to fish! Magic!
What beautiful night time magic.
Those are the best songs to sing. Well caught piece of magic. Thanks for dropping by the bar this evening.
Oh Kathleen, such a long time to have you at the bar, and what a great moment you have captured… I know that magic can be for real.
Ha, I posted a blue coloured moon photo last night too……..I love this one. It is so lovely. I love the “great black blueness”…….and the trees singing of stars and sky and sea. Gorgeous writing! Nice to see you posting, kiddo.
Gorgeous!!! ❤