The Moon

The Moon
by Robert Bly
After writing poems all day,
I go off to see the moon in the pines.
Far in the woods I sit down against a pine.
The moon has her porches turned to face the light,
But the deep part of her house is in the darkness.

I like this poem because it provides a new point of view on the look of the poem. Using metaphors it describes the look of the poem as well as almost personifies this poem. I like the fact, also, that the author uses the visual of the moon to relax. After a long day he goes to the relaxing and quiet woods to look at the moon and relax. The "porches" of the moon are used to represent the lit parts of the moon that stick out. The "deep part of her house" is used to describe the darker part. This moon beng described is not a full moon. The "porches" are the only part showing. By comparing the dark parts to an inside of a house it makes the reader curious as to whats on or in the other part of the moon when there isn't a full moon. It makes the reader question what the other part of the moon looks like since we can't see it at that moment. i liked this poem for both the imagery and metaphor, but also because it makes the reader think and wonder.