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    This poem describes a lover's longing for their partner on a night when they must sleep alone. The speaker laments having to lie down without their loved one, comparing it to uselessly wearing out shoes by walking a widow's walk. Imagery of a calm lake, half moon, and empty arms evoke the speaker's loneliness and desire to be embracing their partner instead of sleeping alone.

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    Another excerpt from my unpublished novel with occasional poetry, The Book of Forbidden Words.

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    Only a Half Moon is Granted Sundered Lovers

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    This poem describes a lover's longing for their partner on a night when they must sleep alone. The speaker laments having to lie down without their loved one, comparing it to uselessly wearing out shoes by walking a widow's walk. Imagery of a calm lake, half moon, and empty arms evoke the speaker's loneliness and desire to be embracing their partner instead of sleeping alone.

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    Only A Half Moon Is Granted Sundered Lovers

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    John M. Watkins
    This poem describes a lover's longing for their partner on a night when they must sleep alone. The speaker laments having to lie down without their loved one, comparing it to uselessly wearing out shoes by walking a widow's walk. Imagery of a calm lake, half moon, and empty arms evoke the speaker's loneliness and desire to be embracing their partner instead of sleeping alone.

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    La maja desnuda

    Francisco Goya

    Only a half moon is granted sundered lovers


    by John MacBeath Watkins

    from The Book of Forbidden Words copyright 2005

    A calm lake
    a half moon
    clean white sheets
    in a deep black gloom.

    When I lie down without you…


    O why lie down without you?
    I might as well tramp
    some widow's walk
    and wear out the soles of my shoes.

    A calm lake
    a half moon
    empty arms
    and an empty womb…

    O why lie down without you?

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