Leaf 155 – Art Inspired
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| Janis Goodman - Moonshine |
This poem was inspired by a wonderfully
evocative artwork, titled ‘Moonshine,’ created by contemporary printmaker,
Janis Goodman. Seeing it reminded me of many occasions in rural Northamptonshire
in the mid-1990s, when my friends and I used to stroll through wheatfields lit
by the Moon in summertime after an evening relaxing at the local village pub
while we were camping out in the fields nearby (see, Leaf 69). There’s something very magical and
distinctly otherworldly about experiencing such a brightly lit nocturnal scene,
immersed in the ethereal moonlight and its long dark dancing shadows, which is
always aided happily by a few ales!
Ears of wheat
silvered by the
Harvest Moon.
