gordon

Clouds slide across the moon
Now we see the life we yearn
In moonlit splendour the earth will turn
It’s only now we see the light that burns
As night will follow every day
Its darkness that illuminates our way
Stand and howl to the silvery moon
We become its now we learn
Lupus Aurora our guiding light
We learn to grow on this silvery night
To feel to breathe to become the wolf
Track our prey it’s what we love
Tear out the heart rip the sinew
Feel the heat begin anew
To live this life to feel the change
From mere mortal to wolf man strange
Only now do we become
The real hunter from time begun
To run to feel the shifting breeze
To track to kill with simple ease
No preconceptions just be the beast
At last become what we fear least
Metamorphism brings the wolf
For one night only this must be enough
As dawns grey light comes all too soon
To human form we must return

__________________
One thing in life is certain you wont get out alive

Darkshine

Hmmm...this is interesting but I think that the rhyme scheme is a bit too simplictic, although I'm not sure. In some parts, it just seems like you forced the rhymes a bit.

However, a very good subject.
I loved this line:

"Lupus Aurora our guiding light "

I like the one-liner imagery in this poem.

__________________
"The trouble with poets is they talk too much."
-Paul Mulvey

Penelope

Gordon, this subject is one of my favourites. I read your poem with interest. I believe you caught the haunting quality of the werewolf but what I found lacking was the power. Accurately conveying power of a supernatural being would be difficult in my view. I think if I ever attempted a poem about lupus aurora I would think about the movie 'American Werewolf in London'. It was my favourite werewolf movie and the only one that scared the hell out of me. The combination of humour - innocence - sex - isolation - great music - dread - angst and hospitals was what delivered the punch. I didn't find any of your rhymes forced but I would have used fewer words. All in all, I enjoyed it and it got me thinking about a topic which is fascinating. thanks Gordon.

__________________
"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." Ronald Reagan ~ 1981

Poetry Editor @ Sacred Twilight