Full Worm Moon: A Book of Poems (Poiema Poetry)

Like The Old Farmers Almanac chronicles the cycles of sun moon stars and planets Full Worm Moon explores the profound transitions from promise to loss depicting one womans endeavor to move into a third space / hospitable for another life / more rare more raw. In particular Julie L. Moore tracks the phases of a long marriages brutal disintegration a year as turbulent as the wind that uproots a birch tree leaving it prostrate on the ground / like one spouse pleading / with the other not to leave. Every months full moon weaves through seasons of vicissitude creating a new vocabulary for solitude without loneliness and endurance without passivity. As they delve into divorces myriad aftershocks Moores poems remain intelligent and intimate; amid their stunning landscapes emerge both beauty and violence as well as a host of memorable characters: Milton and Monet Charon and Cicero Benedictine monks and Coopers Hawks clueless administrators and clever students an oblivious weatherman and a philosophical neighbor. All are welcome and in her lyrical trustworthy voice Moore guides us with our longing / for answered prayer to press on and practice . . . / anything but resignation.