An owl on the moon Quotes

“All along the crystal cove the woven masks pace and pause from doorstep to doorstep. Shadows dance on the crest of the moon, as clouds, like dark bats, shift through the skies.
The children in garments of glib disarray;
the parents wear masks that won’t fade away.
Olive and amber, sea and sky;
salt and sand go winding by.
One can sense the cries of hovering birds,
the laughter of children,
and frost-bitten air.”
― Craig Froman, An owl on the moon: A journal from the edge of darkness

“For a brief moment two young brothers appear immobile on this rubble. Their faces are serene and still. It is my blood. My brother untouched and unchanged, alive now in some distant place, full of hope and grace.



All sweet with no bitter;
all bright and no pale.
The rough is made smooth;
the dark clouds, a dream.”
― Craig Froman, An owl on the moon: A journal from the edge of darkness

“Unstrained, I sit and gaze,
glare,
survey,
stare
through barred windows encased in embroidered steel. Pearly frosted dust obstructs the channels of light, leaving only small pillars of fire, arranged in disordered fragments. The antiquated sallow walls are stained with crimson braids that wreathe and scuttle about the rimes and rifts.”
― Craig Froman, An Owl on the Moon: A Journal From the Edge of Darkness