June Jordan : "Poem to Take Back the Night"

Born on July 9th, 1936.

Poem to Take Back the Night

What about moonlight
What about watching for the moon above
the tops of trees and standing
still enough to hear the raucous crickets
chittering invisible among the soon lit stones
trick pinpoints of positions even poise
sustained in solitary loss

What about moonlight
What about moonlight

What about watching for the moon
through the wind…