Written in the book of dust
© REDCAT
Between worlds
In the midnight days
The wind on the moon
Prophecy good omens
Stardust from the bones of the Moon
Fall over smoke and mirrors
The garden of shadows
Where seekers await
The lovedeath-rebirth
Of goddess initiation
I’ve done this with song titles before, but not with book titels. Equally fun and tricky.
Posted as response to Finding poems in bookshelves at dVerse.
GloPoWriMo 2020
DAY 1 – Build a New Start
DAY 2 – Beloved Bookstore
DAY 3 – Sunshine and Hail
DAY 4 – Isolation Dating
DAY 5 –Staring out a Windowpane
DAY 6 – Casanova Comes Closer
DAY 7 – Swirling Colors of my Mind
DAY 8 – White – Red – Black
DAY 9 – Different World After
DAY 10 – Spring Hay(na)ku
DAY 11 – Love – Hay(na)ku
DAY 12 – Make Art – Triolet inspired
by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell
DAY 13 – What did you think would happen
to a child left on my doorstep?
DAY 14 – Ballad of the Lost Poet
DAY 15 – Writer’s class – Hay(na)ku
DAY 16 – What is a Nomad without a Tribe?
DAY 17 – Pale Spring, Here Again, Nature Awake
DAY 18 – Spring Day in the Garden
DAY 19 – Close Couplets
DAY 20 – Lost in Love’s First Flush
DAY 21 – She Tasted Like Memory
DAY 22 – Struggling Mind
DAY 23 – Written in the book of dust
DAY 24 – At the end of every week, Friday-Cozy!
DAY 25 – Slip, Crack, Shatter
DAY 26 – Humans Really Don’t Know
DAY 27 – April Rain
DAY 28 – Greeting the Watch Horse
DAY 29 – Letter of Hope
DAY 30 – Witches Walpurgis Night Preparation
The world according to RedCat 
I like the thought of the moon having bones. It goes with the book of dust.
That is a fine composition and with hopeful sentiments. From “between worlds” to “goddess initiation”; new moon rising!
You’ve arranged those titles perfectly. The poem emerges strong as a word adventure. I liked “between worlds on the midnight days”.
Very nicely woven poem!
Interesting how it turned out.
Pratchett, Gaiman and Pullman – excellent choices! I agree with Frank about ‘Stardust from the bones of the Moon’ and the Book of Dust.
Very nicely woven together, like a path lit by important messages, leading us into the light.
Can’t improve on the others’ comments! The photo of the second hand bookstore has me in fits. Joys of living in the far-away countryside. A choice of books are hard to come by.
Excellent write and use of books! Oh and how I do love Neil Gaiman! Terry too. I like the moon imagery that leads to some fulfillment we all wait, we seekers, the deathbirth-initiation of letting go of oneself to be less, to be all.
I really like the combination of lines at the ending.
Where seekers await
The lovedeath-rebirth
Of goddess initiation
I think this could be a stand alone poem of its own.
This is such an interesting prompt to play with.
And I liked your photo.
I think this is a beautiful example of spine poetry. I’ve never tried it before and found it fun. And I love all these books I’m running into.
This is was an excellent weave a word from a great collection of books