Full Moon Ceremony by Sharon SingingMoon

Photo by Luisclas

Full Moon Ceremony

 

called - we respond

rise up from our knees

from made-up lives

become our secrets

gather

in fields in woods

in circles of prayer

in gratitude

we know the one truth of us

through Grandmother Moon

a fire in the center of us 

each & each circle

the stones

sacred & our Mother's

as we are

 

our prayers - our bodies

hips called to dance as the oceans do

to the rhythm of Moon’s ancient truth

we drum

sing

laugh

renew our power

as we call each singularly

all as one

with voice & silence

 

our fire & drums alive

with being

the universe reaches 
receives us & our prayers

Earth rejoices

knowing we are here

 

our bodies

sacred & female

cedars & sycamores open to stars

bask in the silver light of Grandmother Moon

our dance

our drums

our songs

our entire existence moves

to set fire to the world

 

© Sharon SingingMoon

 

Sharon SingingMoon is a poet, award-winning visual artist, and host of a monthly reading series, SPOKEN.  Sharon lives on the unceded ancestral lands of the Kickapoo, Shawnee, Ioway, Otoe, Delaware & Osage in what is now mid-Missouri.  She has been published widely in the US, the UK and Europe.  Her recent poetry collections are Random Seed (Compass Flower Press) and The Weight of One Hummingbird Feather (Spartan Press).  She co-edited, with Jason Ryberg, Rough-Cut Elegies, An Anthology of Missouri Poets.  Her work has been nominated for Best of the Net 2025, a 2025 Pushcart Prize and an Eric Hoffer Book Award.  

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