article by Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
The moon and then
the Pleiades
go down
The night is now
half-gone; youth
goes; I am
in bed alone
—Sappho (1)
When the Moon Casts a Woman Off
The muse is erotic. This is well known to the men who adore her. For me, her erotic nature can show up unexpectedly, as it did in India, or as it did during that powerful transition in a woman’s life—menopause.
When the moon has cast a woman off, and she is running hot and cold in a confusion of purposes, body and soul fighting over t
