The legend of the mooncake monster

The legend of the mooncake monster

A Poem by Steph K
"

Some fables never loose its shine

"

The moon draws near

Her shine and luster

Beauty within that could not muster.

She tells a tale

Of olden song

As short turns long.

Fable? Maybe an antalogy

A prose, a verse of history

Hear her out: It is the tale of eastern wonder

A splendor in sight!

Jealous skies the stars do wander

A monster creeping through the night

Unleashing anger. Right, I now remember.

She said “ Blunder!”

I did not fully understand

But she did comprehend

The story of a past, a future

Withheld.

And so the creature as it was

Remained a mystical pause

And moon trapped in within

Unable fable, untold

A story never sold.

Believe me when I say

The creature remained sane

It ate, and filled immensely

What moon thought was empty

Was filled with sweet, salt.

Oh! Plenty

A caramel-colored paste

To forget it would be a waste

Woven into an intricate box of metal

Of sunk in lotus petals

Lotus root to boot.

Moon, meet eggyolk.

Swoon.

© 2011 Steph K


Author's Note

Steph K
As the mid-autumn festival draws near, mooncakes seem a-plenty. What is a sweet pastry without celebration?

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Very well penned and creative piece. Made me smile. Great work :P

Posted 12 Years Ago


Another clever piece, with good use of rhyme, rythm, and content!! :-)

Posted 12 Years Ago


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hihi, mooncake... ^^

Posted 12 Years Ago


Great poem. I loved it.

Posted 12 Years Ago


yummy.now im in the mood for mooncakes.
oh.good poem.lol.
very good

Posted 12 Years Ago


It really flows
its amazing ,
though the last part is weaker then the first part
its a beautifull poem
keep on writing

Posted 12 Years Ago


It was a bit odd, to tell you the truth. You seemed to dump the first half of the poem for the sake of the cake. Nice imagery, though.

Posted 12 Years Ago


Unable fable, untold
A story never sold.

Really enjoyed it. Love the imagery, 'what moon thought was empty'. Such a lovely write. Well done.

Posted 12 Years Ago


This was an exquisite delicacy of autumn-fabled goodness.. that made me very hungry... Swooning!

Posted 12 Years Ago


Hmm. An interesting write, it amused me, reminded me of a song of olde. I like the story-song-like quality to it. This is certainly a poem I won't forget, I've never read anything like it! (That's good, honestly lol)
Just out of curiousity, is Mooncake an actual cake or made up? lol.


Posted 12 Years Ago



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Added on July 25, 2011
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Tags: mooncakes, festivals, life, celebration

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