I see you better now, shaded in deeper blue.
Hardly needing to carry the find-your-way lamp
Down to the river.
Tonight flies a better moon.

Sad water buffalo lie fast near the shallows;
A splash revealing the fly-catching fishes.
Dark gods silently watching.
Tonight flies a better moon.

I guess you've known lovers here, compliant in passion;
Softly laid in the old reed bed, harshly
Lit in the noon sun.
Tonight flies a better moon.

Now cloaked in this milky light, new as the virgin dawn,
Shrouded sweetly in all kinds of mystery,
You turn, smile and then are gone.
Tonight flies a better moon.

• A Better Moon
• Black & White Television
• Boris Dancing
• Circular Breathing
• Different Germany
• End Game
• Fly by Night
• Looking for Eden
• Made in England
• Montserrat
• Panama Freighter
• Postcard Day
• Sanctuary
• Set-aside
• The Habanero Reel
• The Jasmine Corridor
• The Little Flower Girl
• The Secret Language of Birds
• The Stormont Shuffle
• The Water Carrier
• Toad in The Hole
• Trains
• User-friendly
• Walk Into Light