moonlight— seeing everything and yet utterly alone
Written on January 1, 2024. Visualized by AI, specifically by DALL-E & Microsoft Designer.
Yes, I prefer minimalism, sometimes—more or less. Recently, more often again. Then I think, in a few lines or with just a handful of words, everything can be said. You don’t have to struggle to find the right words; you have to get rid of them, and that’s just as hard—at least. But sometimes, it’s not. There are things for which even a whole novel isn’t enough.
just a moment ago he looked over my shoulder while I was writing —the moon
Written on July 29, 2024, brought to life by DALL-E and Microsoft Designer.
Poetically speaking, moonlight casts a magical spell on our senses and emotions. Its gentle, silvery glow transforms the night into a mysterious landscape, stirring imagination and feelings. Yet, it neither affects our lives nor our health, nor can we physically feel it – it is simply too faint for that.
Although not physically measurable, moonlight can be metaphorically felt as a cool touch on the skin. It evokes sensations of calm, longing, or romance and creates an atmosphere of contemplation. As a symbol of change and cosmic cycles, it has always inspired artists and poets, who strive to capture its ethereal beauty in their works. What would we be without the moon?
the moon he gazes into the night but he doesn’t know her
The visualizations are generated by DALL-E & Microsoft Designer via Bing.
The poem is contemplative and introspective, with a sense of quiet mystery. It feels gentle yet distant, much like the moon itself. The way the moon is personified—gazing into the night but not truly knowing her—evokes a feeling of longing, curiosity, or perhaps quiet resignation. There’s no urgency or intensity; instead, there is a soft and subtle acknowledgment of this unbridgeable distance between the moon and the night.
when it’s just us we remain quiet— the moon and me
I wrote this on December 24, 2023. The visualization was provided by DALL-E and Microsoft Designer via Bing.
Exploring the Symmetry of the Poem
The poem has a subtle yet elegant symmetry, created by the balance between the speaker, the moon, and the silence they share. The first two lines set up a mirrored structure: “when it’s just us” reflects intimacy, and “we remain quiet” mirrors the peacefulness of that moment. The final line brings both the speaker and the moon into equal standing, emphasizing their quiet connection. The dash before the last line creates a pause, highlighting the reflective symmetry between the quiet of the speaker and the quiet of the moon.
The moon on the path it sleeps within a puddle quietly alone
Conceived on 06.06.2024 and visualized in a surreal way by DALL-E via Bing and Microsoft Designer.
It only became a Haiku by chance, or rather, the words somehow came together on their own, and in the end, syllabically, it turned out to be a 5-7-5 Haiku. When words find their form naturally, it sounds effortless, less forced; after all, poets often hammer and hack away at their verses until they fit. In this sense, a Haiku is a Procrustean bed. Under such circumstances, I would not want to be a sentence. But here, everything came together effortlessly, a kind of literary underwater birth — in this case, in a puddle. See also: Summer Blue Haiku
