Moon Haze
Because the moonlight deceives Therefore I love it.
Amy Lowell
Because the moonlight deceives Therefore I love it.
Amy Lowell’s two-line poem turns on a gentle paradox: the speaker loves moonlight because it is not truthful. Moonlight softens edges, blurs details, and makes ordinary scenes look dreamlike or beautiful. Rather than wanting clarity, the speaker prefers that soft distortion.
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