The Virgin and the Crescent Moon
She sits within a starburst on a crescent moon the Child in her arms her gaze intent, eyes lowered The rich drapery of her dress her necklace and the tasseled cushion are far from the stable, the manger Another moon-seated woman swings her leg seductively in a fifties musical and wonders whether there is a future Clair Chilvers Clair Chilvers started writing poetry at the age of 70 after she retired from a career as a research scientist and latterly with the UK National Health Service. She lives in Gloucestershire. She has privately published a pamphlet- Pilgrimage - written following a visit to Palestine and had her first two poems published in online journals in December 2018. Her work has been described as ' powerful and moving' by Anna Saunders founder of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival.
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