Lorraine Schein
6/30/26
Lorraine Schein, a NY writer, has published in Strange Horizons, Vallum, Scientific American, Michigan Quarterly, Utopia Science Fiction, and the anthologies Underland Arcana and Tragedy Queens: Stories Inspired by Lana del Rey & Sylvia Plath. Her books include The Futurist’s Mistress (poetry, Mayapple Press) and The Lady Anarchist Cafe (stories and poems), available from Autonomedia and Amazon.
“The first full moon of spring will rise on April 12. It is the smallest full moon in 2025.
It occurs when the moon is the farthest distance from Earth (the apogee). “--Real Simple
pink micromoon
spring has come soon
It’s not really pink.
Just named pink by our minds
a lunar sign
of spring blossoming.
O little lipstick lesbian lunation!
Revlon Pink Lipsticks:
Love that Pink
Skyline Pink
Softsilver Pink
Pink Velvet
Pink in the Afternoon
Think Pink!
See it through a pink telescope
Or maybe better--
a pink microscope.
pink micromoon
O tiny femme satellite of love
Think Pink!
pink micromoon in my pocket
powering my invisible phone.
Mooncakes can be pink
with pink icing.
Pink flamingoes stretch their necks to see
the pink micromoon at apogee.
Pink portal to new possibilities--
And also to those that are heavenly.
The soles of the saints are pink.
The haloes of angels are pink.
Do random acts of pinkness
And microcharities.
Because:
what’s farthest away
and hardest to see
May be the pink portal
that transports us
from our gray, tainted history.