The poem Blood Moon, written by John A. Nieves, was published in the Poetry Northwest. Though it is not a very long poem, I found Blood Moon to be a very interesting poem as it grabs your attention and speaks out to you the reader. It is a poem that the words being used can either be taken literally or metaphorically. In the poem a shooter was named, new heights were reached, a new bed was made, the bed had to be slept in, and the title hunter was self-proclaimed. I perceived Blood Moon as a coming of age story.
To me, it seemed as though a child had been firing at birds that were flying southbound with a bow or projectile firing weapon. The child was pointed out by the bigger male birds that were protecting their flock, in turn swooping down