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On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 8:58:34 PM UTC-7, rachel wrote:
> On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 8:17:43 PM UTC-7, Michael Pendragon wrote:
> > On Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 10:23:51 PM UTC-4, David Dalton wrote:
> > > The moon is effectively full both tonight and tomorrow night
> > > (the exact time of full moon is 0957 UTC/GMT September 29).
> > >
> > > "When the moon hits your eye
> > > Like a big pizza pie, that`s amore
> > > When the world seems to shine
> > > Like you`ve had too much wine, that`s amore"
> > > (Harry Warren and Jack Brooks)
> > >
> > > I was mildly irritable earlier, as I sometimes am in the
> > > period before full moon, but am starting to feel better now.
> > >
> > > What poems do you know of about the full moon,
> > > particularly about the Harvest Moon? In Asian cultures
> > > it is also the Mid-Autumn Festival which is described
> > > on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn Festival .
> > >
> > > --
> > >
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns
(mystic page)
> > > "And the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill
> > > And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)
> > I`ve got this one in the Submissions thread for AYoS:
> >
> > WITCHES? MOON
> >
> > Tonight the harvest moon burns red
> > And bathes the world in pumpkin spice,
> > She calls the Old Ones from their bed
> > With whispered words that run like mice
> > Across the sleeping land.
> >
> > She hums tunes snatched from black cat cries
> > From gingersnaps and fenny snakes,
> > She sweeps the cobwebs from the skies
> > And smiles as the world awakes
> > To dream at her command.
> >
> > Tonight in some forgotten glen
> > Her worshippers will dance in rings,
> > And hidden from the gaze of men
> > Engage in foul, ungodly things
> > As dragons eat the stars.
> >
> > There in the moonlight`s pumpkin glow
> > They`ll call upon the Ancient names,
> > Then round about the bonfire go
> > Toss wicker scarecrows on the flames
> > To burn away Earth`s scars.
> >
> > Tonight the blood-red witches` moon
> > Looks down to cast her timeless spell,
> > Where dreams are tossed like scattered runes
> > Before the gates of Hell.
> >
> > -- Michael Pendragon
> >
> > *****
> >
> > The Harvest Moon appears in quite a number of my poems, as
Autumn is my favorite time of year.
> ?
902 lb. pumpkin won at alaskan fair
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