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On Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 11:23:20 AM UTC-7, rachel wrote:
> 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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