Category: moon
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Evening on the mountain
while doves coo in olive trees nightingales announce the moon and crows call down the sun cool breeze ascends the mountain out in Haifa Bay ships await their turn to come in port and rest 6-8-22
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haiku of the moon
moon shines just as bright when sun obscures dark of night stars still twinkle, too
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the drowning
On the night of her death She happily chased The moon into the sea Embraced light dancing in the surf Body shrouded in seaweed Waiting for the moon to save her 7-13-22
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Battle of the Equinox
The pond grows strangely quiet, Geese and goslings fled weeks ago, Cicadas no longer sing of love, Sated bullfrogs sleep in, Turtles are not sunning on the bank, Fish refuse to break the surface, The heron has gone hunting elsewhere. Autumn equinox arrives tomorrow, Draws depression’s curtain and Reminds us night will overwhelm the day.…
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Eclipse
modest moon robes the sun birds sing welcome to a second dawn I ask the voyeur, embered, eerie eye roll away the sacred stone let our star dance naked once again across the midday sky 11-12-25
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haiku of the moon
the sun’s brilliance veils your face during daylight come the night – you shine 8-25-25
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Philia
The moon pulls at the sea. The sea responds. And so it goes back and forth never embracing. 8-19-25
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Moonscapes
“We are the space between the fish and the moon.” Rumi Some nights, the moon lights my way through the dark, but when it wanes it becomes a sword to wage war with the world Other nights, it’s a child pulling at a mother’s heart or just a rock broken from a bigger rock and…
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moon rise
just because earthquakes shake mountains and they tumble to the sea is not a good enough reason to stay in the valley and not approach the stars rise up like an eagle the moon has something to whisper in your ear 6-15-23
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empty highway
empty highway low country dark headlights split the night center line reflectors yellow crescent moon set cruise and go 8-23-23
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