In some cultures, the full moon of each month is given a special name. At the end of 2015 I discovered that Native North American full moon names speak to my monthly experiences–since I live in the geographical range of origin, this is not surprising. February full moon is known as ‘Snow’ moon or ‘Hunger’ moon. March moon names are: Worm moon, Sap moon, Crow moon, and Crust moon. Instead of ‘explaining’ these names I present a small poem:
March signs:
worms trail castings
snow crust melts and freezes
maple tree sap flows down spigots
rain falls
hungry black raven crows swoop down
daytime takes over night
robins return
hearts smile.
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I love your poetic explanation! 🙂 who knew the moons had such interesting names!
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Yes who knew? making a point of featuring the full moon each month gives me a chance to savour each collection of names and consider how it fits how I have experienced the month…haven’t really been aware of worm castings before so I’ll have an eye out for them 😉
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What exactly is a worm casting? It sounds like black magic but I’m certain there is a more natural explanation 😉
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I didn’t know until I looked it up for the post… It’s their droppings…waste which looks like little brown balls on the surface of soil. We’ve probably seen it on the ground but just didn’t know what it was. Apparently you can buy bags of it for fertilizing.
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oh wow. I had no idea! I knew worms made soil but I’ve never seen their droppings. They are usually so buried in the earth here that I only see them when I disturb the ground.
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Your stellar poem entertains and educates us, too. Now… if only March was a blue moon month… then you’d be treating us to a second poem on this topic!
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Loved your poem for March, Janice. I await the next full moon’s serenade. 🙂
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Thanks Olga 🙂
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Beautiful poem Janice, interesting shot of the Raven/crow.
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Thank you Denis. I can’t take credit for the shot (caption is a link) but I chose it as large Ravens have swooped in with the coming of spring–just as one of the moon names predicts 🙂
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You say the pleasures of a spring moon so well.
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Thank you 🙂 ‘pleasures of a spring moon’ has a ring to it 🙂
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