Invisible moon
potent seed rests in darkness
a new moon hiding
soon to swell and gather force—
darkness stores hope for bounty.
∼
On Friday night a New moon rose—a ‘Black Moon’ as it was the second new moon in September. Double new moons are a rarity—the last pair in one month was in March 2014 and the next one will be in July 2019. All this to say: I don’t usually pay attention to New moons as they are invisible—news of the Black Moon attracted my attention to the invisible beginning of another moon cycle.
My tanka is also in response to Silver’s Weekly Tanka Poetry Prompt Challenge #1: ‘harvest’ and ‘moon’. This is an exciting new challenge hosted by Colleen Chesebro of Silver Threading on Tuesdays. For ‘harvest’ I used synonyms: ‘gather’ and ‘bounty’.
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Janice, your words were breathtaking! I am so happy to see you here. The moons affect us in so many ways. I didn’t know about the “black moon.” How interesting. It might explain the craziness of our American politics. But then, maybe not! LOL! ❤
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Thanks Colleen…I just discovered your note lost in wordpress highjinks…let’s hope it’s not the moon causing political craziness but I’m sure it contributes 😉
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No worries. I have had crazy stuff happening with my blog also. Hugs. See you tomorrow. 😀
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This is perfect.
And I’m glad I saw this. I headed over to Silver Threading and posted my own.
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Thanks. Glad you joined in !
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Fabulous.
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Thank you 🙂
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Wonderful.
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Thank you 🙂
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Your special poem replaces the second moon of September, I seem to have missed.
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A fascinating haiku response to a rare event Janice.
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Thanks Denis 🙂
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