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)

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:

WITCHESꞌ 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.

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:
>
> WITCHESꞌ 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.

🎃

On Sep 29, 2023, Michael Pendragon wrote
(in article<fd621e3e-ae09-464e-b44a-e8a892e56287n@googlegroups.com>):

> I've got this one in the Submissions thread for AYoS:
>
> WITCHESꞌ MOON
>
> Tonight the harvest moon burns red

There are at least two reasons for a red moon. One is
a total lunar eclipse. Another is the presence of a lot
of smoke in the atmosphere, which was the case here
last night but not tonight; last night there was a lot
of high smoke from the North West Territories all the
way south and east to here on the Avalon Peninsula
of Newfoundland.

I recommend the song Red Moon by Bill Bourne & Shannon
Johnson, which you can listen to at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfLkoWbdwps .
The chorus is

“The moon rose red this evening
The moon rose red tonight
Yeah the moon rose red this evening
Got a whole lot of people just a little bit uptight”.

but the verses are more interesting.

Anyway, good poem, Michael, and happy name day
(Michaelmas, St. Michael’s Day) to you.

--
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)

On Friday, September 29, 2023 at 1:27:03 AM UTC-4, David Dalton wrote:
> On Sep 29, 2023, Michael Pendragon wrote
> (in article<fd621e3e-ae09-464e...@googlegroups.com>):
> > I've got this one in the Submissions thread for AYoS:
> >
> > WITCHESꞌ MOON
> >
> > Tonight the harvest moon burns red
> There are at least two reasons for a red moon. One is
> a total lunar eclipse. Another is the presence of a lot
> of smoke in the atmosphere, which was the case here
> last night but not tonight; last night there was a lot
> of high smoke from the North West Territories all the
> way south and east to here on the Avalon Peninsula
> of Newfoundland.

Or just more atmosphere. When the moon is rising, it's seen near the horizon where Earth's atmosphere is thickest.
My moon poem was written in response to the super moon at the beginning of the month.

> I recommend the song Red Moon by Bill Bourne & Shannon
> Johnson, which you can listen to at
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfLkoWbdwps .
> The chorus is
>
> “The moon rose red this evening
> The moon rose red tonight
> Yeah the moon rose red this evening
> Got a whole lot of people just a little bit uptight”.
>
> but the verses are more interesting.
>
> Anyway, good poem, Michael, and happy name day
> (Michaelmas, St. Michael’s Day) to you.

Thanks, David.

> 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)

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:
> >
> > WITCHESꞌ 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

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:
> > >
> > > WITCHESꞌ 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

it was %

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 .

Interesting post, thanks David.

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)

Love the Dean Martin Rat Pack version..!

> 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 .