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~Harvest Moon from 2016 and a poem

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September 24, 2018

~I was going to take a photo of the Harvest Moon tonight; however, the moon is obscured by clouds. So, I am using a photo, I took, of the 2016 Harvest Moon. To view click on Harvest Moon.

 

~Origin of the Harvest Moon (from Space.com)

The term Harvest Moon traces back to preindustrial times, when farmers — lacking the technology available today — were pressed by the season and welcomed a moonlit week to stretch the shortening daylight hours. Their fields had to be harvested before the farm could be bundled up for the impending winter season. Crops had to be housed. Firewood had to be cut. The daylight hours were rapidly diminishing at this time of year; seemingly, there was not enough time for all the chores that needed to be done in the sun. The Harvest Moon was a welcome lantern in the early evening sky.

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Around 8:25pm the Harvest Moon peeked out of the clouds. No floating clouds to add interest nor is it low on the horizon to add color.

 

At Home, Poetry

~Poetry-In the light of the harvest moon

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I stand on a cliff high above the river,

bathed in the light of a harvest moon,

A misty fog rises off the water,

cool fall air fills my lungs.

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Down below a solitary soul waits,

its mournful call swirls and rises with the mist,

Its plea pierces my heart,

as he calls for his mate.

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Nights are getting colder, 

winter is coming,

instinctively he knows,

with haste they must leave.

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Dangerously he stays awhile longer,

survival lost over desire,

finally she appears out of the woods,

a scene to remember.

~

As this magnificent wolf pair turn to leave,

in the light of the harvest moon,

I realize their journey will be long,

not easy.

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From my now silent place, 

high on the cliff,

I promise to be here on the day,

spring welcomes their family home.