Red Moon

  

You took my cat
from me. He flew
from his body.

I could not hold him.
I think it was your color
that called him. Same

to same. Now when
I see you, I hear him
purr. I could not hold him.

Aug. 16, 5:16 p.m. EDT — Full Sturgeon Moon, when this large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water like Lake Champlain is most readily caught. A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because the moon rises looking reddish through sultry haze, or the Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon. There will be a Partial Lunar Eclipse that will be visible from Europe, Africa and the western two-thirds of Asia with this full moon. At its maximum 81 percent of the moon's diameter will become immersed in the Earth's dark umbral shadow.

[The photo is a mashup: Full Moon from Rhys Jones Photography and Spike]