Flower Moon

May Moon, Milk moon, you hide
in the rain. Meadows are wild
with lupine, columbine and phlox.
Tulips and violets open their hearts.

It is time to plant the corn. Young
squirrels practice mating in the garden,
all four in a tumble of spring, taking
turns being boy, being girl. Flower Moon,

this year you bring sorrow, and pain. Old
friends fade; old knees complain of the rain.
Corn Planting Moon, sixty times I have slept
beneath you. Milk Moon, smile on me.

Full Flower Moon. Flowers are abundant everywhere. It was also known as the Full Corn Planting Moon or the Milk Moon. Since the moon arrives at apogee less than 12 hours later, this will also be the smallest full moon of 2008. In terms of apparent size, it will appear 12.3 percent smaller than the full moon of Dec. 12.   

Comments

[niki]

yay! a new post, a new poem and a new moon poem. I especially like, "you hide in the rain" and "tulips and violets open their hearts" .

[Cathy]

Excellent poem with a touch of bittersweet in it

[Anne]

Lovely. And the moon holds its own particular enchantment. When i was young, it followed me everywhere at night -- I thought the moon was mine.

[carol bleichert]

i can relate to that last verse... :) the poem is lovely, i too like ' tulips and violets open their hearts' .... beautiful...

i enjoy your poetry very much...

carol

[...deb]

I do love your moon poems and the explanations. Bits of scientific lore and natural history make me so happy. Thanks!

[paisley]

i had to change my domain name to whypaisley.com please change your links and or feed as necessary

all you will have to do is remove the - from between why and paisley,, everything else will remain the same and will redirect you to the correct page.... sorry for the inconvenience...

[Fran]

O Sharon you have made me lonely for the plants and places I once knew--I shall keep this one in my heart. Fran

[Crafty Green Poet]

Lovely poem, specailly the way you describe the squirrels in their youthful games...