December 25, 2012 at 11:18 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Climate, Cold, Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Moon, Night, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter
Not white, but silver….
Walking home in the pale light
Of a Christmas moon.
July 16, 2012 at 9:11 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Haiku, Moon, Night, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day
Night sinks in the west
The moon’s kohl-rimmed eye closes
For a long day’s sleep.
December 22, 2011 at 10:58 am · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Autumn, Celestial, Climate, Cold, Grass, Haiku, Leaves, Moon, Night, Plants (Shokubutsu), Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year
In the full moon’s light
Sparkling circles in the grass
Frost-fringed clover leaves.
March 19, 2011 at 7:34 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Haiku, Moon, Night, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Spring, Stars, Time of Day, Time of Year and tagged: apogee, color, diamond, gem, haiku, metaphor, moon, pearl, poem, postaday2011, silver, stars
A vast silver pearl
Accented with diamond stars
Moon at apogee.
January 14, 2011 at 7:06 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Climate, Cold, Earth and Water (Chiri), Haiku, Moon, Mountain, Night, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Snow, Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: color, hill, moon, night, postaday2011, shadow, silver, sky, snow, winter
Pallid winter moon
Rises from the snowy hills
Silver shadows fall.
December 21, 2010 at 1:49 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Celestial, Haiku, Holidays, Human Affairs (Jinji), Moon, Night, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year, Winter and tagged: color, eclipse, eye, holiday, lunar eclipse, metaphor, midwinter, moon, night, personification, red, solstice, winter
Eclipse-reddened moon
The solstice’s bloodshot eye
Closes the old year.
The winter solstice of 2010 was marked by a full lunar eclipse; if you haven’t seen one, the moon doesn’t disappear, it turns red!
November 10, 2010 at 2:07 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Autumn, Celestial, Climate, Cold, Haiku, Moon, Morning, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Time of Day, Time of Year and tagged: autumn, blink, cold, color, dawn, day, eyelash, haiku, metaphor, moon, morning, personification, silver
Cold autumn morning
An eyelash of silver moon
Blinking back the day.
October 23, 2010 at 12:17 pm · Filed under Air and Sky (Tenmon), Autumn, Celestial, Evening, Haiku, Human Affairs (Jinji), Moon, Poetry, Seasons (Jiko), Transportation and tagged: airplane, autumn, contrail, dusk, evening, haiku, moon, sky, twilight
Early fall evening
A narrow airplane contrail
Punctuates the moon.
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