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Red Moon

red cat 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]

4 responses to “Red Moon”

  1. This full moon is the “Red Moon”? That is really something! It DOES seem that it called Spike away. Love the way you did the moon picture. At first I did not even notice the cat face in the moon, and then I thought I was just seeing it in the crevaces, not knowing you had manipulated the picture. Well done!

  2. Beautiful fierce elegy.
    So sad to hear about Spike.

  3. Sorry, that was me before, forgot the preamble.

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