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Jan. 22, 8:35 a.m. EST — Full Wolf Moon. Amid the zero cold and deep
snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian
villages. It was also known as the Old Moon or the moon after Yule. In
some tribes this was the Full Snow Moon; most applied that name to the
next moon. From:
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080118-ns-moon-names.html
Also, I found a really lovely photo to post with this poem:
http://www.sbpoet.com/2008/01/snapshot-poem-2.html
On 1/22/08, Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> With Max Richards, delightful passage from Wolf associated with the Moon to
> "you", or in other words, the personification of "you" with the Wolf Moon.
>
> On Jan 23, 2008 5:05 AM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Sharon, this strikes me most pleasurably as a little classic-to-be.
> > I can see it in future anthologies, including those for young readers.
> >
> > (Maybe you will write the wolf moon's reply also?)
> >
> > Max (in midsummer Melbourne)
> >
> >
> > On 23/1/08 1:25 PM, "sharon brogan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Wolf Moon
> > >
> > > Wolf Moon, is that you
> > > howling through the courtyard
> > > banging at our windows
> > > stripping shingles from the roof
> > > demanding to be let in? You,
> > >
> > > hungry, in your winter coat,
> > > fur tipped with frost and snow?
> > > I hear you prowling, your breath
> > > puffs coldness under the door.
> > > Wolf Moon, I cannot see you,
> > >
> > > but I know you're there.
> >
> > --
> >
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> --
> Anny Ballardini
> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/
> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html
> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing
> star!
>
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