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Sharon - I like it a lot. It has a tribal feel, yet has original phrasing with a modern sensibility - eg, 'the balance of the year' used in more than accountancy terms. The internal rhymes were effective, too, although 'tipping / your wing toward spring' is perhaps a little too facile. Andrew On 21/03/2008, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Worm Moon, Crow Moon > > Crow Moon, tonight you fly > at the balance of the year, > half light, half dark, tipping > your wing toward spring. > > Crow Moon, caw away > this winter, gnaw the last > crusts of snow from the > frozen garden. Shine > > the earthworms up to > the surface. Worm Moon, > Crow Moon, Full Sap Moon, > wake us up once more. > > ************************* > > > > > Mar. 21, 2:40 p.m. EDT — Full Worm Moon. In this month the ground > softens and the earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of the > robins. The more northern tribes knew this as the Full Crow Moon, when > the cawing of crows signals the end of winter, or the Full Crust Moon > because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and > freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping > maple trees, is another variation. This is also the Paschal Full Moon; > the first full moon of the spring season. The first Sunday following > the Paschal Moon is Easter Sunday, which indeed will be observed two > days later on Sunday, March 23. This will, in fact, be the earliest > Easter since 1913. > > > -- > > > ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^= > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/