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I think it goes quite a number of miles because it maps slow seasonal changes. Repetition with movement. Liz 2008/5/22 kasper salonen <[log in to unmask]>: > I'm not sure how much mileage the "___ Moon" concept has, the moon is > a powerful, prehistoric symbol for a multitude of things -- but that's > just what makes the very word a tough customer. I sometimes tire of > García Lorca's constant use of it, even though he is ingenious. > > same way, here the poem itself is very beautiful, but as a 'series' it > feels repetitive in both form & image. but the individual > nature-moments in all of these are lovely. > > KS > > 2008/5/22 sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]>: > > 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. > > > > *************** > > > > *May 19, 9:11 p.m. EDT —* *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. > > *http://www.space.com/spacewatch/080118-ns-moon-names.html* > > -- > > > > > > ~ SB | http://www.sbpoet.com | =^..^= > > >