hidden, but not
sturgeon in a broad expanse
merely elusive
knowing where to look
the moon always rises
This gogyohka is in response to Frank Tassone’s #Haikai Challenge #150: Sturgeon Moon.
The first full moon of August is called the Sturgeon Moon, Grain Moon, Barley Moon or Red Moon.
My attempts to photograph the full moon on Monday evening (11 hours past full moon)
were stymied by clouds. The moon was as elusive as a sturgeon.
Also shared with Just Sayin’, the Open Link Night prompt from Lillian at dVerse ~ Poets Pub.
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Outstanding work, Ken.
I started a sturgeon moon haiku (or something like it) in response to the “Look Out The Window” challenge, but it just didn’t want to be. I had to wait for this morning’s bright sunny (& new!) front porch. Not to worry, though, that moon’s still in the Work-In-Progress file…
Meanwhile, your moon’s a feast. Thanks.
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Thanks, Ron. I don’t have any kind of memorable view from the front of my house, so I though I’d write about the back, which has no view at all due to surrounding high trees. In fact, I was trying to write about not seeing the moon due to the trees and recent cloudy nights. (I had to drive 1/2 mile away for my photos.)
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Lovely, Ken. I like your cloud swirled moon. And you are right that it’s always there, even if we don’t see it.
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Reblogged this on Frank J. Tassone and commented:
#Haiku Happenings #4: Ken’s latest #gogyohka for my current #Haikai Challenge!
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Thank you for sharing, Frank.
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🙂
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When the moon rises early and it’s clear, I can’t miss it, but some nights I can’t find it at all. But, as Merril said, we know it’s there. (K)
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Offering comfort.
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Love the words….love the image. Are there two images merged here? The left side has those ethereal clouds in the dark sky. The right side is almost solid black/dark sky with the moon. Two images side by side?
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Thank you, Lillian. Yes, side by side. There were few photo opportunities, but they were distinctive, as the moon rose through that (changing) gap in the center.
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Love this!
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Thank you!
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Thank you, beautiful and well crafted!
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Merci!
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Oh Luna, she does enjoy the slips and slides of her dance through cumulus veils, the tease! And like any master and mistress of the art, the photos are evocative for what they don’t show as much as what they do.
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She does, at that. Thank you for your thoughts.
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Sturgeon moon. So many names for phases of the moon. Such a constant reassurance and reappearance, guiding seafarers and gardeners, and being the touchstone of lovers along the way.
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What’s not to love about the moon, right?
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I like the shade in this yet it’s very hopeful!
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Thank you. We have constants that we can rely on. We just need to remember that.
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so true … so many are fragile, we need that hope
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Very nice Ken! Love the knowing where to look. Sounds like fishing to me!!
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Thanks. Yes, knowing, but not.
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I love how your opening words “hidden, but not” set the stage for all the elusive almost mystical movement in the rest of your gogyohka. Very pleasing!
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Thank you. I think both the sturgeon and the moon can be mysteries, at times.
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Nicely crafted. it’s interesting how reading through the comments changes how I read the poem a second time. 🙂
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Thank you. Poetry – living, breathing words.
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Thanks for sharing, Frank.
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