Tired of political ads, with their faux hunters, cowboys and saints? Well, get off your if’s and but’s and head outdoors tomorrow night (Wed., Oct. 27) for a celestial treat — a lunar eclipse known as the Blood Moon or Hunter’s Moon. Totality will take place between 10:23 and 11:45 PM (EDT). Below are a few lunar eclipse haiku, followed by info from NASA with folklore and facts.
[photo by Lloyd Overcash]
she cools her sunburnt
face …
moon
world of man–
even the moon
suffers!
a nondrinker
critiques
the harvest moon eclipse
from David G. Lanoue‘s novel The Laughing Buddha (click to read chapt. 1)
“world of man” and “a nondrinker” by Issa, translated by D.G. Lanoue
lunar eclipse
too much cloud
for his brand new telescope
…………………………………………………………………………. by the much-missed John Crook haijinx (Vol. 1 #1, Mar 2001)You’ll find two more lunar eclipse haiku here (William Cullen, Jr.)
and here (Yvonne Carbalona) at The Heron’s Nest.
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- [from NASA] October 13, 2004: According to folklore, October’s full moon is called the Hunter’s Moon or sometimes the Blood Moon. It gets its name from hunters who tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter ahead. You can picture them: silent figures padding through the forest, the moon overhead, pale as a corpse, its cold light betraying the creatures of the wood.
The Blood Moon rises this year on Wednesday, Oct. 27th. At first it will seem pale and cold, as usual.
And then … blood red.
It’s a lunar eclipse. Beginning at 9:14 p.m. EDT (6:14 p.m. PDT), the moon will glide through Earth’s shadow for more than three hours. Observers on every continent (map) except Australia can see the event: The pale-white moon will turn pumpkin orange as it plunges into shadow, becoming eerie red during totality. Totality will take place between 10:23 and 11:45 PM (EDT). (more)
- [from NASA] October 13, 2004: According to folklore, October’s full moon is called the Hunter’s Moon or sometimes the Blood Moon. It gets its name from hunters who tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter ahead. You can picture them: silent figures padding through the forest, the moon overhead, pale as a corpse, its cold light betraying the creatures of the wood.
clouds encircle
an almost-full moon —
awaiting the hunter
so orange!
tawny, she corrects
— Blood Moon
pumpkin
floating on the river
Hunter’s Moon tonight……………………………………………….. by dagosan