full wolf moon

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    A few Native American Names for the Moon January - Wolf Moon February - Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, Opening Buds Moon March - Maple Sugar Moon, Worm Moon April - Frog Moon, Pink Moon, Planter's Moon May - Flower Moon, Budding Moon June - Strawberry Moon July - Blood Moon, Buck Moon August - Moon of the Green Corn, Sturgeon Moon September - Harvest Moon October - Hunter's Moon, Moon of Falling Leaves November - Beaver Moon December - Cold Moon

    full wolf moon
    shadows at the edge of reason
    pacing
    howling into the lonely sanctity
    of the deep winter
    howling
    usually fat and full
    feeling the cold is unfamiliar
    scared of this leanness
    searching for anything
    to sustain life
    burrowing deep under the snow
    finding fuel
    for their starving souls
    just enough
    to last
    through the full wolf moon

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    shallenemcgrath commented on full wolf moon

    02-03-2011

    This is really good T. I still like The Red Horse, and Growing up Stupid... but this a close second for me. Winter poems... Of course there is nothing I can tell you to improve... you style is impeccable- you have talent coming out your ears.
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    train64

    02/03/2011

    Thank you S. A compliment to treasure fold up and put deep into my pocket...

    Teardrops commented on full wolf moon

    02-02-2011

    Not only the lonely wolf but us being alone do the same search the night and our soul for something to make us whole . Great write Marie
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    Rhymer commented on full wolf moon

    02-02-2011

    To read your work is a thrill, to comment on your work an honor. An excellent piece. 10 from me and into my favs.
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    train64

    02/02/2011

    That is an honor for me Ryhmer. Thank you very much. FWM is related to the mental challenges i spoke of earlier..Again, an honor for me to go into your favs...T64

    RHPeat commented on full wolf moon

    02-01-2011

    Flint Edged Moon/// You Ghost Walk at the cliffs edge with understanding;/ balanced on a perch / the moan inside the wind around stones/ is sacred to the coldness./ The heart wants to wander into nothingness/ to find the lost fog/ from a slow expelled breath into the thin air./ That calm place/ will reveal the perfection that you're still alive./ Just enough joy/ comes packaged inside such a grasped moment/ to uplift the eyes/ into the night sky to find the moon staring back—/ a round mirror/// Thanx train, I love it when a poem gives me epiphany. A poet friend//RH Peat
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    train64

    02/02/2011

    Thanks so much..Flint Edged Moon..Outstanding. the moan inside the wind around stones.. superb..

    Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

    Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.

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