Monday, December 5, 2011

December 2011 Moon Viewing Party



























brittle moonlight
self-immolations
drawn on a map




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You are cordially invited to our eleventh moon viewing party of 2011!
The full moon rises Saturday, December 10th, GMT.

To submit a poem (each submission remains the property of its author)
you may email us here: HAIKU BANDIT SOCIETY or post in comments.

Please include your pen name so we might accredit your poem properly. Happy moon gazing!


To see previous month's moon poems click here.


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lullaby
milk dripping
from the moon

melissa allen







surreal moon
you really are
where it’s at

pat nelson







a quarter on the sidewalk
a three quarter moon in the sky
one world

Rick Daddario







sifting
through your inconstancies
wafer moon

alegria imperial







Medicine Buddha...
the moonlight steps
on colored sand

Vida






drizzle, drizzle
where are you
shadowy moon?

barbara a. taylor






distant moon -
we give each other
the cold shoulder

sanjuktaa






Orion, the hunter
Had better mind his head:
A rotten orange moon


Taking a leaf
From the Book of Maples -
Autumn lunar eclipse

Tito






words, tears
and sleet in the wind
this winter moon

Paul Conneally






an ocean
a prairie, the frozen lake
thirteenth night

slow-is-fast







25 comments:

bandit said...

Your attention, please.

We'll continue to run our 'new" renku below concurrent with our monthly moon viewing party.

Perhaps we'll garner a moon verse (position 15 or so) from it.

Melissa Allen said...

That's a pretty stupendous haiku you've got there, William.


lullaby
milk dripping
from the moon

bandit said...

It's a big country, Ms. Allen. Funny how no one speaks of it. Musn't upset the apple cart, I suppose.

pat n said...

surreal moon
you really are
where it’s at

Melissa said...

Your juxtaposition is amazing. The cold light of a dead planet and those blazing eternal bodies.

Wrick said...

a quarter on the sidewalk
a three quarter moon in the sky
one world

Rick Daddario

bandit said...

git some. Wrick!

Pasadena Adjacent said...

I'm here to visit the moon and offer my Buddhas services - do use. I'm honored

Alegria Imperial said...

sifting
through your inconstancies
wafer moon

bandit said...

We used to go to the moon back in the day, PA - it was on Payne Ave. , a little 3.2 beer joint.

Hello, Alegria.

Barbara A Taylor said...

drizzle, drizzle
where are you
shadowy moon?

Alegria Imperial said...

Hi, Bandit,

Thanks for welcoming me.

I'm glad I strayed into this sphere this time and made it. I've missed the announcements for the last few parties. But I hope to come by more regularly now.

I agree with Melissa's comment on your haiku. Some pretty amazing ones streaming in, too!

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altadenahiker said...

Oh shoot, I wasn't finished. I'll try later.

bandit said...

Her comment is in the wrong post, but her heart is in the right place!

Thanks, PA.

Karin, that is an intriguing portrait.

California girls . . . (sigh)

sanjuktaa said...

distant moon -
we give each other
the cold shoulder

bandit said...

Sanjuktaa! Good to see you back . . .

Tito said...

The whole of Japan was privileged to see a total lunar eclipse on Saturday night under clear winter skies.

Orion, the hunter
Had better mind his head:
A rotten orange moon

Tito said...

As I've just posted the former moon verse on Icebox as a haipho, here's another for Dottie to chew over ...

Taking a leaf
From the Book of Maples -
Autumn lunar eclipse

(Autumn has been officially extended this year to include December.)

sanjuktaa said...

bandit, but i never left.

Tito, that is lovely!

bandit said...

We're not fussy, Tito.
Ah, such loyalty, Sanjuktaa! As I boast and breathe: "I have tens of readers every month!"

bandit said...

Oh, and it's been crystal clear (and cold) here, Tito, although an unblemished moon.

Paul Conneally said...

words tears
and sleet in the wind
this winter moon

Paul Conneally

bandit said...

Hello, Paul, thanks for stopping in.