Monday, November 27, 2023

Full Beaver Moon Rises Tonight




November's full moon marks the time of the year when beavers 
 take shelter in their cozy lodges after gathering enough food
to store for the long winter months ahead.



Image courtesy/StarLust



Thanksgiving Moon

The leaves have taken scarlet hues

The wind goes dancing on gold shoes.

All day the sheaves are piling high,

The yellow wheat yields to the scythe.

In arbors the purple grapes hang down.

The barrels are packed to go to town
.
Then high above this golden scene

There moves in sight the autumn queen!

Majestic, huge and not too soon

Sails forth the new Thanksgiving moon.


Round as a pumpkin! And so should she be,

Her color an eye-filling vision to see!

Mellow and leisurely, regal in pace,

And hint of a twinkle about her broad face.

And also a hint of vagabondage

Becoming a sovereign who rules at this stage.

With earth so abundant and fruitful below,

A queen up above could scarcely but know.

And grand as she is, majestic her pace,

There's a touch of the pumpkin about her round face.


"Thanksgiving Moon"
The Giant Thanksgiving Book
(1935)
Louise Hetrick




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