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beauty of the rain
in its quiet nourishing –
yellow ixoras
© gillena cox 2017


According to my calendar it's new moon.

The new and first-quarter phases, known as the light of the Moon, are considered good for planting above-ground crops, putting down sod, grafting trees, and transplanting.

In some Native American legends, the moon is held captive by a hostile tribe. A pair of antelope hope to rescue the moon and take it the village of a good tribe, but Coyote, the trickster, interferes. The antelope chase Coyote, who tosses the moon into a river each night, just out of reach of the antelope.

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Unlike the sun, the moon does not present the same face every day. It waxes, or grows larger, until it becomes a glowing silver-white disk. Then night by night it wanes, or shrinks, to a curved sliver until it vanishes altogether. A few days later a slender new moon appears and begins to grow again in an endless cycle...

Sunday Smiles



tama-suri-no zayu ni hiraku tsubaki kana

Unfolding at the
hand of the glass polisher:
a camellia!
© Yosa Buson (1716-1784)


Sundays are always special here at Lunch Break. Today is #44 in the series The Sunday Standard when 5-7-5 haiku is featured. Here's wishing you a happy Sunday email me post a COMMENT or leave a link to your blog at the linky below





Blog hopping today at

Poetry Pantry


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Recuerda Mi Corazon - rain beauty



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Carpe Diem
Writing and enjoying haiku.3


Enjoy The Music



Before you leave see also
Sunday Savvy 44
Sunday Lime 44
23 July 2014