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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...
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tama-suri-no zayu ni hiraku tsubaki kana
Unfolding at the
hand of the glass polisher:
a camellia!
© Yosa Buson (1716-1784)
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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
43 comments:
Magical moon I loved it Gillena
Thanks for dropping in Jae
much love...
Lovely ~ xxx
What an interesting looking plant.
Sunday morning
bells caused by wind...
or wind... caused by bells
Adelaide
Thanks for dropping in Carol
Much love...
Happy you dropped in Adelaide, thanks for sharing a haiku
Much love...
I love the legend about the moon and Coyote!
A lovely poem and I adored the story about the moon....I feel quite like the moon growing each day in its new cycle.
Poetic recounting of legends always draws me in. Well done!
Another Happy Sunday...ZQ
I did enjoy your callender to a new moon. Thanks for another great post here and happy sunday to you too.
Thanks for dropping in Sherry
much love...
happy you dropped by Donna
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Thanks Bev
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Thank you Julian
much love...
Lovely glimpse.
Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday, Gillena.
Gorgeous!!❤️
Thank you Magaly
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Happy you dropped by Sanaa
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I love the quiet beauty of your haiga, too ... and enjoyed all the moon stuff that followed.
this is a splendid post, gillena.
I love nourishing rains. Unfortunately, we don't get too many of them where I live!
Wonderfully expressed
I love visiting you on Sundays. I love the way rain shows up in blooming flowers.
How important it is to realise how bless we are with the sun, the rain, the wind and even the moon. No wonder our ancestors created legends about them as they knew how important they were for us.
A fascinating post. A pleasure to read!
Thanks for dropping by Rosemary
Much love...
Thank you Janice
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Yes and thanks for sharing with us the beauty of your desert
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Happy you dropped in Martin
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Thank you Susan
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Yes and look how well these legends Luv on to delight and encourage our appreciation
Happy you dropped in Robin
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Happy you dropped by Wendy
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Even in the darkness, the "moon," light the way. Moon-over-heart.
Yellow is my favourite colour in a flower. You captured this perfectly.
Thanks for your appreciation Annell
much love...
Glad you dropped in Kerry
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Wow ... what to say more?
Thanks for dropping by Kristjaan
Much love...
a classic haiku !
Nothing like a good rain, nourishes the soul and all else. Nice one Gillena.
Thank you for your appreciation Milan
much love...
Thank you for your appreciation Jazzy
much love...
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