Sunday, July 23, 2017

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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.



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)


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

43 comments:

Jae Rose said...

Magical moon I loved it Gillena

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Jae

much love...

carol l mckenna said...

Lovely ~ xxx

Adelaide said...

What an interesting looking plant.

Sunday morning
bells caused by wind...
or wind... caused by bells

Adelaide

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Carol

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped in Adelaide, thanks for sharing a haiku

Much love...

Sherry Blue Sky said...

I love the legend about the moon and Coyote!

Donna@LivingFromHappiness said...

A lovely poem and I adored the story about the moon....I feel quite like the moon growing each day in its new cycle.

indybev said...


Poetic recounting of legends always draws me in. Well done!

ZQ said...

Another Happy Sunday...ZQ

Julian said...

I did enjoy your callender to a new moon. Thanks for another great post here and happy sunday to you too.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping in Sherry

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

happy you dropped by Donna

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks Bev

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Gillena Cox said...

Thank you Julian

much love...

Magaly Guerrero said...

Lovely glimpse.

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday, Gillena.

Sanaa Rizvi said...

Gorgeous!!❤️

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you Magaly

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped by Sanaa

Much love...

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

I love the quiet beauty of your haiga, too ... and enjoyed all the moon stuff that followed.

Janice said...

this is a splendid post, gillena.

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

I love nourishing rains. Unfortunately, we don't get too many of them where I live!

Anonymous said...

Wonderfully expressed

Susan said...

I love visiting you on Sundays. I love the way rain shows up in blooming flowers.

Old Egg said...

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.

Wendy Bourke said...

A fascinating post. A pleasure to read!

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping by Rosemary

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you Janice

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Gillena Cox said...

Yes and thanks for sharing with us the beauty of your desert

Much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped in Martin

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Gillena Cox said...

Thank you Susan

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Gillena Cox said...

Yes and look how well these legends Luv on to delight and encourage our appreciation

Happy you dropped in Robin

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Gillena Cox said...

Happy you dropped by Wendy

Much love...

annell4 said...

Even in the darkness, the "moon," light the way. Moon-over-heart.

Kerry O'Connor said...

Yellow is my favourite colour in a flower. You captured this perfectly.

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for your appreciation Annell

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Glad you dropped in Kerry

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Chèvrefeuille said...

Wow ... what to say more?

Gillena Cox said...

Thanks for dropping by Kristjaan

Much love...

Milan Rajkumar said...

a classic haiku !

Pat R said...

Nothing like a good rain, nourishes the soul and all else. Nice one Gillena.

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Milan

much love...

Gillena Cox said...

Thank you for your appreciation Jazzy
much love...