7 posts tagged “moon”
... first, it's been very warm here, in fact, amazingly warm for me for February... up north this is usually the worst month, but it's been near 70 here in Flowery Branch... I took both of my friend Janis' dogs out for long walks yesterday, up and down the hilly roads, past the beautiful houses and still-bare trees, past other dogs barking either out of duty or jealousy... one neighbor had a trio of small dogs he was taking for a walk, and they went wild when they saw us walking by... the man waved and smiled, and I said, "You have a chorus there!", and he laughed... and hawks, there were hawks everywhere... at one time I counted 14 circling overhead... the other week I saw 6 and thought that was a lot... back in NJ, you might catch one, maybe two... made me worry tho, as during my walk I saw some small cats in the neighborhood, and I hoped they were keeping close to houses and watching the skies...
... last evening was soft and warm, and before the sun set, the full Moon was already in the sky above the trees... I went out later, after dark and after dinner, to watch it for a while... the backyard here is so dark, but last night the lawn was laced with the shadows of trees and strips of moonlight... Venus was so bright that I would wager if the Moon were gone it would have cast some shadows of its own... Orion and Canis Major were climbing high in the south... it was so peaceful to just sit out there and take it all in... seeing Orion always takes me back to my hometown, and all those years ago when I first fell in love with astronomy... when I first recognized Orion from the charts in my books, and realized that, from there, the whole night sky was open to me... and now here I am looking at it from another state, so many years later...
... I've been reading a lot of short stories lately... some of my friend's upcoming assignments for her students involve short stories they've read throughout the school year, so the reading gets me acquainted and ready for when the grading begins... Janis also picked me up a book the last time she was at the Mall of Georgia, a collection of short stories by Carol Shields, an author completely new to me... so I've had a lot of reading on my plate between that and the usual poetry books I have stacked near where I nest to write...
... I'm also trying to break into doing some freelance work through Elance... it's a site where writers can sign up and bid on writing jobs of all kinds, and my friend helped me get setup there... so now it's a matter of getting my foot in the door, and building a reputation and some clients there... and hopefully, some money too... though I need to tack up my grammar skills even tighter, so I'm also studying up on that on the side so I can take some skills tests through the site...
... ok, music... here's what's been on my iPod the past few days...
"Trademark" - Eric Johnson
"November Rain" - Guns N Roses
"Fade to Black" - Metallica
"Dirty Movies" - Van Halen
"Lullabye" - Concrete Blonde
"Fall On Me" - REM
"Sorry Again" - Velocity Girl
"Take Me Away" - Blue Oyster Cult
"- Human" - Metallica
"Tier" - Rammstein
"Time's Up" - Saga
"When You Were Mine" - The Church
"Antenna" - The Church
"Turn It On Again" - Genesis
"The Rain Must Fall" - Yanni
(This last one is a must-hear, especially the live Acropolis version, with the long bass solo, the bassist just kills on it!)
... and now it's warm again today... lots of birds out back, and I'm trying to look around online and get to know the birds around here... tho I recognize the cardinals and blue jays and woodpeckers... it's nice to hear the birdsong this morning, during this lull in winter on this quiet weekend...
Howling From a Distance
The white October moon,
the cold night air,
the falling leaves -
my loneliness
echoes
everywhere.
By Dusk
Unencumbered
by the weight
of people -
so quickly
the moon
rises tonight.
White Linen
The high white moon
is laying down
its linen across
the land,
the fold of
a house
or hill
here and there
mussing up the
perfection of light
lying back
to look up
after the long trip
just made.
Set Change
Imagination swirls
with the night's
last breath -
dawn is quietly
stringing its lights
to the bare trees
east of where
I walk;
the moon's
hot bulb
is sinking
in the west,
unscrewed
gently
by the cool fingers
of the sky.
I meant to do a little ramble on here last night, but forgot...
There was a beautiful full Moon on Sunday night here in NJ... I spend most of the night watching it... there were some light high clouds around too, giving the Moon a huge and complete halo that was mesmerizing... the sky was lit up a deep aqua from the moonlight, and the clouds here and there made for gray and black shadows in the sky... it all gave the effect of being on the bottom of the sea, with miles of water overheard all murky and mysterious... the moon becoming the sun, distant and wavery... I don't think I've ever seen a sky quite like it, so I kept being drawn out to it all night long... also had a very striking sunset last night, one that words would fail to describe, but I sat for a long time watching the colors change...
I started reading "Rose Madder" a few days ago, by Stephen King... it's great so far, and I find his books always give my life a weird atmosphere while I'm reading them, even weird dreams...
I got the new Metallica CD on Friday, and so far I can say it's not bad, in fact great in some spots... it's no St. Anger, I can testify to that, lol... I only listened to that CD once, it was terrible... the drum sound was just obnoxious, I couldn't believe Lars recorded that and felt it sounded ok... but anyway, back to Death Magnetic, the new one... I was unhappy to see "The Unforgiven III" in the listing, give it a break guys... the first one was great, why keep hitting the same well over and over?... on most of the other songs tho they got their groove back, and to me, all great metal should have some groove in it, something to move your head to, something to feel... the songs are growing on me tho, I think they could have been shorter which would have made them more effective... I hate when a band sticks too many riffs in a song, making for one big plodding song that could have been two or even three tight, great songs... but I do like the CD, it's good to have something new from them...
Fall is edging it's way in now...the trees are just barely starting to turn, and even when the day is hot, like it was this weekend, once the sun goes down the air turns cool quick...
Blue Moon Parking Lot
The full moon
touching that
one silver car
all night long;
polishing
the windows
with its
fingers.
