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Under the Snow Moon
Moon of Snow, Moon of Sand.
Under a bleached white moon I stand.
Starless night, all alone.
Cold as ice. Cold as bone.
There you spin, far above.
Prompting wonder, prompting love.
Why is your light a different sort
Causing fierce creatures to cavort?
In the forest, eyes shine bright,
intent to tear, intent to bite,
but here at continent’s far rim,
with moon as bright, our passions dim.
Here the sand crabs burrow deep.
No predators to stir their sleep.
Light of moon and light of sun
are the same. Their light is one.
Your light reflects some foreign day.
I look once more, then turn away.
I take its memory to keep,
turn out the lights and go to sleep.
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I think these photos qualify for Cee’s texture prompt as well. Here’s her link:
https://ceenphotography.com/2019/02/19/cffc-texture-2/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Great poem and great moony photos, too!
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Thanks to forgottenman who reminded me tonight was a Super Snow Moon. Can you see it there?
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The photos are magnificent, Judy, and the poem a wonderful description of the features that make this moon different! I don’t remember the moon looking like a fruit, with the stem end so clearly defined! It really is cold and snowy!
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I’m amazed at the detail my camera gets. it doesn’t have a night setting and I didn’t bring a tripod, but even handheld, it does pretty well. It has an 80X lens. I need it simple or I’d never take pix.
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I was also suprised by that one bright white dot with the rays seemingly emanating from it.. on the middle right of the moon. It shows up in all the views that are detailed enough.
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Your camera does an excellent job with the moon — I’ve never been satisfied with the moon shots I take, even with a 55-200 lens. These are wonderful — very bright and detailed!
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Very nicely done
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Thanks, Derrick. Were you able to see it?
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I was pretty shattered that night, so didn’t venture out
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I LOVE this poem! We couldn’t see the moon last night. 😦
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Glad I could show it to you, then, Debbie.
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Love the moon shot and I could almost hear your voice reciting the poem.
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Could you see the moon last night?
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Oh Judy, you got some great photos of the moon. We were cloudy again 😦
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Such a lovely poem about the moon. Thank you for sharing your photo.
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Thanks, Sherri.
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