Moon and Back

My 2016 Moons

Don't observe full moon celestial orbs

Occultation of Aldebaran, gibbous moon

Wane shrinks and wax build up absorbs

Cross brightest star in the sky, we swoon 

Stellar eclipse allows lovers to pass

Full hunger wolf moon helps in hunt

Snow sifts after Yule melts the grass

Umbral shadow puts darkness front

Worm Moon comes round back gate 

Fields muddy crystaline calls robins

with earthworms miracle invigorate

The Crow Moon hears your sobs

Death of winter, Crust moon thaws

Brings Sap Moon forsythia gold

Aching breath from layers of gauze

Paschal Moon syncs stories told

Plant fields of crimson phlox

Pink Moon sprouts rose

Salmon opens tribal locks 

Dianthus upstream prose

Brood for the lovers lost

Flower or Milk is spring moon

Blue moon marks the costs

Time for corn, not to prune

Full Harvest autumn equinox

Leaves to ground, deer is fat

At dawn and dusk spot the fox

steal under the watch of the cat

Beaver moon moves ocean tides

Frosty light makes hearts swoon

Clouds of memory take rides

upon winter's lonely moon.

Caroline Gerardo copyright 12/18/2016
Moon and Back Poem

Yosemite

Solo. 

Bug protection,

fly fishing line, 

 and flint for company.

Three days thirty plus miles

~

continue climb,

air out blisters,

wade in lakes,

~

Campfire perfume

clings to boots

driving home.

Caroline Gerardo Summer 2015

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Joy

Sand in my toes
shake off
foggy sensation weighs in
on the sky and mind
a grain flows
and finds
joy

Photos taken with my iphone 4 in Laguna Beach and Laguna Niguel copyright Caroline Gerardo
May you have simple joy today

Star Gazing

meteor

Wanderlust 

star gazing though

I'm no astronomer.

Eyes are meteor tired this morning 

Sticking to my goals, worked late at the office,

ate healthy, edited twenty pages, hiked to the

canyon to see the Perseids shower alone.

How can I say alone when a crowd reached to see?

Strangers whispering and waiting for the sky to open,

sharing a moment with the ancients who sought answers.

Did the Greeks see the same gods as the Shosone?

Firmament reflecting earth, she delivered a 

few omens for us. A child spotted the most.

I'm sending you stars to light your way.

You know what bad habit to drop, execute the 

difficult chore first, don't waste morning on emails.

Get close to your dream right now.

I hand you the wishing star my friend.

antique star sky map poem

northern sky

Stormy Sky Haiku

Dreamed about past ~ vengeance sky taking a piece ~ mourning heart recovers.

Plans

I haven't been as active online. Regrouping and following my New Years Resolutions.
1. Finish the novel in progress before my birthday ( have turned into editor)
2. Journaling everyday with instagram I found this handy widget maker that will roll my  700 photographs on instagram, unfortunately it does not carry the short fiction and haikus that I wrote with the images captured on my iphone. I hope soon enough they will enable that part....
If you go to my http://instagram.com/carolinegerardo you can follow or just read the progress. There are daily posts of some lovely, some ordinary things I find beautiful.
3. Make money with my mortgage business. This means working a 50 hour work week as well as 30 hours writing.
4. Keep soulful, healthy and fit
5. Be kind to someone random every day.

Habits are easy to change. Once you start then go a week walking the plan, it becomes a pattern in the brain.  My children are teens and young adults, and I hope they will soon follow my example and get all A's and work hard.

What are you doing different this year?

What can I do to help you?