Fire burns clear
the harvest moon
dangling full
in the black sky
eclipsed
tonight
the last in a series
of four
lunar eclipses
Glowing red
last Passover
we experienced freedom
again over the years
the Passover before
as well
stretching back in time
to Moses
following a lunar calendar
punctuated by the sun
Tonight as midnight strikes
the moon watches over
our harvest homes
impermanent moon beams
filtering through
light gently connecting us
to last Fall’s thanksgiving
and fragile Sukkot
as we balance an impermanent
abundant life
A series of four full moon eclipses have graced our world. The first night of Sukkot, (Sept. 28) the last in the series of four lunar eclipses as Jews around the world celebrate a harvest festival that comes on the heels of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, a celebration of the birth of the universe and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The previous three lunar eclipses fell on Passover, 2014, Sukkot, 2014, Passover, 2015 and now Sukkot, 2015.
Here is a video from NASA on the series of four full moons:
