Hope last week was enough wind for you, haijin! Congratulations to last week’s contributors
Haikai Challenge Participants| 1. Jane Dougherty 2. Dwight L. Roth 3. Zael Sealing 4. Tessa | 5. Jules 6. Linda Lee Lyberg 7. Deborah 8. Revived Writer | 9. Janice 10. Kerfe Roig |
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Looking ahead:
Today is the 2nd anniversary of the #Haikai Challenge! Can you believe we’ve been writing #haikai for a 104 weeks already?
How fortunate, then, that we have a quintessential kigo to celebrate this weekend: harvest moon (meigetsu)!
WHEN IS THE HARVESTย MOON?
This year, the brilliantย Harvest Moonย will appear on the night ofย Friday, September 13, reachingย peak fullness at 12:33 a.m.ย EDTย on the 14th. So, keep an eye out on Friday the 13thโnot for witches or black cats, but for the shining Harvestย Moon!
One thing that sets the Harvest Moon apart from otherย full Moon namesย is thatย itโs not associated with a specific month, as the othersย are. Instead, the Harvest Moonย relates to the timing of theย autumnal equinoxย (September 22 or 23), with theย full Moon that occurs nearest to the equinoxย being the one to takeย on the name โHarvest Moon.โ This means that the Harvest Moon can occur in either September or October, depending on how the lunar cycle lines up with the Gregorianย calendar.
The Harvest Moon does typically occurย in September, taking the place ofย theย Full Corn Moon. However,ย it occasionally lands in October instead, replacing theย Full Hunterโs Moon.
WHY IS IT CALLED THE HARVESTย MOON?Farmar’s Almanac, “What is the Harvest Moon” Fred Schaaf, September 11, 2019
For several evenings, the moonrise comes soon after sunset. This results in anย abundance of bright moonlight early in the evening,ย which was a traditional aide to farmers and crews harvesting their summer-grown crops. Hence, itโs calledย the โHarvestโย Moon!
This year’s Harvest Moon coincided with Friday the 13th. You can imagine how much hype that caused!
This week, write the haikai poem of your choice that states or alludes to the Harvest Moon (meigetsu).
As always:
Hereโs how the challenge works:
1. write the haikai poem of your choice.
2. post the link of your post to Mister Linky.
3. pingback by posting the link to the challenge on your site.
4. read and comment on other contributorsโ posts.
Thank you for joining the #haikai challenge these past two years, haijin! I look forward to many more with you!
Frank J. Tassone 
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