New Moon

Leaf 232 – Reflections

 

Following on from Leaf 92 and Leaf 93, these are two further linked verse haiku reflecting upon the Apollo lunar landing programme and the age-old notions of both “a new moon,” and “a blue moon.” The last incorporates elements of a famous line spoken by Charlie Duke, the Capcom at NASA, to astronaut Neil Armstrong after Armstrong reported that “the Eagle has landed.”

 

 

20 July 1969:

all eyes on earth

– a new moon.

 

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About to turn blue,

breathing again –

new moon.

 

 

 

These poems were originally written & posted on Bluesky in response to a #dailyhaikuprompt: 'new moon.'

Photograph credits: NASA