Ten Views of the Moon

 (haiku)

1.

harvest moon

great wheel riding the sky

keeps pace with us

2.

the moon’s face

smiled in through my window

all my childhood

3.

stormy moon

on a wild ride half-glimpsed

through shadowy clouds

4.

I’m with Omar:

Ah, moon of my delight

that knows no wane!

5.

after the night 

I keep within me the moon’s

persistent light 

6.

morning –

the moon sinks from the sky

into the sea 

7.

dark night –

without that bright face

I’m lonely 

8.

full moon

in a ring of clouds

gazing back 

9.

daylight moon

ethereal as cloud

ghostly on blue

10.

the moon –

even in a sliver

fully present

This came from an exercise: to write 10 haiku about the moon, then remove the word 'moon' everywhere and craft a new poem from what remains. I did, but I liked this haiku sequence better than my final poem.

Sharing (off-prompt) with Poets and Storytellers United at Friday Writings #215 .