Three Moons

i.

this soulwork's to walk 
through the water's rising foam -
autumn moon

                            --Deborah A. Bennett

 
this soulwork's to push a stone
up a rolling hill -
autumn moon 

                             --Deborah A. Bennett


this soulwork's to breathe
over the kindling's plume -
autumn moon 

                             --Deborah A. Bennett

ii.

autumn moon’s dance

in the womb of sky

nocturne

                             --B. L. Bruce

swelling body

of the tide

harvest moon

                             --B. L. Bruce

sturgeon moon

light reflected

in each waxy leaf               

                             --B. L. Bruce

iii.

hunter's moon —

a gorilla escapes

a lone cricket hymns   

in the white 

and dark gray barn

           --Christina Chin & Uchechukwu Onyedikam

ripened rice field

autumn moon stands in guard

a ragged scarecrow watches 

the farmer separates 

grain from straw

            --Christina Chin & Uchechukwu Onyedikam

harvest moon

out of the blue sky

two crickets serenade

the aroma

of new sake

             --Christina Chin & Uchechukwu Onyedikam