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Love this one!

Harvest moon ascends

Fields bathed in golden glow

Autumn breathes its song.

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Beautiful! What a breathtaking scene🖤

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Neil Young: "Come a little bit closer/hear what I have to say..."

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I don’t think I know any Neil Young songs… but that quote sounds pretty creepy🖤

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Haha! That song was my first thought as well, when I saw the Prompt... 😎👍

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Harvest moon shines on

Long ago and tomorrow

Your beauty remains

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Beautiful, really peaceful, I love it🖤

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Yipee! Harvest moon!

Till, till, till the soil, till we…

...die from exhaustion

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Ha! Well done, I love the hopeless, repetitiveness, and of course, dark humor🖤

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Thus is slavery:

To be mastered by the moon

Now the sun’s a’bed.

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Oh I love this take! We are kind of slaves to nature, even though we fight it🖤

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A bright bald head lifts above

horizon to shine from sun’s reflection .

Day’s journey still not done until moonlight splashes cow’s milk in pail.

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Ha! Lovely, a sweet little mixture of fairytale and science. I love it🖤

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Selene watches -

displeased with your efforts, vows

to change face, bane you

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Selene - Greek: Σελήνη pronounced [selɛ̌ːnɛː] seh-LEH-neh, meaning "Moon"

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Poisoned by the moon, I can’t lie, I’d be ok with that end.

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Celestial awe

Hecate, please, Dark Goddess

Bring more time to reap

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Beautiful! Love this little prayer to witch goddess🖤

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Working in half-light,

Is no fun at all, but it's,

Perfect for romance... 😎

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Oh heeey, 🤭🖤

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Haha! I'm glad you enjoyed it... 😎

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This prompt inspired whimsical ideas!

HARVEST MOON

1. Traditional Nature Haiku:

Harvest Moon rises

Golden fields bow in whispers

Autumn's first embrace

2. Modern Senryu:

Smartphone cameras

Point at the Harvest Moon's face

#nofilterneeded

3. Metaphorical Haiku:

Celestial scythe

Reaping stars from inky sky

Night's bountiful crop

4. Humorous Senryu:

Harvest Moon so bright

Werewolves apply sunscreen now

Howling SPF50

5. Melancholic Haiku:

Lonely scarecrow waits

Harvest Moon his sole witness

To summer's farewell

6. Urban Haiku:

City lights flicker

Harvest Moon outshines them all

Concrete fields aglow

7. Romantic Senryu:

Two hearts intertwined

Beneath the Harvest Moon's gaze

Love ripens like fruit

8. Philosophical Haiku:

Time's endless cycle

Harvest Moon marks the seasons

We reap what we sow

9. Whimsical Senryu:

Moon cheese factory

Working overtime tonight

Mice dream of bounty

10. Sci-fi Haiku:

Martian settlers gaze

Earth's Harvest Moon nostalgic

New world to cultivate​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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A great selection! 😎

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Wouldn’t it be fun to sit around a cafe table and write poetry together? *sigh*

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It's such a fun format to explore, for sure. So many possibilities... 😎

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Took me a few tries, even a deleted comment, to get it just right.

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