Pink moon (Photo credit: mhiguera)
“The moon will glow in pink tonight,” they said.
Is that a false line from some writer’s book?
The thought of pink full moon fills me with dread.
But still I know that I will have to look.
This month of April seems to be the clue.
It happens every year but I’ve not seen
the moon parade in pink––it’s sometimes blue
like when it’s high above Kentucky’s green.
When it gets dark I go outside to see.
And sure enough the moon is glowing pink.
It’s full and bright and shining light on me.
I stand and stare and don’t know what to think.
Then I surmise that lines the writers weave
must show the reader–and he will believe.
Copyright 2013, Freeda Baker Nichols
Freeda Baker Nichols 
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Now you will have me looking to see all of the moon’s colors…Pink is so pretty…
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I didn’t see a pink moon last night. So now you really can’t believe everything a poet writes! 🙂 🙂
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ha, ha…but, the poem was great!
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Pink moon–that’s a first for me!
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I first heard about it on Facebook, checked it out, wrote the poem, watched for the moon last night. Snapped a picture and the moon did not look pink to me. Nice though. Full with a glow around it.
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Pink moon not pink–I guess that’s what photoshop is for 😉
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Yep. My photo of the pink moon came from Zemanta.
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Some how i had a feeling you would write a poem about the pink moon, Saw your share this morning of the moon being pink.
Well then i waite and waited and was i disapointed oh heck no. This one was great, and you know pink cheese moon would just have to be better than green i think. 🙂 a smile on my face after reading and a great big (Y) to you for once again posting this poem
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Sorry the (Y) was to be a thumbs up it works on fb but forgot it didnt work when i posted it once before
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I wondered what the (Y) meant and now I know! 🙂
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The moon is not pink here tonight. Huge, though. Very full and beautiful.
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You are so good at sonnets, Freeda. You make it look easy but it’s not.
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Thanks. For some reason, the Shakespearean sonnet is one of my favorite forms.
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Well indeed–pink cheese! I love the last two lines of the poem.
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Thanks, Alice. I like the words “pink cheese.” Never thought, or might have used those words in the poem. 🙂
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