Editor’s Note:
Jean & Joyce invite you to join them at the SEPTEMBER FULL MOON FESTIVAL in the Seattle Japanese Garden. Stroll with them on the paths and enjoy the views in twilight and moonlight.
Tim & I have added several haiku to these lovely photographs. Perhaps they will inspire food for thought while you walk with Jean and Joyce.
Lorelie
The full Moon Festival is celebrated in Asian communities all over the world. An old saying explains: ” A gathering when people and the moon reunite to form a full circle.” Celebrations include music, dance, feasting, and, of course, viewing the same full moon with friends and family!
Moon Festival
alone, I whisper to myself
in my mother tongue
so many poets
gazing at the moon . . .
lunar halo
Colette Kern
along the pond
with each step
frog jump
Wiesław Karliński
Hanging sadly down
Amid the merry-makers . . .
Green weeping willow
Roka Shonin
always bridge to cross
in quiet moments of life
reflect on choices. Dorothy (Alves) Holmes
After moon viewing
My companionable shadow
Walked along with me.
Sodo
Farther in the Grove
The lantern walks . . . nearer and nearer
Sings the nightingale
Shiki
The moon glows the same:
it is the drifting cloud forms
make it seem to change.
Basho
Thank you for joining Jean and Joyce in the Full Moon Festival experience, with its themes of celebration and serenity.
Lorelie
CREDITS FOR POSTS:
Photographers: Jean Guth, Joyce Wagar
Writer: Lorelie Olson
Graphic Designer: Tim Olson
Editors: Lorelie Olson, Tim Olson
To view Joyce’s previously posted photographs in WALKS IN THE WOODS – click here
I would love to experience this!
Beautiful photos and accompanying Haiku.
Inspirational. Next full moon I will light the lanterns in my Japanese garden.
Tanks for the beautiful pics. I especially liked the reflections of the red-robed folks.