Harvest Moon

 

photo by Chrystal Walker

"The flame-red moon, the harvest moon,

 rolls along the hills, gently bouncing,

 a vast balloon, 

till it takes off, and sinks upward

 to lie on the bottom of the sky, 

like a gold doubloon. 

The harvest moon has come, 

booming softly through heaven, 

like a bassoon. 

And the earth replies all night, 

like a deep drum." 

— Ted Hughes