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Sugar Full Moon

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The moon was rising over the Rincon mountains

to the East as we looked between the trees.

The Moonrise was so dramatic

I was astonished that it made no sound…

It should have been Glory and Trumpets.

But nothing happened... we met no one.

No Lions or Javelinas, no Coyotes or Bobcats.

No Angels descended, just clear and silver light

as we stayed together.

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sudden shuffle

a gecko falls off

the branch

 

(Stanza 1 by Michael Hough/ Stanza 2 by Christina Chin)

 

Michael Hough was born in 1948. He began writing poems and songs at the age of 8 and continued to study his craft his whole life. His main career was as a touring singer-songwriter between the years 1974 and 2019. Michael’s band was Mustards Retreat, which produced more than a dozen recordings over their long career. His poetry has been published in small-press poetry journals in the past.

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Christina Chin paints and writes haiku. She won the 34th Annual Cherry Blossom Sakura Festival 2020 Contest, the 8th Setouchi Matsuyama 2019 Photo-Haiku Contest and two City Soka Saitama’s 2020 haiku prizes. She also earned five merits in the World Haiku Review August 2020. She is published in multilingual haiku journals and anthologies.

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