Photography/Poetry
Sleepless Nights — Staying Up With The Moon
Full Moon Changes

The night before the full moon and the night of the full moon were sleepless nights for me. I found out later that many people had difficulty sleeping. Since I was up I decided to take pictures of the moon. The time of these pictures was a few hours before the full moon and the moments as the moon become the fullest.
The images below were taken seconds apart at 1:19 am in the morning. I love the array of colors that show up around the moon like a halo and the way the light rays show up around the moon.


The meaning of the full moon represents change, a new cycle begins. Some people are more sensitive to this change than others. I think that the moon is beautiful and I am grateful that this night the sky was clear and I could capture its beauty.
Moving the focus a little farther the image looks very different just one minute later.



I am curious to know how do you react to the changes and the cycles of the Moon?
I like the series above the way it is arranged it looks like the moon is moving closer. I think from the images the moon already looks like a full moon and it is interesting to know that the actual cycle of the full moon will begin 2 hours and 11 minutes later at 2:31 am.
The images below were taken just as the new Moon cycle begins.



Even though the images were taken from the same spot just a few hours later the moon has changed. The halo around the moon is different and the rays around the moon were different as well.
After taking these photographs and spending some time out under the night sky just being in the moment and watching the moon these words come to me:
Moon
Moon, you are so beautiful and ever so bright.
Lighting up the sky every night.
Showing your way to the ever-lasting stars.
8/2/23 GK
The moon is very inspiring to me. I love taking pictures of the moon and also just watching the moon. A previous inspiration for the moon was a poem I wrote titled Women Moon Power.
The poem above will be one of the poems in the new poetry book “Moments of Eternity” created by 15 amazing poets on the Medium platform. The poetry book is in the lovely hands of reviewers at the moment. The book will contain 10 poems from each writer. 150 beautiful poems with a wide range of topics. You can find these amazing poems also on Medium by visiting Dancing Elephants Press's main page and clicking on the poetry section.
Check out a lovely photography story from B.R. Shenoy about reconnecting with nature.
Amazing images and story from Annelise Lords about observations
Thank you for reading,
Gabriella
May your day be joyful.
