Full Hunter's Moon

Did you know the Hunter's Moon can happen in October or November? That's because it is one of only two moon names not tied to a month and its required activities.  The Hunter's Moon specifically follows the Harvest Moon (which is closest to the autumn equinox).  So, depending on when the equinox occurs, the Hunter's Moon will follow appropriately in either of the two months. 
       According to The Old Farmer's Almanac:

The earliest use of the term “Hunter’s Moon” cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1710. Some sources suggest that other names for the Hunter’s Moon are the Sanguine or Blood Moon, either associated with the blood from with hunting or the turning of the leaves in autumn. Some Native American tribes, who tied the full Moon names to the season’s activities, called the full Moon the “Travel Moon” and the “Dying Grass Moon.” ​

Poet Thomas Lux describes a night SO bright . . .

"The Night So Bright A Squirrel Reads" first appeared
​in the December 1980 issue of POETRY Magazine.

AND, because I'm such a curious fan of the The Old Farmer's Almanac, this is Amy Niesken of TOFM explaining the Hunter's Moon!

Bonus Writing Prompts:

1.  The full moon is a time to consider what you started during the new moon phase several days earlier and reflect on how those goals or activities have come to fruition.  Full moon is then time to make room in your waning power phase by releasing excess and releasing that which did not provide and support growth in the last phase.  Look back in your calendar and tell me about those plans.
2. I love the scientific approach, too.  Seek the scientific facts about how the moon affects ocean tides, or why we experience high and low tides two times a day, or the two types of high tides and how they work!  Did you know there were two types of high tides? Write a scientific poem.  Or one that combines the metaphysical and the scientific.