If you have ever consulted the Farmer’s Almanac, you would find many names for the full moon. Many of the names come from the different indian tribes in North America. Each season has different full moon names as well as each month. The moons during the winter are from the December solstice to the March equinox. There is also a blue moon, when two full moon’s occur during one month. The next winter blue moon is in January 2018. For my haiku, I also included the November moon since we often have frost and snow in November.
November - beaver moon, frost moon
flurry of activity
reinforcement of dams
beaver moon
December - cold moon, oak moon, long night moon
first snowflakes
glisten in the air
under the oak moon
coldness and dark
settle between us
long night moon
January - wolf moon, ice moon, old moon, moon after yule
ice moon rises
howling wolves
lament
February - snow moon, storm moon, hunger moon, crow moon, lenten moon
storm moon hangs
in snow covered branches
ice crackles
March - worm moon, chaste moon, death moon, sap moon, crust moon
slushy days
during the worm moon
frozen nights
winter’s thaw
refrozen hearts
the crust moon
