My first thought of course was the haunting song “Blue Moon”. History tells us that it was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. In reality, “Blue Moon” was composed in 1931 by a 17-year-old, the son of Polish immigrants, after an evening of moonlit skating on a pond in upstate New York—East bank of the Hudson River. His name was Edward W. Roman.”
icy landscape love
blue moon of night shining clear
words of romance came
overheard and then stolen
true story comes with reward
Haibun Monday 8-28-23: Super Blue Moon
The Bag Lady 
This puts that wonderful song into the heart right away. <33 "Cool" fact about its origins! :))
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A beautiful take on the prompt. Very interesting, thank you for teaching me something today. 🙂 Love that you took me ice skating!
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I miss those times
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I remember that song, very romantic for its time. Thank you for the interesting background information, Cheryl.
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Glad you liked it
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I am a bit too young to relate to the song, but I will listen especially since one of my best moon memories was skiing across a moonlit tarn with my father as a kid.
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That sounds wonderful!
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Ah, cool story! It amazes me to read about things that are so relatable to our lives now
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Thank you so much for sharing this information. Enlightening.
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Super song.
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Gives a good feeling
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Haibunilicious! Thanks for the background. I can’t even imagine (given my age bracket) anyone hearing the phrase “blue moon” and not IMMEDIATELY start singing to themselves.
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Thanks for reading.
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