The dense film of depthless darkness spreads silently
as the fading spectrum of tranquil twilight descends
to disappear in the opaque cauldron of the onyx night.
Black satin stretches as the velvet swathe of night.
In halcyon horizon the last sunrays dissolve silently,
on the skyline silken shade of chalcedony descends.
The surge of astral ardor from the still sky descends
as the sprouting stars shine in the crystalline night,
adorning the sparkling sky with stellar crown silently.
Amorous moondust silently descends from sky at night.
Autumn's many colorful moons seen through the lens of a camera,
I see beauty and color everywhere.
As a child,
I did not know there was a harvest moon.
I loved watching the full autumn moon,
as it seemed to change colors.
Autumn's many colorful moons seen through the lens of a camera,
have changed over the years.
What has made this change?
The huge night clear sky is not as clear as it once was,
the full bright moon is not as bright.
Do we see the change year after year?
Do we even care?
I weep for the beauty of olden Autumn days,
a more peaceful time.
A bright full moon and clear night's sky,
that was once seen through the lens of a camera.
The Lights in the Night Sky Haiku
Meteor showers
Nightly cosmic light shows
Lighting up the sky
The Lights in the Night Sky Haiku
Meteor showers
Nightly cosmic light shows
Lighting up the sky
The Lights in the Night Sky Haiku
Meteor showers
Nightly cosmic light shows
Lighting up the sky
The Lights in the Night Sky Haiku
Meteor showers
Nightly cosmic light shows
Lighting up the sky
The Lights in the Night Sky Haiku
Meteor showers
Nightly cosmic light shows
Lighting up the sky
The Lights in the Night Sky Haiku
Meteor showers
Nightly cosmic light shows
Lighting up the sky
"The moon is an honest Manipulator,"
last night you showed off with your total eclipse.
Your enormous bright light did,
"Tie me to your Tongue."
"I learned how to live unkissed,
until" last night.
Now "I filled the night's chalice with knots of desire,"
needing to wait for the next full moon.
"If time turns, will scars stain the sky?"
Will I live to see you next month in all your glory?
Oh look at the dark clouds for,
"It's raining roses and love riots."
Tonight was very special,
I am so glad I could join the full moon for our visit.
Calm the moon rose in the night,
its silver glow gliding gentle and serene
tracing a graceful arc across the sky.
Scattered stars speckle the tapestry
lest we launch our dreams their way.
AP: 1st place 2026
highlighting night sky
sun says goodbye and departs
red and orangey kiss
The stars and moon
light up the sky at night
It's glow, what a sight
Watch from the grass
Pick a warm night to look at the sky,
Don't let it pass you by -
The next day will be here soon
Take the time to find joy in the moon
Night sky,
I speak to you the way a child
speaks to a sleeping parent~
softly,
so the silence doesn’t shatter.
You hang above me,
a vast velvet listening,
stitched with star-bright syllables
that flicker like thoughts
you haven’t finished thinking.
I tell you my small truths~
the ones I keep folded
like fragile letters,
and you answer
in glimmers,
in glints,
in the slow silver drift
of something older than language.
Your constellations rearrange themselves
as though they recognize me,
as though they’ve been waiting
for my quiet confession.
A star slips~
not falling,
but bowing,
and I feel its faint fire
brush the edge of my breath.
In your dark,
I am not diminished.
I am distilled.
I am the bright ache
of a soul remembering
where its first light came from.
So I speak again~
a soliloquy of longing,
of wonder,
of the soft, shimmering truth
that I am made
of the very radiance
I’m reaching toward.
And you,
ancient listener,
answer without words~
only with your luminescence
telling me
I belong.
I can still see her
dancing in shadows
but her light
beautifully lingers
as she wanes
and becomes dark
for a brief time
before growing
and being
whole again.
Pensive under a midnight vault:
What artist could conceive such infinite beauty?
I'm awestruck within nature's cathedral.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
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