[hija]

Today is the Blue Moon in Paris.

The Calendrical Blue Moon is the second full moon to occur in a calendar month.
If a season - defined by the dates of the solstices and equinoxes - has four full moons, then the third full moon (not the fourth) in the season may be called a Seasonal Blue Moon.
Turns out, calendrical Blue Moons happen every 30 months on average. Two and a half years. Seasonal Blue Moons happen at a similar rate: about once every two to three years.
So maybe “once in a Blue Moon” isn’t so rare after all!

What is it?

• A contest where you post a poem, an image and/or a story about the Blue Moon.

How do you play?

• Just post a poem, an image and/or a story about the Blue Moon (see example below)

Post example:

Rules:

• Only 1 post per person. If you make multiple posts, all will be disallowed.
• No duplicates allowed (and that includes a slight variation).
• If duplicate are posted or an edit results in a duplicate, the most recent posted or edited one will be disallowed.
• No big images, please! 800 pixels wide and high maximum.
• Once in a Blue Moon will be open for a random length of time, with a minimum of 6 hours.

Reward:

• Rewards will be 30 WRZ$ for every valid post.

“We can thank our lucky stars when once in a blue moon we find rare and kindred souls along the pathways of our lives.”
– Laurel Burch

[Mouse in the Library]

[WordDiva]

nodding in sky
a blue flower moon-
month’s treasure

specters dance
swirling spirals-
equinox

[Misstee]

Blue Moonlight Night
by Evelyn Judy Buehler

Pretty stars are out tonight,
And yellowbird has flown away!
Blue moon has lost a treasury,
Of strangely transparent silver.
Red Mars goes round the stars,
With a beauty lasting endlessly.
What an evening bathed in blue,
On a night that dreams come true!
Blooms blush in the indigo dark,
As nightingale keeps on singing!
Night fell softly all over the
World, bringing a lasting peace.
Aged time who waits for no one,
Stopped dead for the beautiful
Blue night!

[lush]

[PennySerenade]

[rflash8]

I wished upon the Moon, last night.
One never knows what She may do:
Deserts, and gardens of delight,
She rules. We lunatics pursue
Phantasms of harmony and peace.
Blue Moon wishes may come true:
A night with no need for police,
A glimpse of hope: the color blue.

Will Barber

[accountant1usa]

[Biblioholic]

When Is the Next Blue Moon?
The next monthly Blue Moon is on August 30/31, 2023.

The next seasonal Blue Moon takes place on August 19/20, 2024.

Since both of them happen in August, they are traditionally called Sturgeon Moons.

Why Is It Called a Blue Moon?
The historical origins of the term and its two definitions are shrouded in a bit of mystery and, by many accounts, an interpretation error.

Some believe that the term “blue moon” meaning something rare may have originated from when smoke and ashes after a volcanic eruption turned the Moon blue. Others trace the term's origin to over 400 years ago—folklorist Philip Hiscock has suggested that invoking the Blue Moon once meant that something was absurd and would never happen.

[johngriffen]

BLUE MOON OVER CHICAGO LAST NIGHT