Worm Moon – 100 words

Worm moon

There they are under warming soil and roots,

wriggling and writhing their way up

to turn pointy faces or bums

(you can’t tell which)

to the eponymous moon.

But they’re wrong. Lunar worms

are lavae of American beetles

spotted waking from frost

by the Naudowessie people each March.

Their North Dakotan neighbours call it

Sore Eyes Moon

for the dazzle as sun ricochets off snow.

It’s also known as Sap Moon, as it rises,

and Crow Moon, as they return.

Names that suit the season’s turn.

So, let’s hear it for

Thinks Better Of Putting The Big Coat Away Moon.