JUN 1, onward into spring (two Japanese-inspired verses)

 

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

March weather adage:

in -- polar bear; out -- walrus

(northern revision)

Giorgio Coniglio

April First, date for

spoofing and tomfoolery,

not contemplation.

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a lesser-known Japanese short poem format that shares the physical characteristics of haiku (nominally 17 'on' / syllables -- 7,5,7, in three non-rhyming lines), but deals in a satiric or humorous way with human foibles rather than with Nature. 

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