April 11, 2024

APR 11, spineless verse (invertebrates): dance of the jellyfish


a) Review of material posted on April 11 in previous years ...

2020: waterfowl, snowy egrets (illustrated poem)
2021: Palindrome Valley, duplicitous signpost (illustrated poem) 
2022: exotic destination, Fort Ord Nat'l Monument (illustrated poem)
2023: condo reno, day #6 pics (photo-collage)

b) Today's Offering (Apr 11, 2024):


moon jellyfish


lion's mane jellyfish


TODAY'S POEM  (senryu  *)








beautifully mobile,

aquarium's jellyfish

lack eyes, brain and heart.

Giorgio Coniglio

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

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