JUL 3, world of music -- "I guess that's why. ... "

 

TODAY'S POEM (senryu *) 

why call it "The Blues" ?

Elton plays and we all dance;

only Bernie knows.

 

Giorgio Coniglio

* learn more HERE about senryu, a term that designates 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. 

Ed. Note: Interested readers might also want to check out the verse posted on June 19.

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