(i)*National Poetry Month 2021
To celebrate I am sharing a picture and poetic form - everyday in April!
5 April: Happy Birthday, Colleen!
9 April: I 'der' to Learn German
10 April: Labyrinth Enlightenment
16 April: Seek and Ye Shall Find
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| 19 April 2021 picture + form: Böögg |
The Swiss use an exploding snowman,
instead of a prognosticating groundhog.
How long it burns decides summer's plan.
The Swiss use an exploding snowman,
a sleeve of goosebumps or a suntan?
Just give us a reprieve from the fog!
The Swiss use an exploding snowman,
instead of a prognosticating groundhog.
©2021, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
picture: pixabay had an actual picture of a Böögg used
in the Zurich Sechseläuten festival that takes place on
the 3rd Monday of April at 6pm
(in 2021 it is being televised because of Corona)
poetic form: Triolet
- 8 line poem
- line 1 repeats as lines 4 and 7
- line 2 repeats as line 8
- has the rhyme scheme abaaabab