(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
Thanks for introducing us to Bööggs. Let us know what happens this year!
ReplyDeleteI will! I have a post planned on the results...:)
DeleteEveryone does their own thing & do we believe it? We have snow again tonight! Your repeating lines seem to get louder - hmmm. I'll have to check this one out!
ReplyDeleteWe watched it 'live' via TV last night. Pretty spectacular sight! :)
DeleteFascinating! Who knew?
ReplyDeleteAnd do tell -- what was the forecast? More fog? Or bright sun?
SUN! We hope... :)
DeleteThank you for this triolet. I feel like I am in a poetry master class! And I did not know of Swizterland's tradition. The "exploding snowman"!! Well, the ground hog and his shadow, I would need to see data as to how accurate he is. We have been to that town a couple of times but not on Feb. 2 and of course there is the movie. Which I do like, must say. Here's to spring!!
ReplyDeleteJanet Clare F.
Thanks, Janet Clare! :)
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