(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
21 April: RIP Troll-like Shakespearean Character
22 April: Seymour (See-more) the Cat
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| 23 April 2021 picture + form: Slow Burn |
Dear Mr. Böögg,
Thank you for burning for close to 13 minutes during the 2021 Sechseläuten Festival!
As a sign of the times, you even got 'infected' with the Corona Virus. You are brave.
But we have to say, Covid was a creepy looking dude - kind of like Shrek if Shrek had really bad burning acne.
We know we're in Switzerland, ahem, but he needs to watch how much he smokes.
Thank you also for being a good sport about being relocated to the mountains of Uri instead of 'getting lit' in Zurich.
And now you're a television star! We had a great time watching you burn on live TV since spectators couldn't watch in person because of Covid restrictions.
Always a bright side. All of your sides were BRIGHT!
We know slow burning is probably not a lot of fun, but at least your prognostication has nothing to do with coming out of a hole and seeing your shadow or being called a hog!
Böögg sounds so much better.
We look forward to enjoying the summer weather you predicted.
Warmly (see what we did there?),
Residents of Switzerland
©2021, Bridget Magee. All Rights Reserved.
picture: time lapsed screen shots Joe took during the live broadcast
poetry form: Epistolary Poem
- poem that reads as a letter
- can be intimate, colloquial, formal, etc
- can take any form
😀Final Call for Submissions for 10.10 Poetry Anthology the replacement category:
- tenth ________ (ie: time, kid, of an inch, place, etc.)
Publication date is October 2021.
Accepted poems will receive a one-time honorarium of $10/poem upon publication.
Join Catherine at Reading to the Core for all the Poetry Friday goodness!
