Tomorrow is the first day of April. Everywhere I look I see poetry events. There are three at Lunenburg, MA Library:
April 14— a reading and discussion of these seven poems developed as a state-wide program from masspoetry.org
- In the Waiting Room by Elizabeth Bishop
- Samurai Song by Robert Pinsky
- The Lost Pilot by James Tate
- Occupation by Suji Kwock Kim
- Vita Nova by Louise Glück
- Love Song: I and Thou by Alan Dugan
- New England Ode by Kevin Young
April 21 — the monthly meeting of the Louise Bogan Chapter of MSPS
April 25 — a public evening for thoughtful teens and adults to read beloved poems
Try your hand with a triolet. It’s a Medieval French form that is eight short lines with a particular rhyming scheme and refrain repetition like this:
A Triolet For Jays
A Awesome is the jay with feathers blue.
B His voice is loud as an old kazoo
a singing along with the tufted crew.
A Awesome is the jay with feathers blue
a he caws with the crows at the barbecue
b his feathers are brighter than a cockatoo.
A Awesome is the jay with feathers blue
B His voice is loud as an old kazoo
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