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April Love: The Stature of Nature

“April love is for the very young, every star’s a wishing star that shines for you. April love is all the seven wonders, one little kiss can tell you this is true.”

—Pat Boone, pop music hit 1957

Spring

When April showers and ‘April Love’ as sung by Pat Boone

in 1957 mix beneath an April moon young lovers swoon

and dance the night away to their very own private tune

With old love songs on the AM and FM radio they croon

Hear Philippine turtle doves and pigeons coo and make

love all night and lollygag in bed until late afternoon

Slowly parting from each other as April rains come soon

May flowers don’t necessarily lead to June bridal bowers

From July heat to sweltering sweaty August hear them cry

Come September October November they have time to

reflect remember and prepare for a delight full December

Love surfaces in January but of valentines they are wary.

Nature

An Abecedarian April Senryu Sonnet

ADOLESCENCE fools rush in during teenage years

BIRTHDAY to be or not to be Shakespeare baptized

COMES a yellow dress for Easter from Chaucer showers

DO’S and don’ts thunder lightening and rain threatening

EGGS hardboiled in a basket chocolate has been foiled

FOOLS forget what they are like by May and June

GALA ‘Singing in the Rain’ dancing by ‘A staire’s’

HI JINX fooling around splashing in mud puddles

INJUSTICE pouring rain all day on her 16th birthday

JOKER cracks grins as April songs and tales he spins

KICKED soccer balls hit some ready some foolish heads

LOVE throughout April Love Pat Boone still croons

MOON full fools fall in love fooling under and above

NOON at a high calorie buffet time for a fourth plate.

Joey aka “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.