{"id":249859,"date":"2017-04-10T06:06:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=249859"},"modified":"2017-04-10T06:06:44","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T20:06:44","slug":"haiku-calendar-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/haiku-calendar-april\/","title":{"rendered":"A haiku calendar for April"},"content":{"rendered":"

April Come She Will With Pollen<\/strong><\/p>\n

poetry month and April Fool’s
\nthirty days to read write and rhyme
\nat home at work and in our schools
\njust need to find a little more time
\nnow we’ve passed the foolish first
\nApril come she will with pollen
\nto hear fresh poems a schoolish thirst
\nwith runny nose and eyes all swollen
\nin the street sweet chirping is heard
\ntrees spread pollen through the city
\nsympathetic song comes from a bird
\nallergy problems get sneezing pity
\nwarm winds blew a new moon last night
\nand darkness made the stars so bright <\/p>\n

Spring Shout<\/strong><\/p>\n

trumpet fanfare warm wind in the air
\nskunk cabbage starts to sprout
\nhills blurry with maple buds
\nicicles drop with thuds
\nas spring gives a shout
\noverflowing creeks muddy for weeks
\nfootprints fill a mud puddle
\ngroundhogs slide along the bank
\ntrout season opens and reels crank
\nas around a campfire we huddle
\nbig garden plans and wet muddy hands
\nfrom new varieties worth trying
\ndeer eat rhododendron buds
\nsparrows peck at worms and grubs
\nwhile we eat fresh dandelion<\/p>\n

Here is an ABCDarian haiku calendar for April:<\/em>
\n1\tApril adolescence\/fools rush in\/teenage years
\n2 \tApril birthday\/to be or not to be\/Shakespeare baptized (23rd)
\n3\tApril come she will\/for Easter\/a new yellow raincoat
\n4\tApril dews and don\u2019ts\/thunder lightening and rain\/threatening
\n5\tApril eggs\/hardboiled in a basket\/chocolate foiled
\n6\tApril fools\/forget what they\u2019re like\/in May and June
\n7\tApril gala\/\u2018Singing In the Rain\u2019\/goofing on \u2018a stairs\u2019
\n8\tApril high jinx\/fooling around\/in a mud puddle
\n9\tApril injustice\/pouring rain\/on her sixth birthday
\n10\tApril joker\/cracks\/a grin
\n11\tApril kick off\/soccer balls\/hit foolish heads
\n12\t\u201cApril Love\u201d\/Pat Boone\/croons
\n13\tApril moon\/fools in love\/underneath
\n14\tApril noon\/high calorie buffet\/back for a fourth plate
\n15\tApril on again\/off again rain showers\/can\u2019t decide
\n16\tApril planting\/peanuts and potatoes\/both buttered and mashed
\n17\tApril quilt\/frost mud slush and gush\/city square\u2019s a mess
\n18\tApril rush\/daffodils\/visible
\n19\tApril stars forecast\/Oscars out tonight\/dim tomorrow
\n20\tApril torrent\/all at once\/gone in a flash
\n21\tApril umbrellas\/tool of the month\/sold out
\n22\tApril violets\/my mother\u2019s favorites\/by mossy stones
\n23\tApril weather\/May around the corner\/thank goodness
\n24\tApril X rated\/railroad crossing light\/on for days
\n25\tApril yellow lights\/sign of things to come\/use caution
\n26\tApril zinnias\/unheard of\/way too early
\n27\t*April en Paris\/La Mome Piaf s’il vous plait\/avec plaisir
\n28\tApril in Perth\/fall for all its worth\/down under
\n29\tApril prognostication\/Portland, ME to Portland, OR\/rain
\n30\tApril in Brooklyn\/schlepping in the rain\/making groceries<\/p>\n

* #27 is in French. It translates as, “April in Paris \/the Little Sparrow if you please\/with pleasure”. The Little Sparrow is a nickname for a famous French singer named Edith Piaf (1915-1963). She sang all kinds of pop love songs happy and sad. The poem is about a beautiful time in the city of Paris, France. April in Paris is a famous pop song. Flowers are blooming and love is in the air. A person is buying a ticket to hear Edith Piaf sing or a record by her. The seller says it is a pleasure for him to sell the Edith Piaf concert ticket or a recording by her. She was and still is a much-loved chanteuse by French people and music lovers around the world. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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