{"id":358037,"date":"2021-12-21T06:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T20:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=358037"},"modified":"2021-12-21T06:05:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T20:05:41","slug":"seasonal-senryu-sonnets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/seasonal-senryu-sonnets\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal senryu sonnets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Space S.T.a.R. Salute Santa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a popcorn garland string theory:<br \/>\na super nova explodes in the Milky Way<br \/>\nmany bright December celestial nights<br \/>\na light path for reindeer and Santa\u2019s sleigh<br \/>\nSanta needs a break and has a hungry query<br \/>\nwhere are the cookies in all these abodes<br \/>\nsome man\u2019amko\u2019s eyes get a little teary<br \/>\ndriving around the island\u2019s streets and roads<br \/>\nseeing all the bright Christmas tree lights<br \/>\nat home many grandparents are cheery<br \/>\nthey smile as they exchange winking codes<br \/>\ntonight kids have no toy or present fights<br \/>\nvolunteer workers eyes are getting bleary<br \/>\npacking and filling toys for tots by boxloads<br \/>\nchildren\u2019s eyes glisten filled with delights<br \/>\nSanta\u2019s workshop is now seen more clearly<br \/>\ninside the broken open crystalized geodes<br \/>\nwe have some polarized geological insights<br \/>\nMother mops and cleans the house wearily<br \/>\nwith plenty of heavy washing loads she<br \/>\nseparates the colors, darks, reds, and whites<br \/>\nXmas joys and sorrows come to us yearly<br \/>\nmampus magical merry mirthful modes<br \/>\nholy songs, beach parties, caroling nights<br \/>\nSilent Night has been sung and is done<br \/>\non Tres Reyes decorations are taken down<br \/>\nSaipan, Tinian, Rota welcome a setting sun<br \/>\nNew Year\u2019s cheer has come to town.<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<em>Joey aka Pepe Batbon Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is a sonnet practitioner who enjoys stargazing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space S.T.a.R. Salute Santa Here is a popcorn garland string theory: a super nova explodes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":355846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,23672,23673],"class_list":["post-358037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cnmi","tag-lvnv","tag-nola"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}