\u2014Pat Boone, pop music hit 1957<\/p>\n
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Spring<\/p>\n
When April showers and \u2018April Love\u2019 as sung by Pat Boone<\/p>\n
in 1957 mix beneath an April moon young lovers swoon<\/p>\n
and dance the night away to their very own private tune<\/p>\n
With old love songs on the AM and FM radio they croon<\/p>\n
Hear Philippine turtle doves and pigeons coo and make<\/p>\n
love all night and lollygag in bed until late afternoon<\/p>\n
Slowly parting from each other as April rains come soon<\/p>\n
May flowers don\u2019t necessarily lead to June bridal bowers<\/p>\n
From July heat to sweltering sweaty August hear them cry<\/p>\n
Come September October November they have time to<\/p>\n
reflect remember and prepare for a delight full December<\/p>\n
Love surfaces in January but of valentines they are wary.<\/p>\n
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Nature<\/p>\n
An Abecedarian April Senryu Sonnet<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
ADOLESCENCE fools rush in during teenage years<\/p>\n
BIRTHDAY to be or not to be Shakespeare baptized<\/p>\n
COMES a yellow dress for Easter from Chaucer showers<\/p>\n
DO\u2019S and don\u2019ts thunder lightening and rain threatening<\/p>\n
EGGS hardboiled in a basket chocolate has been foiled<\/p>\n
FOOLS forget what they are like by May and June<\/p>\n
GALA \u2018Singing in the Rain\u2019 dancing by \u2018A staire\u2019s’<\/p>\n
HI JINX fooling around splashing in mud puddles<\/p>\n
INJUSTICE pouring rain all day on her 16th birthday<\/p>\n
JOKER cracks grins as April songs and tales he spins<\/p>\n
KICKED soccer balls hit some ready some foolish heads<\/p>\n
LOVE throughout April Love Pat Boone still croons<\/p>\n
MOON full fools fall in love fooling under and above<\/p>\n
NOON at a high calorie buffet time for a fourth plate.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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