The month of April is National Poetry Month in the USA so I thought I would give it a go. Some of the poems will be brilliant, I hope, and some will be not so good and some will just be silly. I don’t see myself as a poet, though I do write a lot of thoughts as poetry.
My first attempt is a pantoum covering both the fact that today is April Fool’s Day and also the first day of Parliament being closed in the final run up to the elections on 7th May. Enjoy! (I can’t get it to do the stanza breaks so have put in the frog so you can see the 3 stanzas and get the pantoum idea better!)
A Silly Pantoum to start Poetry Month and the dash to UK Elections
First fool!
Is it foolishness to be first?
Frolicking frogs appear forlorn,
furtively all forlorn.
Is it foolishness to be first
on this day when kings became fools?
Frolicking frogs appear all forlorn.
What happens when fools get to rule?
On this day when kings became fools
do they remember to change back?
What happens when fools get to rule?
Would anyone notice the change?
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