Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
...Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shado...
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Categories:
rimsky korsakov, adventure, animal, anniversary, birth,
Form: Rhyme
Jack 94
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Meeting the second Thursday each month at The Commemoration Hall
The Huntingdon Poetry Collective an open invite to one and all
When I first attended I had no idea of what to expect
I soon dis...
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Categories:
rimsky korsakov, appreciation, art, community, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
...Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
Rather than be a day late
and dollar short, I opted
to post poem acknowledging
the second of February,
where eponymous ground...
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Categories:
rimsky korsakov, adventure, america, animal, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Groundhog Day 2022 Or Forty Two Days Since 2021 Winter Solstice Part One
...Already noticeably marked
increase in daylight
yours truly courtesy affected
qua heliotropic phenomenon
finds me noggin gently being tugged
upward and westward ho toward sun
after dark mine tal...
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Categories:
rimsky korsakov, fun, inspiration, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
Bedouin Eyes - With Apologies To Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
...I bought a fine-bred stallion for a thousand dinars
And navigate the wadi by the light of the stars,
Oasis to oasis as the desert bird flies,
Enchanted by the beauty of your Bedouin eyes.
Thoug...
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Categories:
rimsky korsakov, arabic, beauty,
Form: Lyric
Put In Putamen
...The RN said he had to cough
In time with Rimsky-Korsakov
When God asked her why
She said, "My, oh my!
Don't you know he's Ben Joaquinov?"...
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Categories:
rimsky korsakov, health, humor,
Form: Limerick
M134 Minigun Synapse
...in a rapid wing
hovering even
slow motion
needs to be
slowed down
even the beating
needs to be set
from prestissimo
to larghissimo
Rimsky-Korsakov
tried to capture
the hummelflug
but ...
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Categories:
rimsky korsakov, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Unforgettable Places - Acts
...I have so many places/acts dear to my heart
I’m just dying to share some with you
Not to boast, I but honor them, all played a part,
I'm sure helped to bring me in your view!
Tell me what’s mor...
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Categories:
rimsky korsakov, appreciation, blessing, family, life,
Form: Quatrain