Poems written on this year's Fourth of July

from Goodle images

 

Haiku

 

evening, July 3rd

the night bugs nearly as loud

as the fireworks

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mockingbird using

its full vocabulary

this 4th of July

~~~

 

morning picnic

on July 4th

sans the heat and noise

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mockers on both sides

one scolds the cat ... the other

trilling happily

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Cinquain

 

Independence Day

 

Early

July the 4th,

it's 60 degrees--cool

enough to don my terrycloth

housecoat.

~~~

 

Etheree

 

Celebration

 

My

July

fourth picnic

happens at nine-

thirty a. m., with

a hot dog (cold: yum-yum),

Frito Scoops, whole almonds, and

watermelon pieces. I can

view the porch flag, listen to the birds,

read the paper, exult in our freedoms.

~~~

 

c Pat Laster, written 7.4.'13, Couchwood