Barzelletta for the 4th of July
It depends on who you ask and when: the barzelletta was a 15th-16th century Italian poem created mostly as secular song, meant to entertain with rhyme, pun, and word play while perhaps offering some didactic lessons.
His Face In June
A cousin of the rondeau, this little French triolet form leans on repeated lines, though perhaps with something shifting underfoot. . .
Three Pensée In Spring
Untitled, unstructured poems of usually five lines, the job of the pensée is little but to offer a reflection, a thought . . .
To His Bold Master
A prequel response to the Andrew Marvell poem, “To His Coy Mistress,” our silent young lady nowhere in evidence. . . .
March Hail at 5:30 am
An aubade is a poem or song about daybreak in some sense: addressing it, evoking it, about it, accompanying it, etc.
Marvell Mockery
A quick “aside-swipe” at the poet
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