April, National Poetry Month in the United States is coming to an end. Let’s give it a good send off and play Haiku Jeopardy. The poems will give clues to their subjects. Your response need not be in question form. In your comments, guess what the verses describe, or make a Haiku riddle of your own (5-7-5 syllables). If you need a hint for the answers, click on the question title.
Haiku Jeopardy
1. Which?
Land of the Pampas
By Río de la Plata
Birthplace of tango.
2. Who?
A brave General
Then President of his land
Afro-Mexican.
3. What?
We like to eat fish
we swim better than we walk,
and wear tuxedos.
4. Who?
First Lady of Rock
Canciones de mi padre
When will I be loved?
Tonight, I’ll be presenting these mysteries at our child’s school Poetry Night, as the MC. I’m looking forward to this poetry game. The riddles above are about the Americas, you can choose to write one for your neck of the woods. ¡Olé! ; ) Rebecca
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Very much like old Anglo-Saxon riddles! I will give it a go…….
Last time I posted some actual Anglo-Saxon riddles, I got followed by facists. 😦
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Yikes, that’s a word to the wise.
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Indeed….A-S is a key phrase I’m afraid….
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I had no idea. Wouldn’t want it to head down that path. We’re finally getting rain, well a little.
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Yes, it rained here on Wednesday, thank goodness. My late daffodils have flowered!
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Possbliy not a great Haiku ( I’m really bad at counting syllables):
Who?
Famous for wayard hair
a massive equation and
the ultimate speed limit
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Aha, my favorite scientist (other than my partner). The one whose name is equated with genius. : )
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Yup! Until a visit to the barbers last week, my husband had exactly the same hair!
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Ah, yes the Covid hairdo. We three had that until 2 weeks ago!
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My hair hasn’t been cut since early March 2020. My appointment in on 13th May. 😊
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Wow, you must have long tresses by now. Shall we call you Rapunzel? 😉
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Yes! 🙂
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Haiku riddles: What fun! Have fun tonight as MC at your child’s school Poetry Night 🙂
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Thanks, Rosaliene! I talked it over with my co-host and I think we’re ready! We are honored to have Angela Trudell Vasquez, Madison’s poet laureate, join us tonight.
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That’s fantastic!
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Very creative, Rebecca. Enjoy your evening. 😄
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Thank you, I hadn’t MCed for a while so I was a bit nervous but it went well. We had a lot of fun.
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That is awesome! Good for you. It does sound fun. 😃
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Is the first one describing some sort of dance? 😀 xoxo
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Thanks, Carol Anne. The first one mentioned tango to give a nod to Argentina. : )
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