
Zhanna P. Rader, US
Quatrains
Cartoons
You don’t need
to remind me
To watch the TV.
I admire Spider-man
While I’m having some tea;
I enjoy “Donald Duck”
When I’m eating my pie;
Then I sit on the floor
And I laugh with Popeye.
While asleep, in my dreams,
I shall pat Scooby Doo,
And I’ll have some ice-cream
With my Winnie-the-Pooh.
I am ready and glad—
Mornings or afternoons—
I am eager to watch
All those funny cartoons.
Limerick
Chum
There lived a
teenager named Chum
Who’d never quit chewing his gum;
When they hid it away,
He cried in dismay,
“Oh, no!” – and then chewed on his thumb.
ЧАМ*
Подросток по имени Чам
Всё время жевал "чуинг-гам".
"Гам" спрятала мать,
Чтоб бросил жевать.
Он - палец сосать. Стыд и срам!
* Zhanna, born
in Russia and lived half of her life there; she has also
lived in the Soviet Georgia, the Ukraine and Poland.
Zhanna writes in Russian more than she does in English.
She writes metered and rhymed poetry much more in Russian
than in English. However, she often writes the
Japanese-genre poems in English and translates some of
them into Russian.
Riddle: A
Rhymed Renhai
Time of
Play
I'm made of
paper,
long ribbon tail and string,
wind-loving thing.
Flown joyfully by little Kate—
the height, the freedom, great!
Day nears its end,
and I, with hesitation,
leave the sky.

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