»
Archives
»
Open Poetry #14
»
Welcome to the Circus
| Open Poetry #14 |
|
Welcome to the Circus |
|
|
Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England 
|
Welcome to the circus...won’t you take a seat? The house is full, and business here is steady... Sit right down and take a load off both your weary feet... We’ll let the show begin, when you are ready... Just to entertain you...before the show begins... We’ll send in all the clowns to draw your laughter... Isn’t it amazing how the clowns look like your friends? You’ll think of them and smile, forever after! Suddenly it changes...silence fills the air... A spotlight falls upon the show’s Ringmaster... With much aplomb, his speech is given, then magic fills the air... It all begins, and things are spinning, faster... Look up high above you...walking on the wire... People not afraid to take their chances... Front and center...smoke and flame...a clown ingesting fire... While all around, trained animals do dances... In the next ring over...there stands a sturdy cage... The animals within are quiet stalkers... As one man enters, whip in hand, to set the fearful stage... You flash on daily life, and all it’s hawkers... The show has reached finale...the time has come to end... And you have also reached a new conclusion... The greatest show on earth is still the one you’re living in... Now you decide what’s real, and what’s illusion... The road goes on forever, and the stories never end... |
||
| © Copyright 2001 Sunnyone - All Rights Reserved | |||
|
Balladeer
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
a good poem with one of the best closing stanzas I have seen....love it, sunnyone!  |
||
|
Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
...Balladeer... Thank you for that reply, my friend, as this poem is a favorite to me. I've often thought that life was like a big Circus, and if you look closely, we are all clowns!!!  The road goes on forever, and the stories never end... |
||
|
Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
I like the analogy here...as one 'clown', I know what life is like under the greasepaint... |
||
|
Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Some time ago we did a community tag-along about a Circus...nudge 'Deer a bit, Sunnyone, and I'll bet he'll bring back a reprise... it's a Circus you'll never forget! |
||
|
ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
I have to agree with Balladeer..... one of the best closes I have ever read! You certainly captured the circus virtually but that ending makes the whole thing wonderful....great write! |
||
|
Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
...Poet deVine... Yes...there are those of us that are well-acquainted with both the reality and the illusion!! Thank you, Poet....great to see you here!! ...Sunshine... How about helping me give the 'Deer a nudge, big sis? Thanks!!!!! ...ethome... Thank you, et, and I appreciate what you said!! I think I was just following my Grandmother's advice from years ago: "You can goof on the beginning, and mess up the middle, but the ending is what they'll remember!" After playing music all these years, I find her advice invaluable!!!! The road goes on forever, and the stories never end... |
||
Mysteria 
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Your Grandmother was absolutely right, as I am sure going to remember this ending! This was a fantastic poem, I really loved the analogies used, and of course, the ending was superb. "Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself." |
||
|
Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
I'm impressed by your poem....Excellent piece. Charisma |
||
Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
SunnyOne~ 'Look up high above you...walking on the wire... People not afraid to take their chances...' 'Now you decide what’s real, and what’s illusion...' I like the balancing act ...  ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ |
||
|
Voiceless Senior Member
since 2001-02-19
Posts 686Under the stars upon the wind |
I love it! And I know you must be sick of hearing it but the ending is brilliant! This is great! ~*Freedom Is Not Free*~ (Korean War Memorial) |
||
|
Sunnyone Member Ascendant
since 2000-07-06
Posts 5334Staffordshire, England |
...Mysteria... Ah, my Grandmother will be pleased that you enjoyed her saying...she was a very wise woman indeed. And I too am so glad that you liked this one!!! Thank you!! ...Charisma... Oh, I am honored, my friend, as you know that I think so highly of everything that you do.....thank you so very much!! ...Marge... Life has always been a balancing act for me, as it is for so many other women...I'm glad that you enjoyed, and I do thank you!!! ...Voiceless... Oh no...I never tire of hearing that another poet enjoyed my humble efforts!! That is the highest of all praise, the ones coming from my family here at Passions!! Thank you so very much!!! The road goes on forever, and the stories never end... |
||
|
|
⇧ top of page ⇧ |
|
| All times are ET (US). All dates are in Year-Month-Day format. | ||
