Curtain Up

My anticipation mounting as I walk into the lobby A trip to the theatre is my greatest love, my hobby With feelings of great wonder and excitement overflowing For only a calamity can really stop me going With my expectations rising, well it isn’t so surprising I am soaking up the auras of the souls long gone before us Moving to the auditorium an usher guides me to my seat I sit down slowly, looking forward to this special treat The curtains looking sumptuous, rich and velvet, long and red I await for them to part to see the magic that’s ahead The excitement it is palpable, sends shivers down my spine The curtains draw back slowly and the spotlight starts to shine Clad in Japanese kimonos players enter from stage right As a travelling musician plays his songs into the night For he’s in love with Yum Yum and his name is Nanki Poo For the son of the Mikado this betrothal is taboo The music becomes louder, my heart it beats so fast As the show begins and transports me way back into the past But all too soon the end is nigh, the audience still on a high Joyous and exuberant and sad they have to say goodbye Returning to the stage Players bowing one by one Audience cheering loudly for the fine work they have done I stand and clap and share with them my great appreciation Wondering how they feel about our mutual admiration An Actor’s life, it surely has to be a dream come true It also has to be the hardest thing for one to do For witnessing an Actor at the peak of their career Is the ideal way to spend a day, the perfect panacea written 8th September 2017 9th May 2021 Contest Name The Audience Falls Silent Sponsor Kai Michael Neumann Contest Strand Choice L Sponsor Brian Strand HONORABLE MENTION Contest Your first poem on Poetry Soup Sponsor Silent One FIRST PLACE Contest Name Impress me with an old poem Sponsor Poet Destroyer A 8th October 2020 No 1290 Sponsor Brian Strand