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The Clown

There is a solace in his silence, a servant of his solitudes,
As he comforts in compliance, a jester to the multitudes…
He stands alone a neophyte, struggling within his confines,
Actions that do excite, impugnable inhibition when he signs.

Master of the satirical sad, a foreordained flounder of many,
Like a narcotized nomad, wandering wills a penniless plenty…
A calamitous circus in mind, his heart exposed in the limelight,
Dolorous detentions unkind, amidst filling his formidable finite.

A bombarding bombast, with words falling to the desolate deep,
Sailing with a maudlin mast, wearing a facetious frown as to weep…
Layered with lecherous lashes, upon wounding the sacrificial soul,
His anguish turns to ashes, within continuation of his dramatic role.

A buffoon protected by providence, metamorphic minstrel of laugh,
Lacking in canopied confidence, recklessly writing his eternal epitaph…
As he mimes until the morrows, living amongst a false fading reality,
With a smolder to his sorrows, court jesting as a nilpotent nobody.





Feb.28.2020
Repost From May 23, 2019 
Clown at the Abyss 
Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann

Placed 7'th...Thank You
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Allison Avatar
March 24, 2020 at 7:56 PM
excellent ink ^WW^ love the liberal use of alliteration throughout the poem:-) hugs Jan xx
Rodrigues Avatar
March 24, 2020 at 5:33 PM
Master of the satirical sad... A calamitous circus in mind/ and all the wonderful alliteration that you intertwine! Congratulations WW!
Neumann Avatar
March 24, 2020 at 1:33 PM
Congratulations and kind wishes, Kai
Andresen Avatar
March 24, 2020 at 1:25 PM
- An awesome poem !!! - Congratulations on your win, W.W. - Take care and stay healthy :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)
Ibeh Avatar
February 29, 2020 at 2:12 PM
Wow, WW...wow! Stunning is what your poem is! This is the best I've read for the "Clown In The Abyss" contest! FAVED.
Proxenos Avatar
February 29, 2020 at 9:07 AM
These unhppy clowns in circuses, they are made up to look permanently funny, but their hearts are not sunny. I wrote a Clown poem a year or two back and my clown's only joy was seeing the happy faces of innocent children laughing and enjoying his act. For that he lived. Great talented write Wingster. Terrific poem. Blessings, Jennster.
One Avatar
February 29, 2020 at 6:58 AM
you painted a picture of a misunderstood clown here.. bit like the joker.. nice one..
Rodrigues Avatar
February 28, 2020 at 7:23 PM
Wow! Fantastic, dear WW! I love: as a nilpotent nobody! So many greats: Master of the satirical sad...narcotized nomad. Faving! :)
Krutsinger Avatar
February 28, 2020 at 3:46 PM
This line alone was a poem Winged Warrior. "A buffoon protected by providence, metamorphic minstrel of laugh," Wow! Marvelous!
De Beaulieu Avatar
February 28, 2020 at 1:04 PM
Hello Winged Warrior, the children love the clowns, they make them laugh. A child favourite act is the clowns. Have a nice day my friend.
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