Best Fairground Poems

The Fairground
 
I remember the fairground when I was a child, there
was the candy Fairy Floss machines, and you could 
See them spinning the spider webs of sugar which 
Made up the sweet delight, that children loved to eat
Then There was Sideshow Alleys with its...

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Fairground

As I walk around feeling
The hay under my feet
Can smell the foods 
That makes me want to eat

People playing board games
And children playing around 
Some up on the stage
Dancing as the band plays a song

Assortment of decorations
Of ribbons of many colors
Like a bright rainbow
Of many...

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Smells of boiled hot dog sausages,
beef burgers and onions.
Mingle these with - wafts of candy floss, 
toffee apples and brandy snaps.
Whirring of engines
chugging over noisily,
half drowned by thumping music,
screams and laughter.
A multitude of lights flash and spin,
in time with the rides
that dash before your eyes;
round...

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Home from fairground -
hungry
Admiring delightful
colours, aromas.
Feast - 
carrots, sweetcorn, peas...
Rotates in microwave
- Carousel...

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Fi,fy,foe,fum. I smell the blood. Sweet nectar of fools. Stamp them down. Stamp it all out. Back and forth like the swing of a fairground hammer.

Adjust the ride. Inject the senses. Bathed in a misty surround of vibrant blue striped with lashings of orange.

Moving to...

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Fairground of the mad

Around and around it goes
Lies are better than truths
Honesty is for fools 
No one believes the politicians
Or anyone else 
Opinionated bastards’ rules ok
In a world that lost its
Moral compass its humanity 
If you are not greedy for power
You are a loser.
And since...

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No more here 
No more illusions 
Delusions we fear 

There is no more 
No more here 
Shimmers the glaze 
My fairground face 

Reflects 

There is no more 
No more here 
No more illusions 
Delusions we fear 

There is no more 
No more here 
Standing still...

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