Best Performing Poems

(in Branson, Missouri)

I've seen Santa on billboards,
in store windows,
on street-corners, ringing tiny bells.

I've seen Santa on TV,
in sales magazines,
in parades with funny little elves.

I've seen Santa in lights,
as blow-ups on front lawns,
hanging on walls or doors,
as painted statues, decorating shelves.

When breezy chill hits the air,
Santa...

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At the Charlie Norton School of Performing Arts
They only taught armoured acting parts.
They had a special maintenance man
Always kept busy with his little oil can
Keeping the suits free of fleas
And all the joints moving with ease,
Especially the cunningly concealed vent
For the disposal of excrement
And the...

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without performing duties and responsibilities no one can reach the humanly truth...

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The last time I stood here
I was terrified
Fumbling and stumbling over words
That didn't feel right in my mouth
I had no way to explain the butterflies in my stomach
And clouds in my mind
What if I mess up
What if I start getting tongue tied
What if I start...

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Every fragment of me is performing
To mimic You,
To follow You,
I’ve been mumbling through masks,
But none of their expressions match Yours.
I’ve been stumbling on stilts,
But they don’t lengthen my pace enough to catch Yours.

Every fragment of me is performing
To reach You,
To find You,
I’ve been roaming across...

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July 29 Scripture Meditations Based on Jeremiah 11-15

Key Verse – Jeremiah 11:5 That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said,...

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May 11 Scripture Meditations Based on Psalms 57-59

Key Verse – Psalm 57:2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. 

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR PERFORMING ALL THINGS FOR ME

Thank You for performing all things for me by...

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It’s fun to perform,
Being up on a stage,
To see if the audience
You might engage.

To banter your dialogue,
Belt out your song
And hope that you’ve carried
The watchers along.

To soak up their smiles
And hear their applause
Affirms you’ve succeeded,
Despite a few flaws.

For just a short time,
All that limelight is...

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My womb protects me, envelops me. 
The curves along my waist, breasts, stomach, all value is derived only through extremes, never from ones being.
It isn't and will never be enough 
to be average, 
to be mediocre, 
to be. 
Instead, the individual is then morphed into...

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A churning 
A burning
A yearning
to let it all out
in just one shout
aaaaaaaaaah!
I can feel the world press
I feel under stress
I am under duress
I must confess
I need to get it out
hopefully in just one shout
aaaaaaaaaah!
I must get it off my chest
I must find rest
I need to...

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They stand there for ages
Pouring out angst and woe,
Seeming to gain strength
As their words start to flow.
They curse and they swear,
Stand, scream and shout,
And I’ve really no idea
What they’re  talking about.

Just these loud strident voices
Hammering away in my head
I’m losing the will to live
I’ve...

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I have become
as spagyric art
A will-o-wisp of the pen 


as each drop of ink falls,
it reflects its alchemy
in my eyes,
like drawing fraternal twins
in a jade sky


I see a measure
of my sadness,
and my joy
presented as balanced scales
perfectly level
but they scatter apart
against a northern wind 


tiger blue...

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True feelings to hold behind the mask will see;
Changing colors is the only rightful need.	
Emotions come and go behind the face shell.
The joker face detains each falling tear drop.

In happiness or sorrow the wild card swings.
Meeting one contract; then another in love:
Playing the game show...

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An incredible journey, a delightful insight, 
Performing under the big top,
Flying through air, on a wing and a prayer, 
Hanging just like a plumb bob,

And the tent is in black, all lights are on you, 
Dressed in your leather costume,
Every eye in the house cradles...

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Dr. Goo Goo lives in the clouds with God
Follow his instructions to the T when sick
Take two aspirin and call him in the morning
Right now is good.  Never is even better

Fevers come with a cough and a quack
Not all doctors are created equal
Some live...

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