Best Trapeze Poems

Up high on our soul’s trapeze
we tire of the bar we hold
but we find it hard to release our known.
Eyeing the free bar full of potential
we wish to air dive, then clutch-catch that swing.

Here comes, now nears, the free bar
we thoroughly want to grab,
but fear...

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circus performer
a family tradition
passed on to me

a big top flyer
Oohs and ahhs heard from below
in the spotlight's heat

higher I rise
reaching for my partner's hands
the moment of truth

I hold my breath
hundreds of feet above ground
grabbing victory

swinging freely
after somersaults flying
applause like music

an entertainer
my calling to defy laws
of...

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Suspended with roses, a garter and courage.
Her wispy white costume blows in the breeze.
Silky vibrations as she sways her bodice —
the Rapunzel-princess of the swinging trapeze.

Brunette hair and outfit bound with pearls and lace.
High with Magellanic clouds, marvelous outlander of earth.
Slender fingers wrapped around the...

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awed watchers whisper
afraid to break the silence ~
flyer leaps forward...

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Thirty years I have lived with chronic heart disease,
After heart surgery at fifty, more problems arrived,
I have felt like I am living on a high-wire trapeze
With faith in God and medical care I have survived.

After heart surgery at fifty, more problems arrived,
Diabetes, severe gout, arthritis...

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A young man on the flying trapeze
Used to fly through the air with ease
Then something went snap
He thought what the crap
Now in heaven he swings through the trees.


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   "Hammock Trapeze"


pink powder puff clouds caress

ornate hammock with fair kiss

silky velvet fabric feels

petals starry-eyed trapeze.


*For Nette Onclaud's Hammocks of the Sky Tanaga Contest.
*Written by: Linda-Marie The "Sweetheart of P.S.
*August 28, 2012. ...

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Trapeze Wire
Flips, twisting mid-air:
Lissome acrobat performs;
Awe-struck audience....

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Mary can't catch her death from tornadoes
As she sits on the cage with a swing of her legs
They whisper upstairs for a change in the weather
While young Daddy Bling lights a fire to caress.

And you, yes you, would you take a bullet
For the son of...

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I don’t want my feet to touch the ground as I soar effortlessly above the anxious crowds. I am the world’s greatest trapeze artist performing unimaginable acrobatic feats of daring and intrigue. Gasps of death defying artistry are caught in the throats of the stunned...

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Written: July 2nd, 2024 For Robert James Liguori Contest

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Patience has been my companion 
Through endless days and nights 
In the sweep of love
A gentle caress upon my...

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frog came across tightrope riding on a bike so high
entire circus crowd gave a loud gasp and a sigh
there is a dog in that basket! A little one yelled.
We held our breath now, for he could have been killed.

the frog was cocky, reckless, wild, and...

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Saw Someone On A Trapeze

When we saw some on a trapeze,
Looked like Trump who is a sleaze,
He did stoop;
Nincompoop,
And then with me everyone agrees.

Jim Horn...

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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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Intended upended
suspended 
upside-down
on trapeze by knees,
is caught, 
catcher-clung
flung over
and righted,
as it is to be...

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