Roaming in the corridor,
The fairy chuckled,
Mesmerized by the beauty of her own dress,
She grew self-assured in her little fairy school.
The multi-colored tutu,
inlaid with wild flowers;
Rivaled her silver sandals,
Which gleamed like her sparkling wings behind.
Then came the final day,
Bidding farewell to her tiny realm,
She moved ahead.
With sadness and excitement intertwined,
She decided to work through,
Until she became the best.
The moment she stepped into the real world,
She realized,
The tutu she wore was nowhere near the fairy gowns.
The praise and love she once received had faded into lies.
Maybe the tutu she wore was the best tutu, but not the best gown.
Carrying the weight of sudden change,
She still chose to enhance her tutu’s grace.
She rushed to the fashion store and cheerfully exclaimed:
"Get me the Cancan underskirt, fabric and shimmery pearls packed!"
The seller shot her an irksome look,
and Demanded fifty golden bricks.
The helpless fairy turned hopeless,
For she could have earned those bricks—
Only if she had a fluffy gown dress.
Categories:
cancan, allegory, courage, endurance, extended
Form: Other
The Moulin Rouge at Night
At night, the Moulin Rouge bursts into life
with orchestrated music and bright lights,
where singers and cancan dancers excite
audiences who applaud them with delight,
and is a splendid place to patronize
for entertainment when in Paris, France,
where, by happenstance, people may unite
seeking merriment or discrete romance.
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Categories:
cancan, culture, french, paris,
Form: Dizain
Disrupted rough sea ripples shuffle
audience anticipation
Shift in seats, hammered hearts
Pummel, fluffy microphone muffle
confines communication
To thespian garish starring parts
Leading lady stands on X central
scintillating stiff corset
Holds ocean of faces transfixed
Hushed haze of amazed attention
long leg stride endorses
Cancan colourful ruffled kicks
Glitter adds amps to eyes squinted
focus on filmed direction
Glow in spotlight, skin peach orange
Sets character afloat, limelight lifted
dusk dim purple perfection
Transmits her story beyond onstage
Pivot pelvis razzle reactive samba
fast feet choreograph flawless
Flashy features outshine backdrops
For her love, Leading man clamours
resounding auditorium applause
Ensures her ego never lacks props
13th June
Theatrical Resume
Categories:
cancan, art, beauty, identity,
Form: Rhyme
Life is a three-ring circus
Thrice around and around
The jolly merry-go-round
Fun the ultimate purpose
Mesmerized at this and that
Laughter for every age
Exotic animals in a cage
Used to being stared at
Rides speeding up and down
Through hoops and loops
Joining dancing troupes
Circumventing any sad frown
Lining up sideshow freaks
Presenting a two-headed man
Sexy dancers doing the cancan
A bearded lady that wreaks
As he flaunts treacherous highwire act
Ringmaster shows off painted elephants
Clowns making fun of fake elegance
Big top forever designed to attract
Submitted on March 18, 2019 for contest BRING ON THE DANCING BEARS sponsored by JOHN LAWLESS
Categories:
cancan, adventure, animal, celebration, fun,
Form: Rhyme
how the turkey I asked
a country of told you so
the moon beautiful for the fill gas oil
akimbo a foot on both asia and oops we gone the fall on both knee
the kid across said thank you for the eggs from fifty hens up state laid for you
moist you ask me the oven and the rest
no no all a fry and two wings I fly the coop of sky a sunset
a long weekend **** a take back my legs and the cat left behind
my ass can not take much longer on earth
know it is difficult to read the write of raised the bar
all clean I left you the right of buy the black friday
all dishes a clean to figure where she going
tip top a tic tac of smoke did you see the moon
I can a can of cancan tell you you the lies in latin
D C or P D she pedals the child the moon tomorrow not to be seen
sincere she tell you stories out of her mind watch your step never cross her
a total massacre never for the massage of spa
she is so crazy we love her hare not a rabbit scurry in her hole
Categories:
cancan, absence,
Form: Classicism
Benican said he could,
Jerrican was quite full,
Pellican catch a fish,
Jellican wobble in a dish,
Daisican grow a flower,
Wellican provide a shower,
Barbican cut your hair,
Terrican eat a pear,
Jonican throw a lance,
Cancan is an exciting dance,
Billican boil some tea,
Would you sit and have some with me,
..............can you?................
Categories:
cancan, children, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Lets go to Paris' finest venue.
Lets go enjoy the ride.
Where the skirts fly high,
and the gentlemen dressed in black tie.
Follow me behind the red curtain.
Experience this life.
Where the dancers entertain you,
and there's no strife.
Venez au Moulin Rouge,
and be apart what you dreamed of.
Feathers that drift, Diamonds that sparkle in the light.
That you'll wanna stay all night.
So come to this cabaret,
witness the cancan.
You'll love it forever,
cause nothing else is better.
Categories:
cancan, appreciation, dance, life, paris,
Form: Rhyme
Moulin Rouge in the sunset sky
The clouds hold their skirts and kick high the cancan
The hill where I stand
As Montmatre
And I in some small way
Like Sacre-Coeur
Look on affected by the scene
Pierre August Renoir or Claude Monet
Would paint this
Were they able
Categories:
cancan, dance,
Form: Free verse
it was funky
i wass bunky
ans stumping
my feet
to ryme beat
its was hot to trot
do it hand top hand
the cancan
to that
SOUL BAND
Categories:
cancan, adventure, happiness,
Form: Light Verse
Toulouse, oh please do place a hand on me
Your pen will sketch what your eyes can see
The ladies’ legs as they dance the can-can
Make me feel like more than a napkin
Toulouse, oh s'il vous plaît placer une main sur moi
Votre stylo esquissera que vos yeux peuvent voir
Les dames les jambes comme ils dansent la Marque de french-cancan
Me me sens comme plus qu'une serviette de table
Categories:
cancan, people, me,
Form: Clerihew