Curtain Call Poems - Poems about Curtain Call

Days when it rained Tapping rhythm on the rooftop The children stayed inside And would put on short plays unscripted theatrical performances Impromptu entertainment With a stage made of pillows mismatched sheets for theater curtains hung with wistful string Costumes put together from past Halloweens. Actors portraying vibrant quirky characters The last curtain call was many years...

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you’ve cast a spell on me; your eyes shine brighter than any spotlight and i’m captive on the stage of your attention your hair flutters around you- the brightest confetti i’ve ever seen your lips whisper those three words that incantation to my heart a quick tap of one-two-three; your fingers are wrapped in mine and the whole world still; the earth is...

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Sitting here thinking about the past regret for time mislaid What’s done is gone all swans in song — tomorrow’s yesterday (The New Room: May, 2024) ...

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Who knew the exact time and how The day came for my play's final bow? The span was compact I ran for just one act The encore - now as sacred cow...

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Farewell my love the final bow takes flight, in dreams we shall unite where stage lights do shimmer bright! Within the sacred place our shadows dance with grace, as we become light as lace-- then shall we embrace death's everlasting space. ...

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We marvel as the seasons change each year When poets rush to spill their colored ink Though each has much to offer, it's quite clear, For me, I like to watch the autumn prink When leaves begin to change, she gently weeps Soft tears of fall, that stain her leafy frill She toils to leave her mark before she sleeps As death...

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As we age death reclaims us Stealing our youth and then our hope In the ground where memories rot Willing us nothing —but the dark (Dreamsleep: August, 2023)...

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I flee from the reality of self In blind attempt at being self-less Confronting an enlightened self-interest. I have stepped into the shadows Allowed them the spotlights curse of cheers and boos of curtain calls. Suppress the urge to take the stage Permit them praise, and failures fury Deny them not their bloodied glory. I do it not for them but self To touch the...

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summer's curtain call... fall peeks in ... hesitates ... 'til ... leaves flaming roadsides...

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With Charles as their King-to-Be ~ It's curtains for the 'Royal' Family...

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death is the final curtain for a drama done opening with birth and going through several acts of life take your bows now for only your stand-ins will be at the curtain call and you will not be there to read the reviews so write your reviews now and play them in each role and each act with skill for only...

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Strangers, friends, family Thank you for listening to my words and my humble attempts at wordsmithing...

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My ink is running dry and I want to cry. My muse isn't well only time can tell. It is on life support all plans must abort. Alexis Y. 08/22/2021...

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T0 Spencer Snyder, age 80 Curtain Call He signed you for a starring role, with no time to rehearse, None had played the part before, so no-one better or worse, Been a long run and the folks keep coming, your lines change like your sox, Director nods up in the Gods, no prompter in the box, And...

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Our great love will never fall, At the final curtain call, We can say we did it all....

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