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Footlight Poems - Poems about Footlight


At the Threetuns
...Just a single footlight Just a single chair A solitary figure Sitting comfortably there, Right ankle resting On his left thigh Guitar resting Comfortably high Mouth harp held In its neck st......

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Categories: footlight, appreciation, music, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Ventriloquist
...Wooden mouth eats word and threat. Frozen eye stares through vaudeville glaucoma. The master is mimicked, masked, and mocked. Doll tuxedo stretched from neck to crotch. Head swivels to whiplas......

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Categories: footlight, fear, psychological,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Footlight Parade
...Caterpillars race slowly across my barefoot path I walk patiently......

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Categories: footlight, appreciation, imagery, insect, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member --A Star Danced--
...          * A Star Danced* So ebony soft is indeed this night. However, only to be lit by a dancing star. I watched with profound amazement, At all the ballet moves it knew from ......

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Categories: footlight, chicago, dance, dedication, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member One For the Road
...This evening hurts I've grown rusty quick wits groan as curtains hide footlight that makes its way to stage That voice - is it mine? - grumpy, in need of... what.... and the audience stan......

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Categories: footlight, drink, music,
Form: Free verse




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