Greasepaint Poems - Poems about Greasepaint

... He swallowed vanity whole, spit up rhododendrons, gasped at greasepaint fingerprints— his own— finally saw himself: Clown.......

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...The laughter rings, a hollow sound, Across the painted, cheerful ground. A mask he wears, a painted smile, Hiding the tears for a little while. Beneath the greasepaint, shadows creep, Where bu......

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...Since I first put on the greasepaint, smooth as cream on morning toast, they said I had a gift for making people laugh. Natural as breathing. Effortless as falling. Born to perform like a bird in fli......

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... Beneath the painted smile, a shadowed gaze, A heart that beats to rhythms not their own. He trips and tumbles through the laughter's maze, A solitary figure strangely known. The bright faca......

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...Stalking a dream trailing a memory A scent came in focus wafting desire Seized by the moment alluding a time warp Tracking its shadow ambush on fire Covered in greasepaint fear is appr......

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... Let me tell you a story . . . A story about a clown called Tatters who loves to entertain, he wears a whitewashed face with showy greasepaint features: Tatters, has red balding h......

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...platypus features greasepaint pallor weirdo clown red nose big honker outlandish shoes flail around crazy hairdo balding crown eyes evok......

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...No news is good news; the known saying goes Whether stated in prose, or its meted in rhyme That's the outlook it seems the eu's designed Whether covid or conflict, they play the same way There'......

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...Ironic that the break Begat her break Mousy brown In the chorus line Third row from the back Throwing envious glances At the leading lady All glory and accolades Pirouettes and solos Applau......

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...Wet tears of defeat behind greasepaint and fool’s cap, my alter ego.......

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...Whar art mine fervent zeal for Marx Brothers? While figuratively trout fishing for ideas to write about analogous (hook, line and sinker) idea wormed itself into mind with clout moment of awar......

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...Then Wele Khakaba turned and spoke thus True beauty is everlasting; temporary beauty is dust and is for a time Thy judgment of beauty is an error For thy yardsticks are looks, appearances, effects......

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...Laughter is not laughter at all but beneath the greasepaint an upside down smile.......

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...Put on a happy face when I release taut fingers from your pallid cheeks. Promises and empty lies are sported clichés that spoil a silenced vocabulary. A quieted understanding we've vocally committe......

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...With skip, screech and flourish The belfry-housed bats Flew wildly and garish Far madder than rats. Greasepaint teardrops a-flying In twilight's ascension, Heart breaking and dying,......

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