Harlequins Poems - Poems about Harlequins

Pagliacci

...Of course, a clown
is always clowning
as poets paint their write -- 
before with pen and ink

dip we nibs wells of performance

transforming dark ink
to colorful spectacle in showtime
spot o...

Her Mind is a Carnival of Picasso Harlequins

...


"Her Mind is a Carnival of Picasso Harlequins"

Walking through the poetic frames of featureless ghosts
her fingers play like harps their ectoplasmic cages
strange symbo...

Buddy Breathing

...

"Buddy Breathing" 

Ten leagues below
the bed of the ocean in my heart,
strange creatures exist,
they guard the gate 
of all things that 
have past 

the sound of the...

lost Night

...Surrounded by gold Lustre
Old Clock chiming
extinguished the last vestiges
of the day
streets laying bleeding
the venom pliable
The last revillers
dressed in tweed
their  wanna be yesterdays
...

End story

...The last vestige of light
silently lingers
with the revillers drunk and blase

Stained windows
empty yesterdays hopes
Socceresses and velvet dolls
only offer their smiles

As the dancers kic...

Pouring Light

...Cigar but no cigar
extinguished by the elders
Gaslighting commissioners held in tweed
The night people slide in between

Pouring light
velvet dolls
play with their own discord
electric spears...

Crows

...Crows gather
in beacons of Blackness
Any subterfuge of despair
marvels their flight
A curfew is needed
for their sorceress

They are the harlequins of the night
on a mindful mission
of sequi...

Commission Into Tweed

...The Harlequins of the night
languish their last aura 
Lilly eyed clowns await
commissioners bleed into tweed
Rivillers  errantly play drums
Damsels failing in their appeal
Adventurers sent back...

Winding

...Secluded in  the last visages
millenium wine washed down by punters
Pinch pockets stare sideways
Spot like eyes
being close with lilly eyed iwallets
A figurative disguise turning blase
The serv...

Gargoyles Jewelled

...flaking paint
on peeling buildings
throws
clock fingers
through the last plumes of yesterday
Argus stained waiters
Gargoyles chewing on cigars
Smile till swede
Worshiping the harlequins
Sail...

Fate

...The hounds are baying
my hand trembles
I take a whisky to calm my nerves
The rain relaints
My tears  have a glint
The fate I sought
has vanished in the haze
I rise my tune
and sweetly sing my...

Let Go

...LET GO       (Song )


Let go of multi-coloured cloaks 
                of rage, of gloat
frothy waves let go 
wild, naked...
just so, just so


Mountains watch fields of 
   wheat let go ...

Something For Emmett

...Tears embedded
  three ring delight
Star-crossed harlequins 
pigmented fright
Echoes of laughter
masking false smiles
Greasepainted fantasy
—clowns in denial

(The New Room: July, 2022)...

Asian Invasion

...
Asian invasion,
what's the occasion?
Why you getting in my house?
Harlequin romance?
You've had your last chance;
turning the page on that louse.

Ladybug cousin;
similar, doesn't
...

Carnaval

...See the bright lights of the Carnaval.
I wander with the marvels 
In of my sights of beautiful balloons,
stuffed animals capers
popcorn reeks
cotton candy melts
I see the rides, twirl 
I feel ...

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