Performance Poems - Poems about Performance

Three armed teens performed a mugging on Christmas eve. Their target 2A'D them curing them of their social disease. By next morning they set up a go fund me for the dead and wounded thieves. Their target was charged in the second degree. When I was a teen, we banged on doors and toilet papered trees... and felt somewhat guilty. ...

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You claim that we live in a just society One where law comforts the innocent And justice punishes the victim But that's not true is it? When in reality it's the opposite of that Especially when you are black For us We live in an alternate reality Where this doesn't happen Where we the innocent are falsely imprisoned...

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A circus act A puppet A clown When you think of these you think of a Performance Or even entertainment You think of Comedy You think of Jokes You think of Laughter So what happens When you become the butt of the joke Where they are not laughing with you But at you Not because you're funny But because of what's being done to you Oh you don't know Well...

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Curtain Call (is an audience-led call for a performer or performers to return to the stage after a performance, typically in response to applause.) The curtains open. And there I am — on this stage. Out on display. Trying to obtain your love and Grace. Makeup to highlight my face. Girdle to shape my waist. Theater with seats filled. Mommy, Daddy, family, friends, you. Sitting front and center. Still trying to...

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Sailing solo is unsafe and it's not much fun one winds up talking to oneself before the day is done but a bad day on the water or so someone said beats a good day at the office (and I would know) snug in my bunk bed so gentlemen here's a tip for you as all good sailors do (when they want to wee believe you...

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Maybe the clouds had a point. “It’s a wonderful life,” They sang, in godly choir chorus. I look at the calendar— Another week in ember, and no time for theatre. My gaze drifts down the road— A plastic bag lifts off the old brick pavement. It c ...

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Lisa and I played a round of frisbee-disc golf today—let’s reminisce. I love the ‘live performance’ of sports, how you must physicalise discipline. You get this instant feedback that you have to own and lean hard into. The being present to adjust, the internalised mechanisms of performance—the ‘liveness’—is the most exciting thing about sports. And, of course, the...

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2025.04.08 Recently, I was fortunate enough to receive Special treatments, at the RMIT building 51, Where not only I have had so much fun. But also having the bodily remedial therapy done. I chatted and laughed with these young students. What they did was part of their courses' curriculum. They came up with a win-win situation, Which they would provide massages...

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in our french big top i take the shoulder lenth of the tight rope bar and our cubism begins theses are frames in sound film slides sound is on the beam when we come back for the slip of the tongue...

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When it came to the art of rappin', this kid knew how to make it happen. The scenes of a dark apocalypse that gushed forth from his stormy lips had all souls standing around clappin'....

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Life is lived as one big performance, The stage is set, with sights before us. The curtain rises. It's time to shine, Oh, what a time to be alive! You make the most of a life that's given, A life that's lived full of ambition. We live for today and not for tomorrow, Be content in your life for others to follow. Live...

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The Great Hall of the People. After the performance she appears above us, stepping out from a Chinese painting of heaven. She descends into the foyer, camera’s whir. Once more we are stunned by the power of beauty to command our devotion. This is her moment, surely no moment could out-match this one. Later, a reading, tea leaves in a small cup, dragons circle the rim. A vision. There are rumors, suspicions, political purges, Her...

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Today I think of your Contributions closing the theater’s door Putting together toasted bread Ready for a child to be fed Youngster wearing grape jelly Face down to the belly Laughing saying ‘this is great’ Not showing any hate But Peanut Butter, it is you Who makes the mid-day matinee ever so cool Thank you for...

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Ah romance — such an elevated form of make-believe, with promises and roses that are rarely kept. Two players, both knowing, smiles just as wily, each coming closer, each stinging a lie. They say love’s a puzzle, some misty dance, but more likely it feels like an enterprise, a turn – a wink and a promise neither has any right to...

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Muniz motoring down the track object of affection, heating up performance wheels. Not predicated on subjective analysis, but merely his speed and placement in the race. No acting required, just talent, practice, showing up. Will he be a superhero one day, admired by all ages? For now, his stage is kicking up dirt, and oh yes, he has an audience. Will he be Malcolm in the...

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