Short Acrobat Poems

Acrobatic rain,
Propelled to verdant trapeze:
Suspended in leaves....

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Trapeze Wire
Flips, twisting mid-air:
Lissome acrobat performs;
Awe-struck audience....

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furry maniacs

acrobat squirrels
 apple tree robber barons ~
  furry maniacs

2-1-22
Contest: Squirrel Haiku
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori...

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Circus acrobat
       risk professional
        he is always
       jumping without
        safety net ....
        In life this  is   me... !...

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buzzing baby acrobat
backwards, forwards, act, act, act
insects and flowers are your steady diet
We love watching you, hummingbird. You are a riot!...

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a sea acrobat

      a smart, friendly pint-sized whale

               bottlenose dolphin 


Date written: 07/18/2020...

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 in grey apparel
scampers trees, skilled acrobat~
furry and frisky


Jan.2. 2022
Squirrel Haiku Poetry Contest
Robert James Ligouri...

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He’s agile and spry
Cat always lands on his feet
Springing and jumping
A natural acrobat
Darting and dashing
Amazing me with his feats
Never practicing either...

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Ann was an aging acrobat
That is until she became too fat
To sit on a flying trapeze
Cavort or leap with any ease
When the tightrope began to bend
Ann's acrobatics came to an end...

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Sweet Lemmy’s a cute pussy cat,
bright coloured balls he loves to pat,
cat treats he adores,
he’s fast on his paws,
and pounces like an acrobat.

08/24/20...

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Small
squirrel
scampers fast
away from me.
Up a tree he flees.
An acrobat,
He then leaps
tree to
tree.

July 1, 2021 for Caren Krutsinger's Ninette Poetry Contest...

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The dragonfly nymph
An aerial acrobat; speed
On the wing, unmatched


Haiku, I Love U 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by James Edward Lee Sr. (Winner: 3rd Place)
Date written and posted: 02/24/2019...

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Amid spring blossoms, bunny leaps; spring has arrived.

I watch the furry acrobat; am inspired to paint the scene.

Impressed by bunny’s agility; he leaps from my canvas.

...

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Perfect symmetry on jewelled wings
Flutter by beautiful butterfly
Floating free on zephyr winds
Like an aerial acrobat sent from on high

08~12~15
Contest: Butterflies Among Us
Sponsor: SKAT...

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When asked
The traffic rider
That streetwise acrobat
How
He knew without a prior
When a driver would do that
This performer replied
Spinning
With some pattern recognition
After long
Is spun
Into chaos intuition...

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Who am I?
I am petite.
Pretty.
Dainty.
A clever acrobat.
I can do tricks in midair.
I fly backwards and forwards.
I hover while I eat.
I devour flowers and insects.
I am one of the smallest birds, but I look like an insect....

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As I fly,
miles high,
out across,
the deep blue sky,
I look for prey,
on the forest floor,
as I elegantly soar,
I can spot a hare,
a mile down,
and dive at 100,
to the ground,
I am the acrobat,
of the air,
and the king of the sky,
without a care....

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As I fly,
miles high,
out across,
the deep blue sky,
I look for prey,
on the forest floor,
as I elegantly soar,
I can spot a hare,
a mile down,
and dive at 100,
to the ground,
I am the acrobat,
of the air,
and the king of the sky,
without a care....

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On Pebble Beach's seventh green
I paused to watch an otter.
He dove, cavorted, spun around,
An acrobat on water.
Then lolling, drifting, eyeing me
He twitched brown nose and whiskers.
His thought, that moment, mirrored mine:
"He plays all day, that rascal."...

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cute, curious, bird
witty chick-like chickadee
winter acrobat

Syllabic count: 5/7/5


A 2nd Place in the following contest (judged on Jan. 22, 2021)

Jan. 19, 2021
A Cardinal, Blue Jay, or Chickadee Haiku Poetry Contest
Contest sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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A muscular aerial acrobat
Young Mandy avoided nets, just like that
  
    Going netless has its perks
     Only if your balance works

You could say hubris made Mandy go splat



*for Natalie’s “Die a Fun Death” contest
11/20/2011 (Hubris is excessive pride or arrogance)...

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Anticipation
Expectations running high
Reality check
Living on the edge of hope
Balanced precariously.



Image Public domain
Charles Blondin. 
(born Jean François Gravelet. 1824–1897)
Acrobat and tightrope walker....

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You,
celestial climber,
agile acrobat 
of the scrub pine.
You,
of the branch,
the thistle-fan grounded
in agoraphobia.
You,
for whom the fig tree 
swells purple
with passion,
I would have this
nothing and this
no one which
you "do not" have--
how provident
the world
of the squirrel....

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  Today, class, we study the cat
    He or she is an acrobat
  Walks a tightrope 'tween low maintenance
    and aristocratic independence

  Some deem it common sense
    others, pure effulgence
  Your instructor used to be a kitty-sitter
    until he took a whiff of kitty litter
...

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The skydiver was an acrobat.
When he jumped he liked to throw his hat.
Free falling was his hope
His hat stuck in the rope.
The chutte didn’t open; he died...splat!

Ó November 22, 2011


Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest: Die A 'Fun' Death Contest 	
Sponsored by: Natalie The Rogue Rhymer...

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