Short Acrobats Poems

Circus,
bring on the clowns,
exotic animals,
three rings of fearless acrobats.
Big Top....

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My spirit’s laughter
Pirouettes with glee at the
Antics of my cats.
Feline acrobats tickle
My amygdala…ha…ha!

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Frisky
frolicsome
ace acrobats
defying gravity
like that

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Skipping
across lawn
arching, rippling
endless sassy-fussing
spitfires...

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feel the hedge the dunnock had slept
its lines a scribble toddlers had drawn
he nested in a pen test on scrap paper
edging fields in barbed wire branches
sleep static acrobats on frozen trapeze...

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spring acrobats

warm winds puffy clouds
 tumble on mats of blue skies ~
  spring clown acrobats

3-31-22
Contest: Nature in Spring Themed Haiku Poetry  Contest
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
syllables checked with www.howmanysyllables...

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Come kids one and all,
The show will begin,
Watch the many clowns
Acrobats sky high
Cowboys and horses,

Flying daggers,
Lions, tigers,
Elephant act,
Spinning dishes,

Dancing dogs,
Twirling bears,
Cyclist

Bull horn
Whistles

Fun...

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It's hard to concentrate
when your thoughts 
are flipping like acrobats,
all taunting of the past
but some are worried of the future,
and then it all falls far away.

Now I got new problems now
worrying about suicide,
and how I was traumatized....

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Kids
Hear
Circus
Coming to town
Posters go up on
Square, 'tween boys see the ad ask to
Go, father says get all your chores done, gives them a dime
Boy! were they happy just sitting in that crowd, joy, animals, acrobats; one yells fire, jump, 
run...

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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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She grasped the dinosaur thoughts,
holding on like a junkyard dog, 
til the light came, 
in a pre dawn dream,
through an archangel,
who walked up the rigorous and sparsely landscaped path
at a crossroads,
where the churning and ancient mental acrobats could not climb,
so she followed....

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Starling Murmuration 

 
'Neath Nimbus Dark 

Eerie sings 

Nature's Acrobats

Million wings 

 

Splendour reigns 

Cascades crash

Aeriel Ballet 

Swooping splash 

 

Mesmerising movement 

Semaphore Correlation 

Phenomenon splendid 

Starling Murmuration 

 

thank you...

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Feathers, meant to soar
    propel their bearers evermore
  gliding, coasting, turning over
    Acrobats, sky-high rovers  

  Sadly though, some feathers fall
    float to earth, their curtain call
  Prithee, pick them up
                       by yonder willow
    finished weeping ~ sequestered pillow...

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Have you seen what is coming to our lives?
A veritable cornucopia 
of delights
   Angels of all kinds
   Kings 
   Queens
Dancers, acrobats, performers
    If life asks you to be happy
    then be happy!
A lexicon of delight 
    Awaits you at the 
end of the road
    a grey sky 
can never destroy 
      the sunlight within...

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Commence the beating of the drum,
Sound the horns with fanfares blaring
Next see the floats with roses come,
Commence the beating of the drum
Acrobats, clowns, bands, then some,
All in the spirit of celebration sharing
Commence the beating of the drum
Sound the horns with fanfares blaring.

written August 7, 2021...

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Everything is out of control
Caving down on me
And crushing
My skull
I try to grab hold
But everything
Swings
Out of the way
Like an acrobats 
Trapeze
And I'm trying to stand firm
Trying not to fall
But the ground is swaying 
Nothing will hold still
I'm knocked onto my back 
Forced to stare at the sky 
I want to throw up
Or perhaps...
Just die...

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Their prehensile tails act as a fifth limb, helping spider monkeys swing from tree to tree. They often hang by this amazing appendage as they wrestle and play high enough to resemble spiders.  


			                 jungle boogie
                                   tails of spider monkeys 
                                      screeching acrobats...

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I watched them across the water prance,

Back and forth in sprightly dance.

Liveried in emerald green, others had a sapphire sheen.

It was natural choreography, by tiny acrobats

As they hovered through the reed beds, hunting bugs and gnats.

A mastery of flight, a ballet in the sky,

How mesmerising to sit and watch, dancing dragonflies....

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I feel it in the air
a tinge of life
I laugh thinking of the joy I feel
the thought I hear 
A joyous feeling of happiness
simple and raw
like the darkness of the shadows around a candle
leaping like acrobats filled with the zest of living
the realisation of being alive
the feeling of living with my htoughts
undeniably beautiful,
simply awesome....

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Around in circles, round and round,
Spiraling up above the ground

On thermals rising ever higher,
Effortless ride for fork-tailed flier.

Then, talons locked, they cartwheel down,
Orbiting, circling round and round.

They mew and mew like flying cats,
Amazing aerial acrobats !

Still circling, clockwise corkscrew flight,
Ever upwards 'til out of sight....

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Playing on the forest floor
I saw squirrels, three.
They scampered amongst the fallen leaves,
Then scurried up a tree.

I watched them in their antics
As they leapt from bough to bough,
Like acrobats on the high trapeze
Performing for a crowd.

Their joie de vivre apparent
It filled my heart with glee,
To see them running tail to tail,
Those little squirrels, three....

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Birds of every shape and size
dart about among the leaves
on a clear but cold fall day
as the trees bob and weave.

Songs of birds fill the air
as they flit here and there,
bouncing from branch to branch,
acrobats in the air.

Fall is beautiful in its dress.
Colourful leaves mingle with the green.
Watching the birds in eager play
creating this most enchanting scene....

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At the circus were acrobats,
Jugglers and clowns
And dancers in costumes,
All spangled, or gowns.

A walker on tightrope,
The flying trapeze,
With music and acts
Which all ages would please.

There was pink cotton candy
And popcorn for sale
So that joy and excitement
And smiles would prevail.

At the circus were families
Delighted to be
There, like both of my grandkids,
My husband and me.
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Rough n Tumble
At the Royal Rumble! 

Sparkly tights
Some funny sights!

The excited kid's face
Their new favourite place! 

Young upcoming acts 
Jumping around like acrobats! 

Behind the scenes though 
Its not all for-show.. 

The veteran with taped up wrists
Sore back, busted nose
Watching as their career goes... 

Their time in the limelight is running out
But for now, they'll enjoy the fans' shout...

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Fluffy tailed performers
Chitter chatter among themselves
No one listening, everyone slathering
Juicy gossip 

Taking daring fifteen foot leaps and dives
From magnificent heights, barely landing on
Tiny branches.

Flinging themselves with wild abandon
And oodles of faith into the air, flipping and
Swirling. Contortionists.

Sliding up trunks the way others slide down.
Landing with a well-earned acorn in their jaws....

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A fat acrobat from Detroit
lost his grip for he wasn't adroit
he fell with a plop
his partner on top
which really was quite an exploit!

Yes, Tubby made quite a fine matress
Ringling Brothers asked for his address
he made his career
plopped on his derriere
It seems he had started a fad.. YES! 

Soon crowds lined the seats of the rink
wondering if Tubby would stink
he finished the task
in spite of some gas 
Now Tubby is dressing in mink....

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