Short Aerialist Poems

Tiny aerialist weaves its own net; shiny silvery web.

Arachned bobbing about its web in sunlight; quite a picture.

How clever she is; it doubles as her kitchen!
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He lands onto the highest perch,
"Top of the world, Ma,  Top
of the world!"  Who knows where
our Jimmy went if not there. 
Before he was an aerialist, 

he folded onscreen on his way to
the chair so that the boys who
followed  him would have no
heir.  Now, that's a hero, 
grapefruit or no grapefruit.



 

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(Bird watching on my porch)...

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Up high...
gracefully moving in it's circular motion
an Eagle soars between the sun and the earth...
local ravens,those earthly attendants,
rise to playfully pursue their majesic friend...
their jovial caws and beak nipping,an aerialist sport,
after a while,becomes a distractive annoyance...
so...with a tip of a wing,and a tilt of the tail,
the Eagle fastens itself upon a thermal and
effortlessly,glides away toward calmer space,
....smiling at the jokesters left behind.......

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