Short Curtain Call Poems
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I offered you everything;
you took it all
Leaving me nothing
—no last curtain call
(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)
Who knew the exact time and how
The day came for my play's final bow?
The span was compact
I ran for just one act
The encore - now as sacred cow
Life
Is a caricature of death
It shows its jagged jaws
While offering a sweet embrace
It is the bliss between light and dark
Before the final curtain call
Sitting here thinking
about the past
regret for time mislaid
What’s done is gone
all swans in song
— tomorrow’s yesterday
(The New Room: May, 2024)
My ink is running dry
and I want to cry.
My muse isn't well
only time can tell.
It is on life support
all plans must abort.
Alexis Y.
08/22/2021
As we age
death
reclaims us
Stealing
our youth
and then our hope
In the ground
where
memories rot
Willing us
nothing
—but the dark
(Dreamsleep: August, 2023)
Slowly releasing its grip
The ice recedes
Mud warms in a faint sun
Jonquils peek through snow
Robins open the summer house
Winter chuckles
Spring awaits her curtain call
“Rest Easy, Captain”
Christopher Plummer, Captain, friend
You’ve heard the final curtain call.
Gracefully, fade to black, the end
Rest easy ‘neath your burial pall.
Jan 26, 2022
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At dawn sky glows fiery red;
at dusk embers re-ignite.
Red in morning is a warning;
red at sunset a curtain call.
Does the sky blush to reveal
what we have done to our Planet?
Death strikes brief
Cast of grief
Curtain call chill
Weary works will
Sheer silence still
Prune primal prance
Dreary death dance
Cheerless crude chance
~~~~~~~~~
Leon Enriquez
10 January 2021
Singapore
We all have our shelf life
Stamped the best before,
Somewhere in the celestial book
Never to be revealed
Till the event.
Sometimes the rule is broken
And the terminal is a curtain call
Of a life slipin’ away:
© Harry J Horsman 2022
woven into midnights braid
sunsets goodnight kiss charade
bowing low for curtain call
draped in heavens endless shawl
warmth exhaled in cooling rise
silent wings of butterflies
woven into midnights braid
©7/9/2021
Elemental Poetry Contest
Farewell my love
the final bow takes flight,
in dreams we shall unite
where stage lights
do shimmer bright!
Within the sacred place
our shadows dance with grace,
as we become light as lace--
then shall we embrace
death's everlasting space.
MOMENTS 13 CURTAIN CALL
Not much to say
Enjoy the play
Each day can say
Face your own fear
Both front and rear
Treasure each fear
Feel how you feel
Heal with goodwill
Stillness frees feel
Leon Enriquez
11 August 2018
Singapore
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Late night breeze,
Cold air mist;
Feel dark squeeze,
Float sleep gist.
Night time stars,
Spark dream swirls;
Not so far,
Deep touch twirls.
Fall more deep,
Plunge and fall;
Fly with sleep,
Curtain call.
Leon Enriquez
27 November 2016
Singapore
Maple trees on both sides of Nineteenth Street
closed down the evening sky.
In a slight uncovered slice a single star
was made to burn the brighter
by this focusing framework.
I wonder, were your drapes drawn not quite tight
to burn your beauty on the night?
Reality falls in beads of sweat
I can't make my heart align with my head
No compromise will be enough
To bring out the best in both of us
Someone had to draw the line
Amongst the chaos of warning signs
But even the bravest soldier falls
Every act has its curtain call.
Flash in a dash
A fatal clash
Win, lose or draw
A certain flaw
Hope feels so raw
In dying flaw
Knowing brings chill
A drowning fill
Feel fancy flee
The loss of glee
At curtain call
Old drama falls
Leon Enriquez
27 October 2017
Singapore
And the chorus echoes back
A thousand raised shouts
To the pitter-pink staccato rhythm
The e-journal gets passed on
And Maestro's changed the score
Crying 'cause the celestial performers shone back for a curtain call
Stars erupting into applause shining taking extra time
Night looms day, black croons white to bloom
As new day dawns, expectant of curtain call
But old cast in same play rerun doomed
To reel off the same old B-grade stuff
Unless you dawn awake before morn
And draft new play, and fledge fresh cast
A new chapter, a new one-act play baked afresh each day
the curtain up
the stage is set
the paint still wet
on props
orchestra tunes
starting soon
excitement in my heart
a tragedy, a comedy
a script of drama and love
lines rehearsed
totally immersed
a "Tony" award for sure
final curtain call
still enthralled
as you play
for an audience
of two
~*~
~~**~~
In a black motorcade
the sad and soft parade
heavy hearts the last charade
the last act is finally played
one more curtain call is made
rest in peace shadow and shade
final farewell finish and fade
~~**~~
~*~
A tribute to Jim Morrison
Benito Mussolini was known to folks in Italo as Il Duce.
But they became disenchanted and hanged him with a noosey!
He was strung upside down with Clara Petacci his moll!
'Twas an ignominious finale for his closing curtain call!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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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
She makes her way
to the edge of the ocean
She likes to dance
to the sound of the waves
Bringing to mind
summer emotions
Keeping her on
this side of sane
The stage is set
with surf and sand
Her curtain call
the rising sun
No better day
this side of heaven
Than when she dances
by the ocean