Short Curtain Call Poems

Clouds
of
asters
climb the wall..
in Fall's curtain call...

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daybreak curtain call
a symphony of sparrows
loudly tuning up
...

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With Charles as their King-to-Be
  ~ It's curtains for the 'Royal' Family...

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time card final punch
curtain call beckons my bow
applause sign send off...

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Stage of seasons change
Aglow summer takes last bow
Fall mimics her smile...

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When common sense goes AWOL,
trust disappears, no curtain call.

September 28, 2022...

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The star of stage and screen
    her final curtain call
      ~ a stumble and a fall...

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Crushing humidity
  Like an iron curtain
Heave-ho... Lift! ~
  World's lungs revive...

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Our great love will never fall,
At the final curtain call,
We can say we did it all....

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THUD... down it crashes...

   evil darkness... shoves aside

      rays gentle, warm light...

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Summer
Lanquid,sunfilled
Simmering shaded gold-
Lingers,falters,then slowly leaves
Off-stage....

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Strangers, friends, family
Thank you for listening to my words
and my humble attempts at wordsmithing...

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summer's curtain call...

    fall peeks in ... hesitates ... 'til

     ... leaves flaming roadsides...

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the barber’s fall,
a curtain call,
he snips and twirls
creating curls;
that close shave,
may be grave....

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Listen to poem:

pull the drapes
close the curtains
draw the blinds
live a life, in curtain call
drawn in
on the blind side...

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I offered you everything;
you took it all

Leaving me nothing
—no last curtain call

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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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...

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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...

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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) 
...

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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...

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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)...

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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
...

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“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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Listen to poem:

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?...

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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...

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