Short Harlequin Poems

Harlequin skyline 
is playing a joke on you;
Those tears won’t nourish....

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The
op art
illusion-
in colour-filled
leaps.

Nataraja by Bridget Riley...

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Dreamer, harlequin, dripping honey-hued harmonious depth.

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Harlequin

Steam on a mirror
Gas in a bag
Small face
Two huge ears
Sticking out sideways
Dancing on a
Domino...

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My first cinquain try  what do you think


Colors
Brightly Shiny
Flamboyantly Glowing
A wonder of nature in sky
Harlequin...

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light warm SUMMER breeze--
flock of harlequin ducks float
white caps on blue waves

By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX...

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Halcyon of hiraeth,
Helm harvesting green-gold 
Haven above hawkish
Harlequin harbinger, 
Heart of seven sisters, 
Heliophilic hail
Healing halo, love-hued....

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A harlequin in Mississippi
His father a priest, his mother a hippy
He gives sermons for hours
While she waltzes through flowers 
He finds them quite far out and trippy

1/17/22...

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A mischievous Harlequin whispered in my ear;
Of everything he said that night, I don't recall
His honeyed, sibilant voice to me not clear,
o'er his chequered self, a hazy mist did fall....

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Amidst the broken woods
Sprout the flowers hued;
Under the harlequin wonders
Euphoric fairies play and wander
Sans seeds these floras arise
~ The bloom of mushrooms

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When harlequin herbs bask in jeweled forests, do you hear me?
ferrying upon pearl-prayers, seeking warmth in doe's walnut eyes,
I'm the last of seven souls ~ before heaven's hyacinth gates.
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Before hitting the first step.

The harlequin turned is grotesque face up to me,

-He had the power to charm or frighten weak souls-

and asked mockingly:

You ready for the play? Poor Fool!

You ready for the rebirth? Poor Fool!...

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I am defined by,
Those everyday,
Interactions.
They seep,
Into my,
Skin.
Leaves me,
Feeling branded,
Scarred.
People are,
Dancing in,
Masks.
On harlequin,
Invisible strings,
Tangled.
Knotted together,
Hanging limp,
Lifeless....

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A mannequin stands  
in the neon of night
head slightly canted
harlequin-right
fashionably clothed
in the brand-names of youth
arms shiny rods
with no digits forsooth
if able I think
his thumb he would raise
and he’d give me a wink.

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Could you blame the American dream
Plastic coast to coast
A Harlequin pawns himself
Enterprise gone mad
Ply the rebop
The spirit of 1973
Corporate Lawyer loathed to tell the truth
A confident already foretold
Fortitudes' ardour
doomed to quieten itself...

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summer day

harlequin first light
 pinwheels of spinning color ~
  lotus bloom opens

muggy afternoons
 humid summer monsoon rains ~
  birds sit in silence

nightfall holds its breath
 as twilight slips into dusk ~
  bright midnight stars yawn

8-6-21...

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There is a rumbling on the rafters,
 a subtle pounding drum beat on the roof,
flashing in the skies, harlequin spoofs
 a light show awesome and frightening ever afters,
the summer storms drift in then race
 slow and steady in their pace
ready for the earth to be displaced....

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Shades of blue, red and bronze
Harlequin hues, sky dons

Swoop, dive, descend, ascend
A blissful drive, birds wend

Over the sea, they dance
Twilight glee, their romance

August 20 2021

Picture 1

For the contest 'In essence 2' by Joseph May...

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Turn your cheap tricks;
And we all turn our backs,
Nobody will laugh at a jester like that.

Your black and your white,
Now an unrighteous grey,
It seems there's no call for a joker today.

You can play to the devil 
And the fallen kings too...
Who else would have time for a fool such as you?...

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Gulpin’ kelp, keepin’ me trim…
Fill it to the rim!

Vagabond dope
Don’t do dope

Thriftydrift Frank
Never seen the bank

Sillypill Willy
Sportin’ shrunken lily

KellyJane Superbeg
Win the game, show the leg

Sandy Candy
Not too dandy

Beachnymph scrapeape
Frictionwitch lacergrate

Fishydish squishywish
Krabknish quitedelish...

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harlequin

cotton clouds billow
 feisty winds in frisky moods ~
  thunder creeps closer

lightning bursts run wild
 driving rain thrashes tree tops ~
  leaves flash silver hues

harlequin sunbeams
 spring stretches across calm skies ~
  storm makes get away 
  
4-19-21
Contest:  Spring Haiku Chain
Sponsor: M. L. Kiser...

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CHILDREN’S CORNER

a time when fear
can be such fun –
these children
gathered round a
jack in the box

a time when kids
SCREAM!
at nothing
such wild      fearful
anticipation

a time to search
the depth –
how is jack dressed?
Is he evil eyed?
or harlequin?

but a split second
and all magic lost
when – POP!
up comes
JACK IN THE BOX!

Dave Austin...

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Harley Quinn,
Harlequin.
Evil twin.
Don't cross her.
You won't again.
She uses a Slugger.
Louisville bat.
The Joker dumped her.
A very Mad act.
Ms. Quin's not chagrin.

She runs a Rhino.
A big Sixty D.S.
Was in on that deal.
To end the Enchantress.
She's been there and back.
No pretense yet a fact.
Harlequin is a genius.
She'll easily escape prison.
It Seem's as Ms. Quinn
Sees with split vision....

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(Glorified Pear Honey)

The lowly pear,
no zip, no burn.
Major juice, anemic flavor.

Add orange and lemon for bite.
Grind all to blend.

Add sugar for sweetness,
cook, covered, in 200 degree oven,
eight or more hours,
as you sleep.

Upon awakening,
add maraschino for color, 
seal in sterilized jars,
store in pantry.

Pear Honey
on morning toast,
grants a baklava morning,
without the fat.

cfa© 10/4/2014...

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Harlequin is moody and sad
Columbine is acting crazy again
His behaviour was extremely bad
Readily accepting part of the blame.

Difficult Columbine plays hard to get
She's furious with his mad antics
Plotting revenge to make him regret
Before long she will have him frantic.

Harlequin decided he would make-up
He bought an expensive bouquet
Columbine looked and muttered yuck
She definitely has "feet of clay"....

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