Short Trapeze Poems

Acrobatic rain,
Propelled to verdant trapeze:
Suspended in leaves....

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awed watchers whisper
afraid to break the silence ~
flyer leaps forward...

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Trapeze Wire
Flips, twisting mid-air:
Lissome acrobat performs;
Awe-struck audience....

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Let go
The trapeze bar
Somersault through the air
Hands reach out blindly to be caught
Will they?...

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- trapeze artists dazzle in air, the audience watch in complete awe -




Date written:10/31/2021...

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was on a trapeze
did swung through all of the trees
while searching for keys

Turn this into a song for
Alisha Keyes to sing....

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Listen to poem:

Intended upended
suspended 
upside-down
on trapeze by knees,
is caught, 
catcher-clung
flung over
and righted,
as it is to be...

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Francesco was on his trapeze
Precariously swaying in the breeze
Suddenly he lost his grip
Off that trapeze, he did slip
Because he sneezed...

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Saw Someone On A Trapeze

When we saw some on a trapeze,
Looked like Trump who is a sleaze,
He did stoop;
Nincompoop,
And then with me everyone agrees.

Jim Horn...

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The sparrow
in coated bud tree
balls its body
to energy
& leaps 
from branch
as if
from a trapeze
into gold-glassed 
morning sky
clean & cold
in cloudless
horizon....

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by Wayne Wysocki

The man on the flying trapeze,
Who loved eating chili and cheese,
     Could travel much higher
     Than anyone prior
With help from a flatulent breeze....

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The sparrow
in frost coated
red bud tree
balls its body
to energy
& leaps from branch
as if from a trapeze
into gold-glassed
morning sky
clean & cold
in cloudless
horizon....

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Dancing my way 
out of your Hell on a trapeze; 
Dancing my way 
in brisk motion I disobey; 
Flying high I could never freeze; 
Every ounce of limelight I seize 
dancing my way....

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Ann was an aging acrobat
That is until she became too fat
To sit on a flying trapeze
Cavort or leap with any ease
When the tightrope began to bend
Ann's acrobatics came to an end...

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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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Cyrus the Magnificent was flying high
What a pity Cyrus had to flippin’ die
When the rope on the trapeze broke,
Here we buried this unlucky bloke.

Written August 5, 2022...

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me-thinks the reasons 3-names work, are vague, succinct and bold
to live beyond the mortal times- spurs work I breathe from here to there
and flying trapeze performed such leaps- dead poets only knew...

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A  circus performer – Louise -
while swinging mid-air by trapeze
missed the bar; it was grim.
What a pity for him!
He had the misfortune to sneeze!

Now for Brian Strand's the 'ALL YOURS(May 21)' Poetry Contest...

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Tornadoes revolving
spinning in circles
helter skelter


Flying through the air
forceful gale
trapeze artist

Whirlwind whips
rotating spiral
tumbleweeds roll

Scattered debris
broken pieces
nature's images...

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The phenomenon known as a sneeze
Hits with major velocity. Jeez!
What a mess might ensue
If you heard an “A-choo!”
From the guy on the flying trapeze.

For The Sneezing Limerick Poetry Contest
hosted by ~Gwendolen~...

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Trapeze artists paint lofty subjects
Some given to Fate's flights of fancy
Though most favor nets over drop cloths
The Sistine Chapel had the Lord's touch











26 Words  3/28/21
Surprise Me Contest
Line Gauthier Sponsor...

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A young man on the flying trapeze
Used to fly through the air with ease
Then something went snap
He thought what the crap
Now in heaven he swings through the trees.


A New Bawdy Or Humorous Limerick Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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Into the forest
Out of the trees
Over the hill 
Quixotic trapeze
Through the valley
Crossing the lake
Into the meadow
Time overtakes
A messenger calls
The cave now in sight
Daylight behind us,
—into the night

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July,2016)...

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Chasing the morning…
Out of the trees
Over the hill 
Quixotic trapeze
Through the valley
Crossing the lake
Into the meadow
Time overtakes
A messenger calls
The cave now in sight
Daylight behind us
 —into the night

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July,2016)...

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I watched a tiny ladybug
At morning's light descending
Upon a flower that it hugged,
A lovely sight,  refreshing!

It  freely moved with balanced ease
The touch of a dancer's grace, 
Laid charm its floral trapeze
...It amazes me always!







Cynthia Buhain Baello
July 27, 2012...

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