Perhaps earth will be lovingly kissed
With snowfall at a time such as this
To grace the holy day
Jesus was laid in hay
Our first and most blessed of Christmas gifts.
A short lifespan, a joyful lifespan
For Frosty the cold, winter showman
With hat, scarf, pipe and gloves
Provided with much love
From children who adore a snowman.
Slowly, sadly, snowman melts away
To the sorrow of childhood at play
Hopefully he'll be back
Before winter has past
And snowflakes come falling thick and fast.
showman is marksmanship
showman is a higher mark of a marksmanship
a higher mark is a higher marksmanship
a higher mark is a higher showman
showmanship is marksmanship
science is a marksmanship
science is a showman
science is a documentation
documentation is science showmanship
the universe is a documentation of a showmanship
the universe is a documentation of science
the universe is a higher mark of a documentation
the universe is a higher mark of a showman
science is a showmanship of a documentation
showmanship is showmanship of science
showmanship is showmanship of a documentation
the universe is a universe showmanship
a showman is a showmanship of a marksmanship
a showman is a showman of science
a showman is a showman of a universe
a showman is a higher mark of a showman
The greatest showman came to town
Completing verbal acrobatics.
Taming verbs into free verse.
He made us laugh and made us cry
He made us feel alive.
When the greatest showman came to town.
Turning words into sonnets.
Juggling lines into epic ballad’s.
To woo us with his words of wisdom.
Performing prose to epic levels.
Then a flood light falls on the showman
As he announces the star performance.
It’s john lindley reciting, Love and crossbones .
Brexit Sonnet No. 31
‘The Greatest Showman’
What a shame we could not launch and hold,
Those Brexit plans in Falcon’s heavy grasp.
Sixty four tonnes of payload so we’re told,
Canst it yet be done, who should we ask?
I’m sure some space in car we could have found,
For Brexit’s backseat drivers; we do have some!
A flick of switch, then whoosh, a roaring sound,
And Elon’s car with cargo heads off to Sun.
The Greatest Showman’s crown has just been claimed,
Three stages used to get this drama done.
Two stages land but one missed at what it aimed,
A ‘super majority success’ by two to one.
Now space is ex, hats off to Mr. Musk ,
Make Brexit ex and scatter plans like dust.
©Keith Murphy
your are
going to be star
you sing
you ring
you do many things
dance and prance
you are gifted son
your real entertaining meal
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SHOWMAN
To great applause, I walk the rope -
I’ll stay upon my feet, I hope;
I look below and see no net -
And smile (although my brow is wet).
I juggle, dance and skip, recalling painful falls;
Then ride a bike and sing My Way…to great applause.
On the trapeze, I seem to fly,
The ground beneath me whooshes by,
I catch my partner by her feet,
Perspiring madly with the heat,
I somersault and spin - the effort makes me wheeze;
The show is done, I take a bow…on the trapeze.
For David’s Circus contest
Using the Wrapped Refrain, a form created by Jan Turner
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