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Within The Orchestra Of A Bleeding Heart

I hear violins playing
Oscillating in the auditorium
As the orchestra resounds
Behind the chambers of my heart
Bittersweet melodies plays aloud

I cannot escape -
That sweet summer rain
Which fills my heart
With such melodies of ballads
Shedding tears that reflects 
I cannot escape.

Within the amphitheatre of the city,
I sang aloud lyrics of gloom and mourn
Behind the cages of my bleeding heart
I found the rain to be my shedding tears
As notes and sheets of music play
Violins and orchestra play in unison
Along with my brokenness I sang

Premium Member Theatrical Role

Curtain up
Situation
Action
Drama
Response
Suspense
Tears
Fears
Emotions
Reactions
Darkness
Death
Loss
Moment
Despair
Anguished
Disturbed
Spotlight
Finale
Rejoice
Hope regained
Bows
Curtain comes down
Captivation
Audience applause


Premium Member Theatrical Collie

There is an acting coach in Battle Creek
Who taught his theatrical collie to speak
Now portraying King Lear
He’s Time’s Dog Of The Year
And stars in Lassie Call Home in a week


1/15/22

Premium Member Art of Drag

I’ve made my choice for my next life
I’m coming back fierce as a drag queen
I’ll be osé and voluptuous
flamboyantly vivacious
in stilettos and seductive gowns
wigs of lush luscious curls
belting out steamy tunes
on stage in cabarets
strutting my stuff
impersonating divas
living life large
as it is meant to be
with a passion that’s ferocious 



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on April 15, 2020

Theatrical Physicists

Theoretical physics!  Where the mind
        meets itself in abstract
  Lines of divergent thoughts:
       The noodle of the universe!
EXPLOSION OF CREATIVITY
      BOOM!
ASWHERE most humanity is far away
        From the LIGHT
 THE MIND'S shadow is dim
     But not them:  Einstein, 
Bohr, Kaku, Hawking, and Guth!
   Closer -- 
 The shadow more defined!
A five-digit hand touching
   the wall of the bone 
of cave where all sight is 
seen but not them.
THE EXPLORATION OF OUTER SPACE
  through INNER SPACE!
And they appeal to the masses!
   Zeal, entertainment, and 
Breaking down the fundamentals
so we can all understand!
:: 01-04-2018 ::


Theatrical Attraction

Curtains drawn drawing me in
past trinkets left as mementoes
reaching for stars and moments
filled with honeydew kisses
keepsakes kept inside 

Sugared apple blossom scents 
fill the void nowhere left to hide
scarlet petals wrapped in wonder
float atop the steamy waters
of a long lost one act play

Reflection of sated imperfection
staring into an open invitation
robes dropped but fearing a
cold shoulder  a twist of fate
a simple smile can sedate

Pockets full of daisies held
the journey into futures
untold  whispers in the breeze
putting a worried mind at ease
reliving a childhood dream

A Theatrical Nose Dive

This just in, we are long drawn out drab sentences of our breath,
trying to base a topic off epiphany's languid scry, waiting on osmosis to spark a nerve.

Crinkled pages, termites gnawing on pencils, saw dust.
Failed improvs to deliver colloquial precedence, un performed characters with ventriloquist strings for livelihood, the presentation uncanny to scintillating epitomes.

Group 2, line one, drawing a line in the sand. Out of the blue sparks a Big Bang, a flash of genius, a flicker of brilliance in a nano second, staged to theatrical dreams of sun dance wins.

Then there is me, clapping my hands in silenced tongue, speechless with hesitation in my thoughts, smoking in the after burn of rust, only the mind would know what to say left in the smoke clouds of their creation.

I've got nothing, quick sand running through my fingers like vapors in edgewise, and while I am still just breathing they just are, encircling around me like a shooting star.

Theatrical Life

No drama,
Criticized,
No scene,
Criticized,
No theater,
Critized,
No life,
Criticized,
No death,
Criticized...

A hipnotic spell,
A happy comedy,
An impact of tragedy,
A depressive sorrow,
A constant paranoia,
A living psychology,
A passing psychiatry...

An endless beginning...

Makita Ix: Theatrical Nightmares

From the silent lips
That birthed the nightmare
‘twas heard round the universe
The infamous speech ‘tis dusk
Fabricated insomnia’s silhouette
the hands of time living
In naked draughts of infancy
adorning the skylines
With theatrical chases
Fostering handsome fairings

Epeus: a Theatrical Climax

Fluorescent and creamy 
‘Twas the fabric that was her skin 
With lecherous taunts she told me
“All this and more could be yours.”
I gasp in profound sighs as gradually
I inundate beneath naughty theories
Upon your lips
first was a peak of interest 
alluring for sharp strokes of passion
a moan here, a groan there 
as a theatrical climax infuses

Theatrical Overture

Shadows form a discreet curtain shrouding love's address      
Entering the hypnotic stage, stardust caress     
Refracting moonbeams sweep balcony focusing spotlight on gleaming tress     
Endeared minstrel plucks heart strings wooing his princess 
Nightingale perches in love's apron unbridled passion to express
A romantic balad with blithe melody, congruent harmony; decorum to dress 
Dancing to the orchestra, striking a subordinate note; fealty to impress 
Enthralled audience captivated by the last, ingratiating bow of courtliness


Medieval Stage vocabulary

apron: a stage that projects out into the audience area.

orchestra: orchestra pit is a lowered area between the stage and the audience. 

An allegory, comparing theatrical play to wooing troubador.

Theatrical Light

Glorious evening,

Entertaining golden rays:

Stadium of clouds.

Breathy Theatrical Silky Oak Voice

Hotel terraces art nouveau  ironwork  and  interiors
Mother of pearl cufflinks painters actors musicians
Scooters racing around an antiquity filled Italian city
Mediterranean charm "How do you like your breakky?"
Feeling faint she lay on the comfortable chintz couch
And began to doze off to sleep...two cherubs red hair
Sea-green eyes  turned up  frecked nose sniffed  air
Clove cigarettes perfume of sandalwood musk rose
Fresh  strawberries  slithered  onto  his awaiting  lap
Beautifully chiselled shaven jawline elegantly  poised
Handsome  blue  eyes  dazzled  like secret treasures

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