Swift walk, high above
Performance of great balance
Calm tightrope artist
Round red nose, white face
Give a slight squeeze, happy days
Clown rides toy engine
Disloyal to fear
Artist launched into the air
Shot from the cannon
With a wave of hand
Jumbo vanishes, crowd cheers
Magician enthralls
Trapeze, the last act
Immersed in show, I return
Voice hoarse from applause
Practice in basement
Topple each time, not easy
To learn circus ropes
Written for
Big Tent Poetry, Wordle prompt
Recuerda mi Corazon – Haiku My Heart
Image: Cirque, by PetitJeReve at DeviantArt
Mastering circus of life writing poetry? or Mastering poetry writing the circus of life? 🙂
anyway, Good job….A Very Merry Chrsitmas and a Happy New Year, Vinay 🙂
wishes,
devika
neither, Devika 😉 just writing poetry about a circus 😀 glad u liked it, and wish you a merry Christmas and Happy New Year..
This is jolly clever, and very entertaining too. Thanks for sharing.
Happy holiday, Boonie
thanks for dropping by and finding my haikus entertaining, Boonie 🙂 Happy Hols..
Wonderful Poem Leo.. I enjoyed it..
Merry Christmas..
–Someone is Special–
Vinay, Wish you and your family a very Happy & Merry Christmas
–Someone is Special–
thanks & wish u the same, SiS.
thanks SiS..
A fun use of the wordle words to create a terrific poem. I wonder how to make a jumbo vanish?!
there’s a trick to it, Vivin 😀 I saw in TV how to do it, but no jumbo on hand right now 😉 glad u liked the fun poem..
Thanks for this. Merry Christmas.
thanks, Christopher 😀
Beautiful Leo… Happy Christmas to you!
thanks, Rji.. happy hols 🙂
That was like a visit to the Circus Leo and loved all the acts in the Haikus!! But why didn’t the Ringmaster make an appearance with the Lion’s and Tiger’s and the live band to the crescendo, that is the grand finale I loved!!
yeah.. 🙂 a circus it was too, Nanka 😀 glad u liked it.. some elements were missing of course, but tried to get all in 😉
the ringmaster was bored coz the tiger was snoozing actually. 😀 the lion was watching the show, sidelined with illness 😛
leo…you have seriously SWEPT ME AWAY!!!!
i applaud your amazing balancing act of imagination and word crafting.
bravo!!!!
oops.. hope you didn’t fall in the bin, Rebecca.. I didn’t see u in the way 😉 lol. glad u liked the haikus.. thanks for stopping by 😀
Leo, I like where these words took you.
I wrote about a tightrope artist, but sadly he didn’t survive.
Happy holidays.
Pamela
sigh.. the art is a difficult one, Pamela.. some survive, some don’t..
happy holidays to u as well 🙂
Quite delightful poem…have a wonderful holiday season.
thanks and have a wonderful one too, Martin 🙂
Leo (I hope that’s the correct password) 😉
Your haikus swayed like a trapeze artist from left to right.
Refreshing subject to write on too.
Liked it!! 🙂
Would have loved some popcorn to go with the show…. 😀
password? 😮 lol. why u need one to comment, Rumz? 😉
glad u liked the theme, and the haikus.. 😀 popcorn? sure.. ur welcome to get ur own 😉
Cheapskate 😛
Your blog….you should be handing it out… 😛
yeah I know. I don’t blog for popcorn, Rumz 😉
I love me some haiku. Wonderfully done.
I love me that comment, Mark 😉 glad u liked it.
Lovely poem
I always learn something new….. I love the structure of this piece!!
Happy hols Leo 🙂
glad u liked the structure, and the poem. 🙂 Happy hols, Gracefulglider! 🙂
Clever series, especially the way you draw the reader back and forth across the text.
thank u very much, Donna 🙂 glad u liked it and found it clever.
Splendid…
brilliant haikus all of them…
“In the Tent”…great title too 🙂
thank u very much, Sumit 🙂 glad u liked all of them..
I love the way you wove haiku together into such a strong piece… I especially like, “Voice hoarse from applause”
~Laurie
glad u liked the weaving, Laurie 🙂 thanks very much..
“Disloyal to fear” is a favorite.
thanks, Deb 🙂
Well done – love the visuals in these short pieces!
thanks a lot, Tumblewords 🙂
Wow very nicely explained the whole of circus experience in such beautiful sentences 🙂
thanks very much, Sandhya.. glad u liked it.