(Picture Credit: From Google Images)
The Circus with the Yellow Clown
Marc Chagall 1967
Image:2 Courtesy of Tess' Magpie
Life is high trapeze
Swinging with uncertainties
Swaying with the wind
Life is whimsical
Clowning with lighter moments
Happy with laughter
Life is seriousness
Fighting hard for survival
For shelter and food
Life is all romance
Two hearts together as one
Never growing old
Written for Tess' Magpie #118
life is all romance you know....the highs and the lows....we are always learning love...and to be loved...in the highs and lows....
ReplyDeleteThe trapeze swings with our lives. Love the imagery, and the romance.
ReplyDeleteBrian - Life is all romance and it's blissful. The highs and lows make it more interesting, certainly
ReplyDeleteBrenda - The trapeze swings give variety
Hank
A bit of sweetness with my coffee this morning .. nice.
ReplyDeleteAaah life. It is so many things. We write all kinds of poems about it don't we? This one encompasses much of life, our constant university.
ReplyDeleteNice write Hank. I enjoyed it much.
This is a surprise, with its downs and ups, like those old hooray!- awww! jokes, it illustrates reality and which part we concentrate on?
ReplyDeleteSwings and roundabouts, indeed...
ReplyDeleteIf you swing on trapeze, then make sure you have rosin on your hands!
ReplyDeleteYou have harnessed the varying nuances of life...well done
ReplyDeleteLife feels like a circus at times. There are many similarities and you have discovered some. I love the analogies. Thank you for sharing, Hank. My favorite, "Life is high trapeze Swinging with uncertainties Swaying with the wind." Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteThis one is a beauty, life and trapeze.
ReplyDeleteWonderful. I love your use of metaphors!
ReplyDeleteall those elements seem to be in the circus, but we should not permit them to abuse and have animals in the circus anymore...enlightenment
ReplyDeleteshow's about to begin
beautiful! ...and love can keep us young!
ReplyDeleteI love the circus and trapeze metaphor.resonates on many levels.
ReplyDeleteAhhh! You paint life so beautifully
ReplyDeleteHugs
SueAnn
Hank....You've really said a lot about life in this poem! I especially like the idea of whimsy! I enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteI specially like life is a high trapeze but hopefully with love, it never grow old ~
ReplyDeleteHappy Monday Hank~
Yes, life is a roller coaster. Full of ups and downs. This is a great piece to remind us all Hank. Have to take the good with the bad and make the most of it all :)
ReplyDeleteI love your view of life.......between the pinnacles and the dips, it's all good!
ReplyDeleteAh this is the circus of life. Lovely metaphor.
ReplyDeleteAnna :o]
Yes...life is all these things...nice write...
ReplyDeleteGood one! I especially loved the first three lines...
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Great poem, love the metaphor here.
ReplyDeletethose posters are fantastic!
ReplyDeleteswinging today... we'll see how the landing goes.
Chagall is one of my most favourite of artists, and what an interpretation of the art of the trapeze, as the highs and lows of a relationship.
ReplyDeleteVery nice images in this Hank--and a lot of energy and high spirits--very suitable to both of the pics, and fun to read. Enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteYou've described a wondrous life, Hank. If only each of us could realize the truth, the potential. I suppose, though, each of us shall, sooner or later.
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Life is....... yes it is life
ReplyDeleteHey Hank this is very profound, thanks mate
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...you covered all the bases!
ReplyDeleteAh, the highs and lows - great imagery...
ReplyDeleteah the swinging highs and lows of life!
ReplyDeleteClever the way you've covered all the bases so economically. Like it greatly!
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