Who wants to go to the circus?

Question

Over The Big Top

Rooster crows

Because it knows

It’s time

Grab it all and let’s go

Come one come all to the show

Where we show what we know

In hopes that no one will know

Jugglers Jesters Magicians Mimes

Poets tickling our tongues with rhymes

Purging the past polluting the page

Seeking solace while venting rage

Some dispose penning strings of prose

Others ignite with tomes that incite

Selective salesmen writing lines of three

All smoke and mirrors so you won’t see

But none perform without the fear

No matter how loud no one will hear

All of the thoughts tears and dreams

Floating away on weightless reams

Really such a crime

These drive by mutings

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Answer 1

Okay, let me tell you I have very high standards for poetry, and I'm gonna say that most poems you find on these kinds of websites are absolute c**p.

However... I REALLY REALLY liked that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're really good.

Answer 2

I've actually never been to a circus, but your poem is very well thought out and written.  

Answer 3

Stage players in the big top

take more risks on swings

and ropes, then I ever thought,

while the clowns on the ground

do their spin, hoping no one will flop.

Kudos neat poem!

Answer 4

You put on a fine circus performance, my friend - however, watching the audience's reaction - has me spellbound ♥

Answer 5

I used to lurk

Read all your work

With a funny smirk!

I now answer in turn

As now I have learned

That acceptance in this group

Will have to be earned.

Answer 6

I wager we know more about each other than any other virtual group...

Poets appear to be honest, if not always truthful.

Drive by mutings is a new classic.  Great Poem, HP!

Answer 7

I was a semi professional clown for a period of about 5 years still do some side jobs. You missed all of the joy, the ere of mystery associated with purposely making people happy and joyful. An escape from the hum-drum workaday lifestyle that is circus You need more practice writing and use of vocabulary as well as grammer and punctuation.

Answer 8

Now see what I'm seeing here,

is the poetic circus dear,

not the jugglers and the mimes,

but those who juggle and mime rhymes.

The hidden masks that we all wear

in Yahoo!Answers Forum share,

are our words truly the sum of the heart,

or riddles and mysteries to break apart.

Drive by mutings,

poetic shootings,

what's the difference,

if the weapons are the same?

Answer 9

"drive by mutings" - what a line! incredible phrase!

I am married to a professional clown of 35+ years experience. He does magic tricks and balloon sculptures. Jimbo the Clown. We have a Children's Amusements and Promotions business (Jumping Castle (s) x3, Merry Go Round)  He also "deputises" for Santa when he can't make it(no need for padding, he has his own) at the right time of the year.

Friends call us the "2 clowns" but I don't wear a costume!

Answer 10

you a-muse me.

Answer 11

Very Creative. I love it!

This is my favorite verse,

"Purging the past polluting the page

Seeking solace while venting rage."

I`m glad I didn`t miss this show. Thanks!