Under the Big Tent

by JLR

Sometimes I wish I were a clown
with face painted with a big frown
riding a trike making bell chimes
A clown I wish I were, sometimes.

Under the big tent, people laugh
Bozo hisses all while gaffing
my bright red shirt which was then rent
people laugh under the big tent

Trapeze artists on wires up high
like angels, gravity denied
stars of the show solo artiste
high up on wires, trapeze artists.

Tame lions circle in main ring
clowns tied balloons on a long string
hula dancing like Hawaiians
main ring circle in tame lions

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Swap Quatrain--Week of 6-12-2020 Swap Quatrain--Rules/Info
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*A swap quatrain is written in stanzas of 4 lines each.
*Lines 1 & 2 rhyme AND lines 3& 4 rhyme. Rhymes are NOT repeated after their first use.

*Line 1 is important 'to get it right.' It reverses to make line 4 in each quatrain. (Needs to make sense in both lines).

*Meter optional--aim for consistent smooth flow

*Length is author's choice

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Memories embellished as boy at a circus

Under the Big Tent

by JLR

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