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Tag Archives: sad clown
Buster’s Blues
At the fool’s margins, ceremony gives due pause for a life well-worn.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged buster keaton, haiku, John Biscello, poem, sad clown, silent film, the lot of the fool
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Slowtorch
Beneath the cauterized furies, and unspent silences, amounting to greater deficit, there is, and always has been, at heart’s nimbus base, a soft, wistful melancholy, not unlike the adagio threads of rain silvering the opened palms of a small child, … Continue reading
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Tagged heart, John Biscello, love, melancholy, nostalgia, poem, Poetry, sad clown, slowtorch, tender, wistful
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Gag
At God’s green altar, a clown’s dignity restored– Gag order complete.
Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged altar, Artwork, comedy, haiku, humor, John Biscello, painting, poem, Poetry, Rouault, sad clown, solitary clown, tragedy
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Medicine
Through grave misfortune, the clown kept thousands of souls in stitches, a tramp’s cross to bear in the name of classic medicine.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged best medicine, clown, John Biscello, laughter, poem, Poetry, sad clown, tramp
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Outlet
In his solemn hour, the clown’s last laugh was soundless– loss of an outlet.
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Tagged Artwork, clown, haiku, John Biscello, Literary, poem, Poetry, sad clown
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The Last Laugh
After having rejected him night after night, in what had become an agonized shtick and ritual of unrequited love, Colombine turned away one last time, Pierrot’s parting gag performed for a backwoods audience of trees, grass, air, and a moon, … Continue reading
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Tagged clown, colombine, commedia dell' arte, hanged pierrot, italy, John Biscello, love, pierrot, poem, Poetry, sad clown
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