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Tag Archives: slapstick
Stan and Ollie
(April Fool’s Day, 2025: a haiku honoring the dynamic cuckoo duo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.) Genius, in trespassing,has its necessary fools–Supreme gag order.
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Tagged comedy, dynamic duo, genius, haiku, in praise of fools, laurel and hardy, poem, slapstick
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Dictate This
(April Fool’s Day 2025: a haiku honoring the Great Dictator-busting Charlie Chaplin, whose clown’s shoes left indelible footprints.) The Great Dictator?Charlie, in jest, plants his foot–No ass too big.
Posted in Poetry
Tagged charlie chaplin, comedy reigns, great dictator, haiku, little tramp, poem, slapstick
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Last Laugh
(April Fool’s Day 2025: a haiku in honor of the Little Tramp, Sir Charles Chaplin.) Slapstick’s trinity,a monotheistic gag–Salvation’s last laugh.
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Tagged april fool's, charlie chaplin, haiku, little tramp, poem, sacred fool, slapstick
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Buster
(April Fool’s Day, 2025: a haiku in honor of the Great Stoneface, Buster Keaton.) The lot of the fool–a fresh bouquet of flowersdelivered too late.
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Tagged april fool's, buster keaton, clown spirit, haiku, poem, Poetry, sacred fools, slapstick
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Slapstick
Walk down the street, any and every street, tripping in different ways. In different cities, in different states, practice the art of falling and getting back up. Some people will claim that the getting back up is the most important … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Prose
Tagged art of falling, art of getting back up, falling, musing, poem, Prose, slapstick, transcendence
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Fools-Day
In honor of April Fool’s, and to all the world’s wise fool mystics, beautiful innocents, and cliff-diving dreamers: To marvel dumbly, and trespass, with a sense of the infinite backlighting a wink– this, the way of the Fool, or sacred … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose, Uncategorized
Tagged buster keaton, charlie chaplin, fool's play, here comes the sun, John Biscello, marx brothers, slapstick, take a leap, tarot, the fool, wise fools, zero the fool
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Classic Equation
A brief history of humbleness through fool’s prey– the meaning of pie.
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged comedy, creaming process, eating humble pie, haiku, John Biscello, pie in the face, slapstick
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Laurel and Hardy in Paris
We’ll always have Paris, Stanny, to tag with kerosene and meringue– (cue the “Dance of the Cuckoos” as the pie-in-the-face revolution begins with … Continue reading
Posted in Artwork, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged comedy, John Biscello, laurel and hardy, paris, pie revolution, Poetry, slapstick, street art
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Fools Rush In
To all those wise, beautiful fools who have brought the medicine of joy and laughter to life, I salute you: Slapstick’s trinity, a monotheistic gag– Salvation’s last laugh. Genius, in trespassing, has its necessary fools– Supreme gag order. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged april fool's, buster keaton, chaplin, comedy, fools, haiku, humor, John Biscello, joy, laughter, laurel and hardy, pie, poems, slapstick, tragedy
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Chaplin, Keaton
Men, who took the fall, to keep the world in stitches– Clowning achievement. (Film still from Limelight, the only film in which Chaplin and Keaton appeared together).
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Tagged buster keaton, charlie chaplin, Cinema, clowns, golden age, haiku, John Biscello, limelight, movie, poem, slapstick
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John Biscello 