Saturday, May 01, 2021

Tightrope Walker -- Sunday Muse Write

 

Tightrope Walker; Sleep Walking 

Tightrope walker's nightmare come   
Sleep walking on a steel beam  
Without a net high high high  
Netless over the city 

Free as a bird on a wire 
Pretty figure dressed in black 
Gracefully walks with no care  
Slight footed cat on a fence 

Will she fall, that we will see 
Cross our fingers, say a prayer 
She's jumping down, did she fall 
Far below what do we see 

A fine Flying Trapeze school 
On the side of Regents Park 
She is there, now on a bar 
Swinging she jumps to the next 

And see, she stands on the ground 
Those lessons were learned so well 

 [Jim's Photo]
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 - Poem and Bottom Photo Copyright, Jimmiehov 2021 and 2013, here (poem) and 2013 (bottom photo, http://jimmiehov.blogspot.com/2013/09/home-now-includes-feline-friday-picture.html ).  
 - Top photo from Carrie's This weekend's "Sunday Muse" link, 

https://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/2021/05/sunday-muse-158.html?m=1 

 - NaPoWriMo (the National Poetry Writing Month folks) are saying "Thank You" and "So Long Until Next Year", https://www.napowrimo.net/so-long-until-next-year/ 

 -> I completed writing and posting a 'poem' every day in April for NaPoWriMo, you can see them here,  .  Fun but almost a 'grind'.

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12 Comments:

At Saturday, May 01, 2021 12:01:00 PM, Blogger Carrie Van Horn said...

Never want to sleep walk on the high beam. You have captured the feelings in the image well Jim. I like the added photo of the Flying Trapeze School as well.

 
At Saturday, May 01, 2021 12:37:00 PM, Blogger Sunita said...

Those lessons were learned well! That says a lot. Thank you Jim, for introducing to this new innovative challenge :)

 
At Saturday, May 01, 2021 1:12:00 PM, Blogger Helen said...

Life feels high-beam right now ... this turning 80 thing is for the birds. I'd best locate my balancing pole.

 
At Saturday, May 01, 2021 1:35:00 PM, Blogger indybev said...

All's well that ends well! I was worried there for a bit.

 
At Saturday, May 01, 2021 3:05:00 PM, Blogger qbit said...

Land's end. (OK, I don't know what that means either...)

 
At Saturday, May 01, 2021 9:41:00 PM, Blogger ms_lili said...

I like the tension you built and then followed with a happy ending. Nicely done!

 
At Sunday, May 02, 2021 7:27:00 AM, Blogger C. Sandlin said...

Interesting; the shift from nightmare to demonstration was unexpected but potent.

 
At Sunday, May 02, 2021 8:13:00 AM, Blogger Jinksy said...

Sleepwalking is a nightmare in this case! lol Thanks for the words and pictures plus links...

 
At Sunday, May 02, 2021 6:00:00 PM, Blogger Susie Clevenger said...

Sleepwalking on a steel beam...scary, but so glad there was a safe landing.

 
At Monday, May 03, 2021 11:22:00 AM, Blogger robkistner said...

Excellent response to the image Jim, well written.

 
At Monday, May 03, 2021 6:26:00 PM, Blogger kaykuala said...

One of brave acts when one is free from any feelings of threats. Sleep walking can be mysteriously interesting. A good line of creativity, Dr Jim!

Hank

 
At Tuesday, May 04, 2021 2:10:00 AM, Blogger Doctor FTSE said...

I think her fishnet tights will save her. When she falls all she has to do is take them off and hold them underneath her feet, so that . . . . . No. that won't work. Sorry.
Nice pievce of work, JIm.

 

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