Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PORTFOLIO OF SKETCHES: THE TWO CLOWNS, by PAUL FORT First Line: - synthetic clown-clown, hip hip, whirl! Last Line: That he could not whirl a hurricane. Subject(s): Clowns; Dancing & Dancers; Death; Epitaphs; Dead, The | ||||||||
-- Synthetic Clown-Clown, hip, hip, whirl! -- Six pirouettes blue white, white blue, it is the Sky! six pirouettes blue green, green blue, it is the Sea! six pirouettes green yellow, yellow green, it is the Desert! six pirouettes gold yellow, yellow gold, it is the Sun! -- Bravo, bravo, a little bravo, gentlemen. Analytic Clown-Clown, 'tis your turn. Whirl! -- So be it, gentlemen, let us resolve things into their elements. Follow me well: Violet, two pirouettes, Indigo, three pirouettes, Blue, five pirouettes, Green, two pirouettes, Yellow, three pirouettes, Orange, five pirouettes, Red, ten pirouettes. Total: thirty pirouettes. Attention, gentlemen. Have a look at Noah's rainbow. . . . Two three five, two three five ten, rrrrrrran! -- Stop, Analytic, stop, enough I say! He is going to burst. . . . Good God! . . . Ah! Synthetic writhes and then, in the tan-bark of the ring, writes with a thumb profound this sombre epitaph: Here lies ANALYTIC this clown reputed sage -- quite insane and dead of rage that he could not whirl a hurricane. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A PORTFOLIO OF SKETCHES: THE LITTLE ANNUITANT by PAUL FORT |
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