Chagall (Blue Circus) by John Greeves Begin with the fan
Listen to the loud clapping of hands
let colour voice itself down,
from star struck watchers,
past the arched arms flagged
blue and yellow merging to green applause, enraptured by this tumbling form…
with subtle streaks of yellow, beyond her bejewelled neck, over her red
the effervescent of hues -
contoured breast and flat orb stomach to her long legged body curved across a trapeze bar to the sound of the cockerel’s drum.
hot palmed to seats with the sudden gasps of captured breath.
a vibrancy of red, blue and purple,
Gaze, as her long black hair defies gravity in this sudden inhalation of vivid blues and reds. Breathe deep, as her sudden downward flight, beggars belief in pallet tones of thrilled emotion. Turn your eyes upwards, as she leaps like a fish caught in the apparent irony of weightlessness. Watch the green horse turn its head, one eyed like the silver crescent moon.
John Greeves originally hails from Lincolnshire. He believes in the power of poetry and writing to change people’s lives and the need for language to move and connect people to the modern world. Since retiring from Cardiff University, Greeves works as a freelance journalist who's interested in an eclectic range of topics.
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