Chagall (Blue Circus) by John Greeves

Chagall (Blue Circus)

by John Greeves

Begin with the fan let colour voice itself down, past the arched arms flagged with subtle streaks of yellow, beyond her bejewelled neck, over her red contoured breast and flat orb stomach to her long legged body curved across a trapeze bar to the sound of the cockerel’s drum.

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. Listen to the loud clapping of hands from star struck watchers, blue and yellow merging to green applause, enraptured by this tumbling form… the effervescent of hues a vibrancy of red, blue and purple, hot palmed to seats with the sudden gasps of captured breath.

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.