Bring on the clowns (Dodoitsu)

by Mr. Darcy   Oct 28, 2008


The circus rolls into town
And the crowd fills the big top
Clowns arrive with custard pies
Splat, laughter erupts.

23.10.08
23.21

The Dodoitsu is a fixed folk song form of Japanese
origin and is often about love or humour. It has 26
syllables made of of four lines of 7, 7, 7, 5 syllables
respectively. It is unrhymed and non-metrical.

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  • 9 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Lovely - brought another smile to my face! ps. I'm beginning to get resentful of your knowledge of forms in poetry, lol!

  • 16 years ago

    by Sylvia

    Nice. Brought a big smile to my face. Needed something to brighten my day.

  • 16 years ago

    by Grant Gilbert AKA Slash

    HAHA good one Michael i haven't been to the circus since my childhood days, this brought back some memories.
    Very well written

    Grant

  • 16 years ago

    by Ingrid

    Very nice Michael, this poem made me feel so happy and careless inside:)

    (((hugs)))

    5/5 Ingrid

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