Please stop the movie
Enough of all this pretence
Give us a new cast
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: ‘No Oscars’
Tag: acting
Haiku Poetry: ‘Strike’
When the iron’s hot
It’s time to act with vigour
The window slams shut
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Oh, no you won’t: A quick history of the British panto — Notes from the U.K. (Reblog)
Nothing except the curry is as British as the panto. I’ve made that claim about a lot of things, and it’s true of every last one of them. And I didn’t even make up the comparison, so lots of people have made the claim about lots of things. Nothing is as unoriginal as comparing an […]
Oh, no you won’t: A quick history of the British panto — Notes from the U.K.
*Reblogged by Francis Barker 2020 — Creator: blogger, writer, poet, artist, astrologer
The clown always wins — Björn Rudbergs writings (Reblog)
I carry blades behind my bogus acts; my buffoonery barely shadows serpents and a smile as soft as scissors. I am the corpse invitedto your children’s playground,the grin of palest riders,the scent of rotting teeth,and the bramble-buried bones behind your dreams.I am your choking laughter,your falsehoods and the pestilence of putrid pride.You might call me […]
The clown always wins — Björn Rudbergs writings
***Love this poem. And I don’t think I’m the only one who finds characters like clowns spooky.
Haiku: The Actor In Our Midst
A difficult part
Your dispelling of darkness
Singular triumph
copyright Francis Barker 2020
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