Wednesday, June 22, 2011

A Trip to the Circus


elephants and clowns
poodle dogs through hoops with hops
high flying ring swings
skipping ropes, balancing poles
The circus was in town tonight!


Yippee!
What the heck
shall I link in my little tanka to OSW?
Why not!

14 comments:

  1. glad you linked your little tanks katherine... i was right there... love the use of color and sounds like you had a great time

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  2. Creative array of elements in your poem! Love the circus. Makes me smile and clap too.

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  3. Wonderful tanka, captures the whimsy of the moment. ~ Rose

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  4. A circus tanka? Hooray! I still get giddy like a child over seeing the circus. Is that cutie yours?
    Fun poem.

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  5. @Claudia: We did Claudia. The girls had never been before, so had fun. Thought since I was writing about the circus, I should make the whole post more colourful & fun.

    @Dustus: Hey Adam. I tried to create a brief scattered snapshot of some of the fun we got to witness. We were all clapping with the fun!

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  6. @C Rose: Thanks Rose. Hard to package all of the excitement and joy from the circus into a tanka, but I appreciate the positive feedback I am getting from it. :)

    @Stranger: Those two little cuties both belong to me Jen. She saw me pull out the camera and posed, but she mostly watched it all stoney-faced. She had fun, but was pretty intent on taking it all in. Loving all that cotton candy, clown covered coo-coo crazy circus fun!

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  7. @gautami tripathy: Thanksfor visiting gt!

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  8. Oh that sounds like fun.
    I only been at the circus once in my life time, lol, and that was about 35 years ago.
    Anna :)

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  9. I love the colors and and images they paint, especially the delight on your daughter's face. Charming, my friend.

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  10. @LivingInAurora.ca: It really was Anna. At first we were a little put off by the protesters outside, but the Shriners had a great write-up in their program that countered most of the concerns that the protesters were raising with their placards outside the door. So smiles reigned supreme for all. :)

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  11. @PattiKen: Thanks Patti. I keep openning up your story that you have going on at your site, and getting dragged away from it. I am going to try my hardest to read it this weekend. Hope you have a great weekend Patti!

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  12. Katherine, I LOVE your creative use of color in this one!

    How fun!

    Your daughter is ADORABLE!

    Every time I think back to when I was a kid and my parents took me to the circus, I always remember the smell of the elephants poo!

    Bwhahahahahahahahahaaha!

    X

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  13. @Ron: You kill me Ron! We did actually go down to ringside during intermission. They were offering elephant rides, but we just went to get a closer look at the elephants. And YES, they are rather ripe smelling! hahahah

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