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Photo: Don't know--found this image all over the web, but can't find the photographer
OK, nothing creepier than an abandoned theme park. This is from an abandoned theme park in the town of Pripyat. It was set to open, and then the Chernobyl reactor disaster happened. What does this image make you think of? The first scary movie you saw? Your daughter's 4th birthday party at Circus Pizza where she cried and hid from the singing clown the entire time? The rusty Toyota Corolla you worked two years at Burger King to buy? If you'd like to play, just choose any topic this image makes come to your mind and write a quick 15 Words or Less poem. Your poem doesn't have to describe this photo. The picture is just a jumping-off point. Here are yesterday's poems--boy, we are not big fans of clowns, are we?
FunLand
The happy gate
to your dreams of excessive pleasure.
Wait.
Don't leave.
See my smile?
--Pat Schmatz
He may be old--
skin flaking
hat askew
hands trembling
but never
without a smile.
--Diane Mayr
He still smiles
Remnant of destruction
Still smiles
Hope never gives way
To pessimism
--Jeeves
Apparently,
The Abyss takes many forms,
Some hard to predict.
--Lydia
Too bad
So sad
All grown up
Dad
Be calm
Sing psalm
I’m pregnant
Mom
--Kelsey
Sometimes
Clowns
Can be
Down
Right
Scary!
--Dara Dokas
Birthday!
Billy's party was a blast!
When Mom came, though,
she was aghast.
--Cindyb
Rampage
Bloodthirsty tears
rain from abandoned hills.
A smile escapes, exemplifying
the likelihood of another rampage.
--ofirasephiroth.blogspot.com
The Clown
I should like him
But I don’t.
Glad to see him
On the ground broken-down.
--Judy
Hard Times
The carnival arrives,
children swarm
carnival leaves town
This time,
The town left the carnival
--Rick Wainright
Clown Graveyard
Ancient shrines neglected,
castrated by new pantheons,
without money changers the flock disperses.
--stu pidasso
hurry, spring!
metal monster
waits for
promised beauty
nature doesn't care
who comes to visit
--Susan Taylor Brown
if a clown
falls
in the wasteland
will anyone laugh?
--Kathy Q.
wordsrmylife
mushroom
clown
crumbling
down
to rust,
why wait
for weeds
to inherit the earth?
--Kathy Q.
wordsrmylife
hidden behind
my painted smile,
frowns,
searching for happiness.
--Marianne H. Nielsen
Revisions
Said the caterpillar
to Alice,
I have improooved the poem...
Don't you like it
better?
--Diane M. Davis
Rollercoaster Corpse Found In Local Wood
20th century humans
had not yet distinguished between
fun and fear.
Little has changed.
--John Mutford
Roller Coaster's Last Ride Into the Sunset
..........
"Not! Yet!"
..........
Laughter, screaming,
urine, sweat,
vomit, gas, Jim's cigarette
Now they ride the... internet
--Pamela Ross
Who Could Trust a Face Like That?
Face somewhat resembles joy
Bad nose job,
Botoxed forehead,
Mad grin
Do not convince me
--Laura Purdie Salas