clown without a mask (haiku)

Tournesol CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI, Haiku, Tournesol dans un jardin 2016-02-242016-02-24 1 Minute

echoes of laughter
keep the lone clown company
screaming silently

screaming silently
with each cotton swab
faceless

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clowns
humour

Published by Tournesol

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Published 2016-02-242016-02-24

17 thoughts on “clown without a mask (haiku)”

Suzanne says:

2016-02-24 at 11:48

Creepy – what a scary image.

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  2016-02-24 at 21:44
  
  Oh dear, Suzanne, my goal was to make it sad and reflective.
  
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  1. Suzanne says:
    
    2016-02-24 at 21:52
    
    It is that too – I guess I am pretty ambivalent about clowns at the best of times. 🙂
    
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  2. Cheryl-Lynn says:
    
    2016-02-24 at 22:52
    
    I find they are creepy with their makeup…lol; I think Stephen King’s IT ruined it for a lot of people 😉
    
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Forest Tinker says:

2016-02-24 at 12:06

That is very powerful, harsh…..really a haiku that screams silently

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  2016-02-24 at 17:45
  
  Thank you, Hamush. I find clowns , comedians and the painting The Screammirr alike than different
  
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Melinda Kucsera says:

2016-02-24 at 16:06

wow that last haiku is stunning–when the make-up comes off, the clown is faceless. What a statement!

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  2016-02-24 at 17:43
  
  Thank you. I often wonder about this. I am known to publicly be smiling and cheery but I know often it is an image and only feel at ease to unmask that privately
  
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  1. Melinda Kucsera says:
    
    2016-02-24 at 18:12
    
    You’re welcome 🙂 so you are yourself when you’re faceless?
    
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  2. Cheryl-Lynn says:
    
    2016-02-24 at 21:43
    
    I like to be cheery and social but it takes energy and I also need (balance) me time where I may be more introverted.
    
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  3. Melinda Kucsera says:
    
    2016-02-25 at 00:19
    
    yes balance is key. I am learning how to balance that but it’s not easy to find that sweet spot.
    
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  4. Cheryl-Lynn says:
    
    2016-02-25 at 02:48
    
    No it slips and slides sometimes like the weather tonight 😉
    
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  5. Melinda Kucsera says:
    
    2016-02-25 at 03:36
    
    I think we all face that and do our best. The weather is certainly sliding around. It was sleeting last night; tonight thunderstorms. Wild weather.
    
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  6. Cheryl-Lynn says:
    
    2016-02-26 at 06:34
    
    the world upside down.
    
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  7. Melinda Kucsera says:
    
    2016-02-26 at 15:12
    
    quite true 🙂
    
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kim881 says:

2016-02-25 at 09:12

Ooh – a blank canvas for the next show? Or a faceless person? Scary…

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1. Cheryl-Lynn says:
  
  2016-02-26 at 06:35
  
  Who knows…thanks for dropping by, Kim.
  
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