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"Constantly risking absurdity"
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The Poem
Constantly risking absurdity
and death- 2,515,458 deaths occure each year
whenever he performs
above the heads
of his audience
the poet like an acrobat
climbs on rime
to a high wire of his own making
and balancing on eyebeams
above a sea of faces- Humans are capable of making 10,000 unique facial expressions!
paces his way
to the other side of day
performing entrechats
and sleight-of-foot tricks-The phrase trick or treat originates all the way back to Medieval Europe.
and other high theatrics-
and all without mistaking
any thing
for what it may not be
For he's the super realist
who must perforce perceive
taut truth
before the taking of each stance or step
in his supposed advance
toward that still higher perch
where Beauty-Belle, from Beauty and the Beast, was the second Disney princess to not be of royal descent stands and waits
with gravity
to start her death-defying leap
And he
a little charleychaplin man
who may or may not catch
her fair eternal form
spreadeagled in the empty air
of existence
The Rundown on Tone... and Theme
The tone of the theme remains reminiscent, considering the idea of reading a poem above the authors heads and the readers not comprehending the poem.
The Scoop About the Author
Constantly risking absurdity
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Devices Needed
- He did not know that his last name was Ferlinghetti. He was told it was Ferling.
- He was part of the Beat Generation.
- He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve.
- There is a street in San Frinsico that was named after him.
- He hates when music is put with poetry.
Poem In Short
"Constantly risking absurdity"
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti