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Thursday, December 3, 2015

Words Count With Mama Zen

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to the Words Count with Mama Zen ekphrasis challenge!  Step right up and let the following vintage photos take you back to the circuses of days gone by. Be delighted!  Be amazed!  Be inspired . . . and write a poem of 60 words or less.


mydarling: Circus girl smokes while rehearsing her stunts. Nina Leen, 1949.
Circus Girl Smokes While Rehearsing Her Stunts; Nina Leen, 1949


dirtworshipingypsy: fortune teller. early 1870s
Fortune Teller, 1870s


John Gutmann, 1935:
John Gutmann, 1935


circus ~:
Unknown; via pinterest

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13 comments:

  1. FireblossomDecember 3, 2015 at 6:06 AM

    This is awesome. I may have to write more than one.

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  2. Sioux RoslawskiDecember 3, 2015 at 6:45 AM

    MZ--I agree with Shay. The photos were great. I jumped on the first one, but each one was rich with possibilities.

    And cleanliness isn't next to godliness. Brevity is.

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  3. hedgewitchDecember 3, 2015 at 7:11 AM

    Thanks for the inspiration MZ--who could not write to one of these?

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  4. Buddah MoskowitzDecember 3, 2015 at 12:06 PM

    With apologies to Tod Browning.

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  5. Sherry Blue SkyDecember 3, 2015 at 12:07 PM

    Hi kids, an intriguing prompt this rainy day. Sioux, when I click on your link, it takes me to your blog with a "this page is not available" sign.I'll check back later.

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  6. JimDecember 3, 2015 at 1:12 PM

    Fun to write. Nice pictures too. And I needed RTFD as my first was targeted for the usual 55.
    ..

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  7. AngieDecember 3, 2015 at 4:55 PM

    Love, love, love this MZ. In another life, I'd be a trapeze artist.

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  8. OutlawyerDecember 3, 2015 at 9:07 PM

    super cool pics, MZ. k.

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  9. MargaretDecember 3, 2015 at 11:52 PM

    What stories these images provoke!

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  10. Susie ClevengerDecember 4, 2015 at 12:13 AM

    Great Images!!

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  11. brudbergDecember 4, 2015 at 4:21 AM

    I wonder what my fortunes tell... I will be back later to read you all.. :-)

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  12. brudbergDecember 4, 2015 at 6:12 AM

    The correct link to Sioux's poem is
    http://siouxspage.blogspot.se/2015/12/shakespeare-and-me.html

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  13. Carol CampbellDecember 4, 2015 at 9:41 AM

    I went to a little bit of a bitter place for this one! Thanks for a thought provoking prompt, Mama Zen!

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