Holus Bolus

All at once.

Holus Bolus: “The Circus is in Town”

BY Author pubare4 | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Holus Bolus, Words

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The CircusHoop-la! The circus is in town!

Have you seen the elephant?

Have you seen the clown?

Have you seen the dappled horse gallop around the ring?

Have you seen the acrobats on the dizzy swing?

Have you seen the tumbling men tumble up and down?

Hoop-la! Hoop-la! The circus is in town!

C Michael James Dennis

Holus Bolus: An “all at once” poem

BY Author greenwish4 | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Brooklyn, Holus Bolus, Places, Words

Holus Bolus
Every morning I try to get up on time,
sometimes I get up to see the sun shine.
Sometimes I wake up to catch the last drop of dark,
or watch the last drop of rain trickle down the tree’s bark.
Some mornings I find it hard to wake at all,
until from under the covers I force myself to crawl.
I can’t stand being late in the fresh morning air,
don’t want to rush through the weather, so fair.
But most mornings are different, I take joy
that all at once they walk to school, every girl and every boy.

All at once.

Written by Sophia Deverell

Holus Bolus: “The Square People” gathering at the old Times Square

BY Author pubare4 | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Definition, Holus Bolus, Manhattan

picture-1.pngThe Square People gathering at night to enjoy restaurants, movies, theaters. All sorts of wonderful entertainment in one colorful square. A square that would become a celebration point for all America. The VE Day celebrations there would echo around the world. All this can only mean one square, the Times Square before the New York Times built a new building on 43rd Street in 1904. To give the name Times Square it was known as Longacre SquareEarlier the turn of the century a somewhat dangerous place, a  place where only villains and the like would dare enter – Reginald Stanley Birch

Holus Bolus: “The Square”, Manhattan

BY Author pubare4 | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Holus Bolus, Manhattan

The Square

People gathering at night to enjoy restaurants, movies, theaters

All sorts of wonderful entertainment in one colorful square

A square that would become a celebration point for all America

The VE Day celebrations there would echo around the world

All this can only mean one square the Times Square

Before the New York Times built a new building on 43rd Street in 1904

To give the name Times Square it was known as Longacre Square

Earlier the turn of the century a somewhat dangerous place

A place where only villains and the like would dare enter

– Reginald Stanley Birch

Holus Bolus: “All At Once”

BY Author drjasonxg | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Holus Bolus, Manhattan

We walk together All at once
Gazing towards the unsuspecting future
Turning In and out, we watch the cognizable politicians
Persuading us with their visions
Talking about preventing collisions
Showing us to the best physicians
They’re doing this for us, not me and not you
Us is another word for we
Not me, we
1 syllable, 2 letters
It’s not a fantasy, it’s a reality
An opportunity
All at once
We live and die feel and cry
All at once

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City Dwellers

BY Author Erik Schurink | Posted on | FILED UNDER Categories Holus Bolus

Hmm… All at once. Yes, that’s the New York I came to New York for, the City worthy of being expressed with the completeness of ABC

as beleaguered city dwellers entertain follies
gothamites harass, ignore, jaywalk, kiss,
lumber

mutually nixing other partakers
quixotically rushing
shuttling through underground veins

wistfully xenophobing
yawning
zipping.