Circus is a collection of 104 poems written during 1983 and 1984. It is published here as a complete collection for the first time. Some of the individual poems have been published before: in The Bulletin Literary Supplement and in Network (The Fringe Network Anthology).
© Antoni Jach 2000
1. Circus
2. The Merry-go-round
3. The Trapeze Artist
4. The Knife Thrower
5. The Wheel Operator
6. The Wheel's Gambler
7. On the Tightrope
8. The Red Carpet
9. Fairy Floss
10. The Performance
11. 1/2 and 1/2
12. Juggler
13. The Rider
14. The Procession
15. Moving On
16. Party
17. The Lion Tamer
18. Waving
19. The Grizzly Bear
20. Sing Songs
21. New Start
22. Secrets
23. The Sister
24. Light
25. Lost
26. Blue Sky
27. The Acrobat
28. The World
29. Again, the Sister
30. A New Performance
31. New Clown
32. The Show
33. Again the Sister Again
34. On the High Trapeze
35. Clowning
36. Over
37. The Fall
38. Conqueror
39. Tell me Juggler
40. Animals
41. Happy
42. Magic
43. Not Even
44. Cold
45. The Other Side
46. Raucous
47. A Little Death
48. Reserve
49. Wandering
50. Celestial
51. State
52. Dust
53. The Accident
54. The Attraction
55. Pleasure
56. Disappearing
57. Wanting
58. Collapse
59. Harvest
60. Left Nature Behind
61. The Wind Outside
62. The Familiar
63. Your Long Hair
64. You Lie
65. Mystery
66. Loss of Sight
67. Vision
68. The Asp
69. The Fire-eater Drunk
70. The Ringmaster
71. The Strong Man Dying
72. Stumbling
73. Into a New City
74. The Conspirators
75. Meekness
76. The Orphan
77. Nobility
78. Silently
79. Wake Up!
80. Passed by in the Night
81. Only
82. Tiredness
83. Wise Man
84. Despair
85. Worries
86. Farewell
87. Thank You Loneliness
88. Loneliness
89. Adventure
90. Danger
91. Precision
92. Escape
93. The Parade
94. Music
95. Glimpse
96. The Snake-charmer
97. The Storm
98. Sailing From Carthage
99. Majestic
100. Commander
101. The Mistress
102. The Voyage Home
103. The Kidnap
104. The Final Performance