Poetry as Dance

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Today’s poetics prompt at dVerse Poets Pub is to write a poem with the theme of dance.

An abstract photograph of over lapping triangles in yellow, green, blue, and red that could be seen as figures dancing.
Dancing by Maria L. Berg 2023

Learning the Moves

Start with the music
like a new acquaintance
get to know it, become close
listen with your fingers
listen with your toes

Ah ha ta ta ta
let the rhythm in, feel it inside
filling every void
forget all inhibitions
move move

step tap step tap step tap still

stretching up
back side down
switch it up
the other way around

Ah ha ta ta ta
move move

There will be resistance
Stop pulling the body back
maintain complete control
balance and grace
each muscle under command
all over the place

And the music is a lover
stealing mind and time
Ah ha ta ta ta
move move

Join in on this fun writing experience by writing your own dance poem and linking it up at dVerse Poets Pub. Then read and comment on the other dance poems.

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  3. This poem made me feel as though we were dancing in step, together!!!! Thank you so much for leaving a comment on my Last Dance post, Gordon was a huge presence in my life, and the lives of so many others. A friend, confidant, someone I trusted, respected, enjoyed. I miss him tremendously.

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