Tag Archives: Dance

won’t translate

Posted on March 11, 2020 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #167 – “won’t translate” You cannot translate a dance, you can only interpret what you see. When my grandparents spoke Russian, no one translated. transformation difficult feat to perform butterfly leaves cocoon There once was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ripping Years Away

Posted on March 9, 2020 by

Written for:  The Sunday Whirl, Wordle #446 Words:  sing, lift, rip, old, smooth, blessings, floor, view, enough, panic, virus, twenty Sing and dance with me on this old wood floor the way you did when we were twenty. Lift me … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

two beats

Posted on February 12, 2020 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1807 – Two Hearts Become One “Love is the ultimate emotion. I think we all agree on that. Love is positive energy and uplifts our hearts. The ultimate energy of love is … “two hearts become … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , ,

Chasing The Urge

Posted on November 25, 2019 by

Written for:  Sunday Whirl, Wordle #431 Words:  beam, chase, bond, scream, once, puzzle, sit, found, lit, born, wish, dance This poem is a race, it chases the urge to sit still. This poem is wish-born, lit by a moonbeam. Once … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Swirl of Freedom

Posted on September 1, 2019 by

Written for:  Sunday Muse #71 From a raft she acts on a dream– dance in air feel red swirl of her skirt in the sea breeze. Freeze moment of time. http://thesundaymuse.blogspot.com/

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments

Fred

Posted on August 19, 2019 by

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings2 – Prompt #256:  Same Old Song and Dance “We ask you to write a “dance” poem. It could be about a specific type of dance, or just the art of dancing itself. And whether we’re dancing … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

Dance Performance

Posted on July 27, 2019 by

Written for:  Poets United Midweek Motif~Dance “As I was thinking about this Dance motif some lines of Leonard Cohen sang out loud in my mind: “Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic ’til … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , ,

downpour

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

Written for:  The Twiglets #119 – “down pour of birdsong” sky rained down silver no raindrops touched the earth songs of birds caressed air   Song of nightingale poured down through trees, and rested in ears of sleeping children.   … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , ,

Free-Form Dancing

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

Written for:  Sunday Muse #45 I free-form dance to music in my head. My people are dying off. Crowned in feathers, wrapped in grasses, I laugh for the lives we have lived, hoping there is a place for me in … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , | 14 Comments

everlasting spring

Posted on January 2, 2019 by

Written for:  Carpe Diem #1573 Trujillo, the City of Everlasting Spring Trujillo is also known as the “City of Everlasting Spring”, is considered the “Capital of the Marinera”, a traditional dance in Peru, “Cradle of the Peruvian Paso horse”, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Purple's Home | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments