dancing (Remove filter)
Hoop
06.04.20
A circular ceremony
A weighted embrace
Flowing free and being me
Living for the spin and feeling weightless in its flow
Inside this circle no one can touch me and I am whole
The centre of my own universe connected to the earth and the sky
A child playing in a hoop
Thursday 13th May 2021 1:39 pm
The Untouchables
The band blew till ten o clock
A crooner crucified the blues
Humming was the marble floor
My feet hot in crocodile shoes
Dancing like this is no good
You can't do that anymore
Getting close to a stranger
Risks death from every pore
I held you closer in my arms
You rumpled my new coiffure
I felt your heart beating wild
Dreamed of a bedroom door
Aro...
Tuesday 29th September 2020 11:12 am
Dancing in the yard
It was a long summer afternoon
a crackling fire lit the yard
the southern sun was setting
while I strummed my old guitar
It was her way of moving to the music
she captured the glowing cinders in her eyes
she danced with the slightest sway in her hips
and her heavenly body torched my skies
Sunday 14th June 2020 1:02 am
Strictly Bin Dancing
Strictly Bin Dancing
[People are dressing up in ball gowns and tiaras to take their bins out
An Australian woman has started a new trend online during the coronavirus lockdown, which sees people dressing up in extravagant outfits to put their rubbish out – source: Mirror 4/4/20]
She waltzes across the patio
In her Christian Dior-like dress
She’s picked up the rubbish in el...
Tuesday 7th April 2020 12:43 pm
Shadow Dancing
My shadow dances with yours
in the abyss of silence,
head down, darkness all around,
waltzing towards sparks of light
from our melded soul.
Sunday 26th January 2020 4:22 am
Clouds Dancing in the Sky
Looking up at the clouds so high
Watching colors stretch across the sky
As they combine and spread apart gracefully
An ever-changing work of art slowly slips by
As the sun first wakes
Golden hues are painted on the tips
I’m struck by the beauty
How lucky I am to be a witness
As the sun slowly dances across the sky
The image changes as clouds come and go
Feat...
Wednesday 8th January 2020 7:29 pm
Bending reality
Your own mind is yours to keep,
as long as you don't decide to follow the sheep,
Start bending all reality, this will give you your own normality,
Dance in your own style and you will stand out a mile,
Sing songs where ever you go and put on your own one man show,
Do what you want, will make you full of glee,
Then you will find you will be absolutely free,
Freedom is a state of mind and thi...
Thursday 27th December 2018 11:42 am
Who Say's I Can't Be Happy All The Time
Singing and dancing makes me happy all day,
It makes me happy in every single way,
Who says I can't be happy all the time,
If I was then would that be a crime,
I now know I could live alone,
Because my heart and soul has really grown,
I used to try and share my joy,
To every girl and boy,
I'll keep it to myself,
Even if I get left on the shelf,
Because nothing bothers me anymore,
I will...
Wednesday 19th December 2018 1:37 pm
DANCING IN TIME - A Saturday theme
With a happy nod to Howard Dietz - top wordsmith and creator of the famous MGM Film trademark.
Dancing in the dark,
Till this life ends
We're dancing in the dark,
When all strife ends.
So - whether leading or led,
If invited - nod your head;
Never look askance...
Just grab the chance
instead -
Let's face the music and dance.
...........................................
Saturday 20th October 2018 12:02 am
Buried in the Sunlight
This poem is for all those who find this life a trial. Keep on keeping on, as someone once remarked.
Buried in the Sunlight
Eleanor played the pipes as a piper should,
flying light with grace and flair and swing,
with airs like a wind band in the deep greenwood:
dancing her careless heart towards an Appalachian spring.
All who knew her, all for whom her life seemed bles...
Monday 5th February 2018 12:52 pm
AFTER THE LAST DANCE
I skipped down road in the cool mountain air
In the cool mountain air, with you...
Hot in the night air
Running down the road
Dancing to the left
Singing to the right
Chasing and avoiding cars
Street life all around
Life going on beyond
In our little world
Up steps, down alleys
In and out of tunnels
Over and under the ground
pavements along the...
Friday 15th December 2017 9:43 am
Wallflowers
The music begins again.
You wallflowers who came
with the dance in mind
and empty hands to hold—
skulking along the fringe,
afraid to join in,
but more afraid to leave.
She comes.
You wither at her gaze,
hoping, not hoping
she is looking at you;
Would it mean more?
A joke, a fluke, a trick,
or perhaps a friend—
If you don’t see
will she leave?
Wallflower dancer
shaking and jiv...
Sunday 15th January 2017 2:52 pm
Ghost Dancer
We danced to Cuban rhythms
Late into the night
I twirled my skirts in girlish glee
Giggling in delight
My heart it started pounding
As you held me tight
I waited for the kiss
That would bring me back to life
Then
Brutally it struck me
At the stroke of midnight
You were just an apparition
Your kiss turned into frostbite
A phantom on the dance floor
A cruel trick of the light
Yo...
Wednesday 6th April 2016 11:25 am
Dance
Sway to the winds
Hoover over the plains of unwritten avenues
Brush away all misconceptions
Death to ifs and maybes
Lay with me in this tornado gliding to the designated mark that is love
Dance with me
Join me in my pursuit of truth
My pursuit of us
Monday 4th April 2016 3:09 pm
If you dance to the music, you’ll find yourself…
Had a prompt from our writing group last time of "
If you dance to the music, you’ll find yourself…" so I thought I'd give it a go, although I've not mentioned the prompt anywhere in the piece!
If you dance to the music, you’ll find yourself…
I can’t dance.
Anyone that takes a glance
Will see me prance and realise
That I can’t dance.
My Macarena is more macaroni
...Monday 29th September 2014 3:18 pm
Dancing
Catch me as you turn me round
Take me back around
Turn me, twist me, run me round
Chase me round and round
Lift me, twist me, turn me round
Dancing to the sound
The music’s fast, the music’s slow
Dancing round and round
Fast, much faster, turn me round
Moving with the sound
The dancefloor’s busy all around
Turn me round and round
...
Thursday 18th October 2012 1:59 am
Sir Bruce Forsyth - Knight of the Realm
"Nice to see you
To see you nice".
Tip-tapping in waistcoats;
On the noble steed that is
Tess Daly.
Wielding his chin
Like a sabre,
And winning the nation's
Favour, "'Cos
That's the name of the game".
He's not a king,
Queen or Jack.
He's not even "higher
Or lower" - he's a knight!
Bruce Forsyth:
Knight of t...
Thursday 20th October 2011 3:44 pm
Recent Comments
R A Porter on Your chance to take the stage: Write Out Loud's poetry jam at Marsden jazz festival!
5 hours ago
Larisa Rzhepishevska on Solstice
9 hours ago
Larisa Rzhepishevska on The Flower of Quiet Joy
9 hours ago
Kevin Vose on Young Ken
16 hours ago
TobaniNataiella on Glastonbury
19 hours ago
TobaniNataiella on Wonderland (Children`s Paradise)
19 hours ago
TobaniNataiella on Blinded Light
19 hours ago
Manish Singh Rajput on Under the Purple Sky
19 hours ago
TobaniNataiella on Wounds To Mend
19 hours ago
TobaniNataiella on I Have a Gun (But we can talk)
19 hours ago