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HANDMAIDEN OF MOON DANCING



fly me to stars in the thrill of one swan night
over a crescent arc to feel a flame of sighs,
teasing dreams so silent yet ever wild
and like a neon light, speak through your feet ,
your ribs twirling in drips of summer’s rage : throw
away the restraint  of confined  movements  
dictated by a body unmoved; of a flower 
keeping her flutters from crawling freely on grass

give me a sway through leaps unto ocean’s swell
without need for thought or reason, rather,
lift the flesh made from love or hate, to burst
with primitive heat; fingers  liquid in motion unbidden
by a sacred place that doesn’t exist on earth,  when
all  but the fragrance of a naked skin expresses
the very force that writhes in the faint of depth,
licking the cells inside out.. weightless, bold, soft

dance  the crazy dance with me just because
such passion needs to flow along rhythms
burning within… till a weave of spin breaks 
into  a trance blending a wanton glide with
pirouetting flights raw in some meadow  clearing,
pious pose under  the tangerine of touch…

handmaiden of moonlight dancing on flames
pluck those eyes ,rise above mortal remains.



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*i tweaked this free verse with a sonnet’s volta 
in the last two lines (10 syl rhyme count instead
 of the usual 8 syl pattern)

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*Martha Graham is the pioneer of modern dance. As a ballet dancer 
and choreographer, she introduced inner movement emphasizing
emotion, spontaneity, and  an exploration of psycho-social themes
( feminism, political protest, and labor unrest)through free -flow
of innovative steps, thwarting cultural control over conventional, 
metered dance. Her last performance on-stage was in 1970,
at the age of 76; she was working on the choreography for the Olympics
when she died in 1991 at the age of 97. 

Graham was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976
by President Gerald Ford and cited by Time Magazine as
"Dancer of the Century" in 1988, aside from her other accolades.

*Source: Wikipedia.com and www.voanews.com

*Please watch 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUoMc5Am_c0&feature=related



‘    ‘’’’’          ‘’’’

For Cyndi Mac Millan’s Maverick by nette onclaud
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