Love's Waltz

The prelude--a gentle, cerebral approach, 
For time-honored ritual needs little to stoke. 
Yet roles to assume must beget a coach, 
Or all succeeding movements make the dance a hoax.

A formal embrace, an opening gesture made in haste,
Then hand glides gently down throttled waste.
A tentative, calm glance sets focus in place;
Composed nod engenders calibrated pace.

The cadence carefully orchestrated from the start, 
Patterned movements evolve, which only metric time can part. 
As in sequence they score every assigned part, 
Producing harmony that melds body and heart.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Brown Avatar
March 9, 2011 at 6:15 AM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one of PoetrySoup's contest. The very best to you in the finals Stephen. Love Carol
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March 6, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Congrats Stephen on your first round success in the Poetry Soup contest luv..
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February 23, 2011 at 10:14 AM
I love waltzes, especially those from Strauss' (not Johann) Der Rosenkavalier. Like your intro to the dance. Congrats on the selection. daver
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February 21, 2011 at 1:41 PM
Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week on PoetrySoup Stephen. Love, Carol
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February 20, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Congrats Stephen on your featured poem this week on the Soup.. a great one to share with us all with luv..
Fry Avatar
January 18, 2011 at 3:18 PM
This is very nice - well orchestrated like you put in the poem. I too wrote about dance....and I loved your line "producing harmony that melds body and heart" - very very nice. Cherilyn
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May 19, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Nice use of rhyme in this poem. Interesting view. Welcome to Poetry Soup! I hope you enjoy your time spent with us. Best wishes with your writing. Karen
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May 18, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Wow.I realy love it:) the opening stanza is quite vivid on the deep end of love.you quite good:)
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