Barre Poems - Poems about Barre

...Like an old cat stretching her limbs in the sunlight Warmth seeping through knots in her gnarled hands and sShe sits on a paisley chair in front of the East window welling in her stiff knees Pre......Read the rest...

... life … lived parenthetically - impulses placed like black boots in soft sand, stumbling … betting a fool’s hope that it leads … SOMEwhere … or garners a courtly chuckle (if perhaps by ac......Read the rest...

...Written: November 05, 2023 ___________________________________________ Away from Earth, the sky is always hideous, A whimsical sun made my dream obvious. A deep redole......Read the rest...

...“Point your feet! Rotate! Don’t stick your butts out! Stay out of your heels.” I looked up from where I was sitting. There was no music—only the thump-thud sound of the dancers en pointe and t......Read the rest...

... Ballerina barre bob, white stocking wings whir Mushroom plume tutu trails translucent steam Sticky foot pick ups signal patient Spring’s stir Pollen swollen coconut tip tongues......Read the rest...

...One would not know, to look at me, my years spent at the ballet barre - tights sticking to me in summer, cold fingers in winter. And the aching to be better, to be seen, to be given a correct......Read the rest...

...*** Sketching the Ballerina *** It is well, quite well after midnight. My pup lies fagged on the blanket as close to me as possible. The young ballerina sits slightly slumped On a bench a......Read the rest...

...I lift your hands and place them on the neck of the guitar My left hand covers yours, I gently help it form the barre I don't press hard, just firm enough to make each string ring clear You're pl......Read the rest...

...Acqua di Gio cologne fills the air It's time for your lesson, I'll be right there Tune up for me so we can save time Today we'll start working on musical rhyme Now you sit right here and hold t......Read the rest...

...Bitter night seventeen degrees all is covered in frozen white comforters and blankets piled so high tugged up high warmth to seek Christmas time just days away my night is filled ......Read the rest...

...We are shaped from silence. I am struck by life's upheaval loudness, We've been sucked into the abyss. The deterrents proceed to extensiveness. We're still utterly annihilated and ......Read the rest...

... Dreaming she is a ballet star, Practicing delicate, ballet moves before huge mirros and with ballet barre. There's something wistful in her smil......Read the rest...

...The deep plot of their craft, the subtle tyranny in flowery cloak Greek gift from white house “Doctor” hoped to be a Hero,...Read the rest...

...It's within her ballet studio! Round and round the poetess goes. Seeing herself in the sparkling, glass mirror. And rainbow-tainted visions of her past. Doing positions at the barre! Y......Read the rest...

...How I took for granted, thee! Now, reaching an age, I began to ponder. Their truly outstanding history. Hands that once with grand wonderment stared at crayon colors. Tanned, dimpled hands of......Read the rest...