Best Socialdance Poems


Little Miss Perfect

Little Miss Perfect


I.
Blue eyes, blond hair, fair skin
The American Dream
Blue eyes, blond hair, fair skin
The Aryan dream
What are we teaching our children?
What set of morals are being discusses?
Around the dinner table

II.

Daughter you must go hungry
Nobody likes the fat girl
Stand there and watch
While I suck the last drops of greasy fried chicken
From my bloated finger tips
Tomorrow is judgment day
They’re all going to love you
You’re so perfect with…
Your blue eyes, blond hair, and fair skin.

III.

Mother I am hungry
But not for the attention you crave
Do I make you feel more beautiful
When you look in the mirror do you see me
Then why can’t you see what I really want
I want my own moment to shine, to be loved
For Being me
Not being loved simply for…
My blue eyes, blond hair, and fair skin.

IV.

Daughter your opinion does not matter
When you get older you will understand
You’ll never be loved if you’re not beautiful
Keep practicing that dance routine
You’ll see the importance of that skill
When the men are paying you handsomely 
To show them just how beautiful you are
They’ll see more than just…
Your blue eyes, blond hair, and fair skin.

V.

Mother, you repulse me
You want me to be your Barbie doll
You insist I parade myself smiling through the humiliation
Only to be judged by those who mean nothing
You want me to dance
Watch me dance this dance of disdain 
I am going to break free and be me
I renounce the celebration of…
My blue eyes, blond hair, and fair skin.

The Dance of the December Souls

Blended with fragrances
And the joyful carols,
The con games of children
Looking for gifts full of fun.
Kris Kringle’s cock-and-bull 
Make them rosy and lull.

Adorned houses with odorous candles
Christmas tree ornamented with red ribbons and jingles 
Marzipans fruitcakes and roasted chickens 
Caramel cookies and plenteous chocolates,
The night illuminated  
With the dance of the December souls
Gilding the lily with
Buoy up Wine and Champagne glasses. 

Family gatherings and paisanos schmooze,
Couples moonlit winter-warmth savor
And the striplings night lammed booze,
Queued brewpubs and bopping discos –
The night illuminated
With the dance of the December souls
Gilding the lily with
Few ill-famed shmoes. 

The Dance of the December Souls
Flageolet till New Year’s Eve,
The night at mid, lightened 
By the skyrockets –
Gilding the lily with
Full-of-the-moon brightened. 

Blended with resolutions and 
Hugs and kisses,
Greetings followed
By myriad of wishes.
Clock ticked with few yesterday’s memories
Tears backed up by today’s beginning.

The Dance of Poverty

The Dance Of PovertyThe dance of poverty woe,
(Oh the cold);
the dance that sorrow knows
and throws
...at each and every one us.

We starve, we pain, we weep
we reify the woes we keep.

Within our chest, which beats-
lies a forgotten heart that bleeds,
to the rhythm of the broken drum
of abandonment.

Beat the drum, kick it, tell it "it is worthless"
and forget it. 
The drum will lie there in the streets regardless;
abandoned for the world to see.

It is the tragic tale of system abuse 
and abandonment.

It is a dance eternal;

It is a forbidden ritual;

It is a tale of life and death;

It is poverty...

now forget it.


Premium Member Girls Night Out

It's the girls night out
 at the local country bar.
This time we'll have to try
 not to go too far.

We'll have no more 
than seven shooters each,
And no more standing on the table 
giving a slightly slurred speech.

On with our cowboy boots 
and skirts a bit too short
To entice a dance partner,
 a cowboy is a good sport.

We'll try and talk the band 
into playing our favourite tune
And sing along like coyotes 
howling at the moon.

We'll dance a few, and sing a few, 
then maybe a few more.
We won't start a fight like Friday night 
and get escorted to the door.

It's all in fun, we're just kids at heart, 
going out to play.
It's time to unwind and let down our hair,
 after all we've worked all day.

There's karaoke and two-stepping 
and flirting with the guys
And telling stories, some of them true,
 most of them little white lies.

We don't do this nearly enough,
 at least that's what we think.
So here's to us, the local cowgirls, 
now would someone buy us a drink.

Untitled

He strolled into the darkly lite room
giving off the scent of confidence
that eminated from him
that was palpable
even though
the room was crowded
with partygoers -

his skin was a rosy ivory
and hair curly and long
while his eyes took in the scope of the room
and there he spotted her
sitting off to one side with her friends...

the dark eye lashed man strode purposefully
across the room where she sat
"Would you care to dance with me" he asked politely
as she rose and took his hand
and with that began the Tango
there and then began the Dance of Love
as she fit into him like a hand into a glove.

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