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Dance Poems | Examples of Dance Poetry

Dance Poems. Read and share great examples of twirling, rhymic, and funny poems about all types of dancing. This list of dance poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read beautiful examples of twirling, rhythmic, and funny poems about all types of dancing. Share, read, and see how poets write about this performance art form centered on wonderfully choreographed human movement. Dance forms like ballet, jazz, tap, hip-hop, modern, and waltz and cousins of poems since both are typically rhythm-based. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of dance poetry. This list of works about dance is an excellent resource for examples of how to write dance poems.
Premium Member In the labyrinth of the mind, where shadows dance on the walls of consciousness
In the labyrinth of the mind, where shadows dance on the walls of consciousness, I see humanity ensnared in the web of its own impotence, a sea of unripe souls, Floating on waves of incomplete reason, clinging...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In the shattered mirror of a distorted truth, we dance with misty shadows
In the shattered mirror of a distorted truth, we dance with misty shadows, Stepping on thin ropes woven from lies and hollow hopes. Greed, our gilded god, whispers poisoned promises in moonless nights, While wisdom lies chained in...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Constance in the Woodlands
Constance seizes the forest blissfully Optimistically merging with skies Such a spirited sprite spins gleefully Tenaciously trying to mesmerize Astute sages within the high green trees; thus, Nymphs seek to sustain a bejeweled prize Zestful branches dance...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, adventure, allusion, analogy, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ballerinas
BALLERINAS ballerinas spell-binding, exquisite leaping,...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, imagery, magic,
Form: Diamante
Memories Dance
Sleep is for dreamers to hide from the dawn My visions returning and will mostly gone Three days since I’ve woken the memories dance All over the future in destiny’s — trance (The New Room: September, 2024) ...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, memory,
Form: Rhyme



The Middle of the Street
I walked out in the middle of the street With all the courage that I need but no one was there And the end was drawing in near, a big limousine passed by With a message straight from...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, business, city, courage, creation,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member September Falls 2
Sweetly but no longer dazzling our eyes Energy ebbing ,her motivation low Putting out colours which do not surprise That her less vibrant hues no more do glow Embracing dull, sedate and sombre dresses Mocking us, her nature being...Read the rest...
Categories: autumn, dance, dark,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Night of Love in Andalusia - Revised Repost
I lounge lazily on my deck chair Up high in the spacious loggia Loafing the time away, patient, waiting..... The ocean ebbs into the small bay As the sun sets far away over the horizon....Read the rest...
Categories: dance, love,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Dance Card Is Full
Petal freed fate use, air-picked blue, nay hues, Pinks, carefree and loose, methinks you will lose, Lain green break chartreuse, you lost as I cruise, There flies Mother Goose, Spruce Goose Mister Hughes, Growth winds I deduce, blue his...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, analogy,
Form: Hybronnet
Premium Member WRITE A BEAT TO MYSELF- DEDICATED VERSE FOR SHASTA SIMMS Shasta Simms
In my recommendation of my syncopation Gathering of humanoids rhythmic sensations copulation dramatization rescape Rufus reggae beats Ginuwine Drumline rat a tat tat attack on this yet you're all that Blilighten crest muscles flex myself being...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, appreciation, dance, humanity,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Changes
A smoky vignette opens up, as if morning fog over the mountain valleys blown by winter winds. Piano notes pulsing in a melancholic, waltz~ like...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, art, change, clothes, culture,
Form: Free verse
Favours from the ancient of days
Those lines of waters, on my face, now dry, They were left there by my tears that didn't cry, They were the tears of good things God has done, They are for battles that have just been won. Those...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, blessing, cheer up, cry,
Form: Rhyme
Dancing In The Rhythm
She tried not to dance the rhythm Couldn't hold back anymore the beating Facial expression, priceless now in motion. She tried to fight and release the urge Perchance dancing without inhibition Thinking the moves through its rhythm. She's now dancing with...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, inspiration, motivation, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member DANCING SLAVE- dedicated verse for SHASTA SIMMS
Capture by them sounds I was caught up Axed chained up beat just dancing slave, dancin to tha beat ~ enthralled capture in retreat peepers and rocks boulders climbing hugging broad shoulders just dancing slave, dancin to tha beat ~ I was captured...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, appreciation, character, dance,
Form: Narrative
Will you dance with me?
Moonlight on the floor, whispers of a first touch— will you dance with me?...Read the rest...
Categories: dance, feelings, love,
Form: Haiku

Specific Types of Dance Poems

Read wonderful dance poetry on the following sub-topics: ballet, beautiful, belly, celebration, country, flamenco, folk, foxtrot, funny, hip-hop, life, jazz, love, modern, moonlight, rhyme, rumba, salsa, skillful, swing, tap, tango, waltz, western and more.

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