People Dance Poems

Today I’m thankful for the ability to dance
and for having read the words of people like Vicki Baum…a gifted Austrian writer
Who through her writing helped...

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The other night at work I had mellow ’60’s music playing in the store
when a couple carrying their young son entered through the door.

Guessing someone’s...

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It is with tears in my eyes that I write these verses of hope, it is with tears in my eyes I climb the mountain...

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a certain rhizz
an essential charm
that provides a
way to speak
the quality and
level of one's
appeal and star value.
The zhuzh is minimal
and often is unspoken
due to the maturity...

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Daylight breaks through the gate and a bright light shine intensely on my face from a distance. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but...

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Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place

I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and...

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What is a "gloatsmere"
one would ask as we thought
she created the term.
But she described it as fudgelling and
Positioning oneself to be seen as more
available.
We asked...

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When I was little, before I started school,
my dream was to be a professional dancer
for I knew I had that natural talent instilled
in me, talent...

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Some times when problems abound
and your approval ratings keep going way down.
Reporters nipping at your heels like hungry hounds,
questioning your judgement, if your still mentally...

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Ah, I remember those smashing
days when I was dancing till dawn!
Refusing to be a workforce pawn.

It left no lines, but painted a smile on my...

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I was a college music teacher, engaged in pitch, tempo, rhythm and melody,
As lavish planets dance around a golden star, with the zeal of fuchsia...

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Table top dancer was as graceful as every hippo I knew
She did a waltz, a ballet, and an old familiar soft shoe
The people at the...

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At Nobody’s funeral no guests appeared
No priest came to serve the last rites
No one sent flowers, no one volunteered 
To carry the coffin outside 
So...

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There is a smile that you just cannot ignore when it comes knocking on your door, there is a smile that you just cannot resist...

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 Deep in the forest, where gnarly trees grow
 There's a kingdom called Poetry, where verses never cease to flow
 Anyone could challenge for the...

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