Rhyme Dance Poems

"...there rests a pensive petunia, breathing, but sleep-waltzing..." ~ Ink Empress (not the author of this poem, but the inspiration)

When awake, I never dance -...

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EARLY POEMS XXI

These are my early poems, or juvenilia...

Stars
by Michael R. Burch, circa age 22

Though night has come,
I'm not alone,
for stars appear
—fierce, faint and far—
to...

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And they would strut around the fire
Then sat upon their stools,
And argued long, in learned terms,
Who wore the better jewels!
But then there was a man...

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Henessey the hip hop girl danced rings around the others
Astounding her dance teacher and other girls’ mothers
She is such a show-off said the other girls...

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Seclusion forms into a mountain, 
Practice acceptance of my reflection, 
Eye contact with the water of a fountain. 
Time refuses to push forward if you...

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Super-cala its a Gala-Day 
I will dress up in a special way 
Take you dancin' like a Barbie doll
adorned in heals stabbin' six feet tall...

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Ray your voice like the morning sun,
Breaking silence one golden run.
Let your truth rise in hues so wide,
No storm can dim what you confide.

Speak not...

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In the silence of the night, when shadows dance on the walls of my memory,
a deep longing grips me, a thirst for peace in her...

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Expressive dance that communicates emotion.
Energetic dance inspired by the jazz sound,
creating a lively, fun and high-energy motion.
Graceful, expressive movements that are profound,
like in lyrical jazz,...

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How do we find time to laugh, to dance, to sing in times as uncertain as these?
When so many men, women and children in the...

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A winsome weave, simple and real,
Warp and weft—a tight twill,
A weaverbird’s nest—strong and snug,
With soft crossways and tumphy tug.

Subtle cozy patterns, seldom revealed,
Cynical twists like...

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We hear the music of life
And we are compelled to dance forever

We dance to the lyrics
Of falling snowflakes
And to the rhythm
Of swaying trees
We dance to...

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ROCK'N ROLL backbeat dance treat...

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A sun, a heart of incandescent fire,
Awakens silence, sets the void afire.
A silent hum, a gravitational sway,
Where cosmic dust begins its ancient play.

First Mercury, a...

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Scarlet ribbons are woven into her hair,
titan ringlets frame her beautiful face.
Never refusing to wiggle her pert derriere,
rich men pay big to ogle nubile Ella...

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