History Dancing Poems

Shared enthusiastic curiosity
between two or more

May also become felt 
as mutually assured
active hope
we might make it through dinner
without seeking reparations
while digging our way
through emotionally deserted
dessert

Curiously...

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When dancing Earth's tribal rhythms
natural seasons
light and heavy step
steeped nurturing intent
anxiously dark
anticipating bright
natural exotic music
dancing muse content

While singing deep spiritual
reasons
for light and night,
glad and sad...

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Blind in the all-consuming mist without a trace of light 
Blind in the oven’s black smoke that makes all songs to Jesus seem hushed 
A...

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The Dancing Plague of 1518: Collaboration with Dilly Dally

A plague cursed, until death they dance
Until forever lasts this plight
Moving hypnotic deep in trance
Onlookers revel at...

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Collaboration with Hat Bueckert
HB lines 1, 3, stanza 2, 4, lines 21, 23, 25
DD lines 2, 4, stanza 3, 5, lines 22, 24

A plague cursed,...

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July 17th, 1981
three sisters decided to split a hotel room bill and enjoy the weekend.
they stayed at the Hyatt Regency, a beautiful place.
marigold ran downstairs...

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I one day encountering a 
blooming rose

Witnessing it's pollen being suckled 
upon

By a common worker bee

I pondered what common
threads weave a webb

Was he or i...

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Dancing through the moments, peppered with joy and kindness, I find relief - I find love– Quote by the Poet



Like a lonely piece of history
Discovered...

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The Seashore Gathering
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

On the seashores of endless worlds, earth's children converge.
The infinite sky is motionless, the restless waters...

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Mom, did you hear the news about patriarchy today?

Yes, dearest son!
Or no...
I'm not sure.
You mean the gender translation problem?

Not sure we had a problem,
just an...

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THE DANCING LIGHT

That dancing light over there
Tells of the future in excitment.
Follow it like the three wise men,
Follow the stars to the place
Where the messiah...

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A bird flies high above
the Twin Towers
ash rises from the tomb
turning Day into Night.
Another bird, disoriented 
flies blinded
into the debris,
shreds of clothing
swirl about,
sailing into the...

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the dancing girls twirled
a tumult of rich colors
their restless feet
move across the marble plane
spinning endlessly
on tiring toes
gold skin glistening
in the firelight
feverish eyes flashing
bloodred skirts flying
the...

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There was an old woman 
Who danced with a broom
She did a little curtsey
Then flew around the room.

She bowed to the postman 
As he walked...

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Dancing in the sea all i see is you and me making history becoming everything being free
vibrations making shapes impressions made in harmony glowing gloriously...

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