Pointe Poems - Poems about Pointe

Savvy silver vanity set howls on the edge of an antique dresser; The ballerina’s festooned curls aglow in the mirror’s reflection; On the edge of an antique dresser an eidolon sits pointe shoes laced; Aglow in the mirror’s reflection, left foot lies slightly unnatural; An eidolon sits pointe shoes laced, wailing her toes swell ever larger; Left foot lies slightly unnatural, bent and broken...

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There was a young man from Detroit Whose thinking they say was adroit He challenged the sun To have some hot fun Ended up with his head en pointe. ...

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en pointe a bold step up with baby feet, on poetic pointe with all I AM...

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I pirouette, a spinning-top poised repugnant, on precipitous, of vanity's stumbling tumble, to land humbled, defaced....

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Drawdy Pointe Flyaway frond hairs wear the breeze where the green palm nods her head, and the pelican post's lone occupant is surveying the fisherman’s empty line. Across the water in the yellow yard, a gypsy on loan from Key West, the alpaca grows wool, the donkey brays, and the happy chickens nest. Quiet and peaceful, grasses silently slip, adrift on canals from the...

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The last living light Twinkles in his dead eyes Alive a moment ago but now gone Someone should shut them A stare so lonely Into a place that only he knew He’s lying there on the floor Bleeding hard from the head Police don’t even bother Just pay him his respects It’s cold and lonely down there Watching life go on Knowing your no long part...

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“EN POINTE” My Darlings, what a lovely way to pass the time “en pointe.” Arching your back, trying desperately to counterpoint the feet, The smile on your faces can not hide the pain of it all....

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