EN POINTE
EN POINTE
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Upon a dimly lit state she stands
en pointe, defying gravity.
Time pauses, suspended like
dust motes dancing in the spotlight.
She holds the moment
like a fragile glass ornament,
balancing herself on the edge
between her grace and strength.
What thoughts swirl in her mind,
as the audience holds its breath?
Does she ponder the road that led her here,
the
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Categories:
pointe, 12th grade, dance,
Form: Free verse
Pate A Choux De la pointe
Using a fruit and veggie jucier
juice
1 small onion
2 clove of garlic
3 medium cucumber
1/2 cup of apple
1/2 lemon
1 Tablesoon of fresh rosemary
measure 1 cup
add to
1 cup of milk
makes 2 cups of Savory Mil------------------
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1 cup savory milk (recipe above)
1/2 cup (minus 2 Tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
4 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon table
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Categories:
pointe, food, music, relationship,
Form: Ballade
Eidolon En 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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Categories:
pointe, dance, dark, emotions, feelings,
Form: Pantoum
En Pointe
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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Categories:
pointe, humor,
Form: Limerick
On Pointe
en pointe
a bold step up with baby feet, on poetic pointe with all I AM
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Categories:
pointe, courage, faith, hope, i
Form: Monoku
On Tippy Toe En-Pointe
I pirouette, a spinning-top
poised repugnant, on precipitous,
of vanity's stumbling tumble,
to land humbled, defaced.
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Categories:
pointe, innocence, vanity,
Form: Verse
Drawdy Pointe
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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Categories:
pointe, beauty, creation,
Form: Free verse
Pointe Coupee Parish
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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Categories:
pointe, culture, death,
Form: Free verse
En Pointe
“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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Categories:
pointe, satire
Form: Sijo