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Red Shoes

...In a whimsical world of witty wonder, 
Where laughter lingers, lost not in thunder, 
There danced a dandy with a dapper flair, 
Sporting red shoes, a vivid vision, rare.

He pranced in patterns,...

Coming From Within a Rising Hedge

...Coming from within a rising hedge
   Of voluptuous white oleander –
I sensed a turmoil; one writhe
   Seduced better than before

And within the naked boughs
   Of some palo verde – in a rustle...

Danseuse Divine - Part the First

...She slipped into the ballroom
Shimmied across the floor
Bobbed a graceful curtsy
Slid quickly through the door
Leaving some mixed reactions
From all those gathered there
First time they’d seen ...

Liveliest Teenager At the Disco Ball

...She was the liveliest teenager at the disco ball hall.
Her mushroom head hat made her sixteen feet tall.
She shimmied and shook, and had a terrific time, a real ball.
We could barely get her peele...

The Great Escape

...unhinged the rusty cage lock
scooted into the attic
shimmied down tree
ran like wind...

The Book of Kings - 1 Kings 16:31-33

...Ahab needed shore leave, 
And obsessed so on his dream,
Harpooning some sweet harlot 
Had become his major theme.
He was just a novice mariner, 
His first time far from home.
He’d made his maid...

Dangerous Cargo - With Apologies To Hedy Lamarr

...She slithered from the jungle in a Vera Wang sarong
Like some wicked juju temptress with no sense of right or wrong. 
I remember how it thrilled me, 
Oh yeah, when she shimmied in the buff;
And t...

Chimera

...This magical fairy who paints my dreams
Has blushed my fantasy in subtle hints
That kissed dreamy night on the thrills of fall--
An amber delight on the hills hued brown

I have known her long s...

Zoom Party

...A Halloween party on Zoom
Wouldn’t be too much fun, you’d assume
But you would be dead wrong
For I boogied along
With my daughter in our living room.

All the Zoomers wore costumes and danced
...

One Long Last Look

...The moon shimmied up her pole in the sky
   Winking at me with her crescent eye
The stars danced in time to a silent tune
   As the season ended that started in June

O, one long last look at su...

Thru Maritime Miles 3-A Very Pirate Seduction

...For merely a hunch or a hint of a kiss
I nearly was lunch for a hit on a miss
She shimmied for me in a short pirate skirt
No army of men was a match for this flirt

I started to flee in the face...

I Want To Fall In Love

...I want to fall in love but not a chance.
Not even one handsome man who can dance
has shimmied his way across the dance floor.
Hands up...I give up...no romance no more.

I want to fall in love b...

One Brick At a Time

...One Brick At A Time

The boy shimmied like a determined squirrel 
upward stretching reaching 
for the ascending bricks of the chimney flue.

one brick at a time
one foot snugly ensconced 
in ...

Exuberance At the Seventh Grade Dance

...With wild exuberance the new boy
Danced his way across the gym floor.
It was the seventh grade dance; no other guys were moving.
They were mostly staring at the pretty girls who were dancing.
He ...

Wallet Weeps As Woebegone Former Mister Or Missus Snake

...Listen...carefully,
     and ye kin hear
the muffled (dollar us -
dolorous) sound ache
king plaintive very loosely
     analogous to duck cry

of mourning, didst awake
ken to the somber news
...

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