Short Pointe Poems

end pointe
tippy
   toes...

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From barre to en pointe.
Ballerino in plié. 
Jeté through coda....

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She was always sleeping en pointe,
Dancing away in her world of dreams....

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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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William Carlos Wiliams in his day
noted for his 'This is just to Say'
An example of short pointe prose
guess its how 'Red Wheebarrow' arose...

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Fall leaves whirling free
colorful ballerinas
yellow orange brown	
spinning and twirling en pointe
Mother Nature in toe shoes...

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Dance
Not just a hobby
A way of life
Fun
Daring
Relaxing
Creative
Beautiful
Dance
Not just a hobby
A way of life
Tap
Jazz
Pointe
Lyrical
Ballet
Dance
Not just a hobby
It's my life...

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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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Six plumed vamps, posed on pointe,and smiled lewdly at the judges.
Girls stumbled across the stage and collapsed into a feather heap.
Audiences went goo-goo for their camp twist on Lady Gaga.

For Rick Parise Siju contest...

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Six plumed vamps, posed on pointe,and smiled lewdly at the judges.
Girls stumbled across the stage and collapsed into a feather heap.
Audiences went goo-goo for their camp twist on Lady Gaga.

For Rick Parise Siju contest...

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In awe, I watch them pirouette across the stage en pointe
I capture them for eternity, in graceful flowing movements
Swallowing my envy, admitting, I wish I could dance







For the contest:  May I Have This Sijo Dance
Sponsored by: Rick Parise
Placement:  Honorable Mention...

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Her head in the music
her heart in the story,
no thoughts of today
or those little worries.

On pointe on balance
life is here in a spin,
chorus is called
overture begins.

Pointe shoes glide across floor
feet take to the air,
our heroine has entered
and the hero is here.

No time to search features
faces set as masks,
no quarter has been given
audience didn’t ask!...

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Not yet as graceful as the swan she shall be
but charming and delightful is Eloise to me.
Trying her best to stay en pointe on tiny toes,
focusing on pirouettes, she wiggles her nose.

Still a bit shy when she knows others are looking.
A few years more until The Royal Ballet's booking.
This petite ballerina twirls in circles all around
in her leotard and tutu or in her pink nightgown.
...

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Just lay back and I’ll be your atlas 
let’s explore the craters of Saturn;
Beauty lies in so smokey a burn
erupting into perfect stained glass;

Wild rose and aqua in it’s display
of a dance lit with comets and stars;
The pleasure of its vision is ours,
welcome to the Immortal Ballet;

 Ever changing perfect interlude,
celestial splatter changes fast;
Flying on pointe supernova blast 
as we chase that je t’aime attitude....

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Tired dreams weigh on fairy wings,
the pixie dust needs a recharge;
Sparkles stir and mix solitarily 
a spell woven with imagination;

The pixie dust needs a recharge,
magic gains strength in times of calm;
No longer weary the power grows;

Sparkles stir and mix solitarily 
letting everything heavy go; 
She floats as she flies on pointe;

A spell woven with imagination 
her head in her hands a feather;
Simply said ‘There is no impossible.’...

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