Short Tap Dance Poems

raindrops tap dancing
to a falling melody
thunderous applause...

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thunder drums loudly
the black angels all tap dance
God is really mad...

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its  art
do it on acart
it
don't rot  dance a lot
you  rap and sap
you alone prance
TAP DANCE...

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storm 
branches 
sway smiling 
yellow leaves tap dance  
mosaic sky glows 
light wind upon barks 
wet eyes 
gliding   
hope  
...

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debonair with tails and top hat — his ritzy shoes in frenzied tap dance

12/17/2018

Silent Ones Entertainment Poetry Contest...

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stampeding fillies
tap dance trio struts its stuff 
hoofing it on stage


written December 29, 2016
for Troika contest by John lawless...

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Tippity tappity tip
tap tip
Tapping the toes
with a flip of the
hip
Pause for some water
– take a big sip
Then pump up the
volume and really
let rip...

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they come you know
the getto
out to open a door
some or very poor
they could dance
put you in  trance
the way the prance
for show some wore a wig
THE TAP DANCE KID...

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its  a move
thats a real grove
its still around
the tap dance sounds
tip tap an d rap
its a lap
in how they tap
some dO IT for change 
in a can
the
TAP DANCE...

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there's was a time
i dance for dime
and also did a shoe shine
and sing a line
they did the tap dance kid
lot change was in the rack
for the
TAP DANCE BOOT BLACK...

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i can  make them land
up and down
like a street clown
i do it with a beat
i got ryme in my feet
am gifted with these tools
do it with the blues
me and
MY TAP DANCE SHOES...

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Buttery notes melt; run across strings of nylon; a song is born.
Staccato tap dance; leaping tones, echo each heel and toe tap.
The beauty of a classical guitar song, rides the air....

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some was born
there world was torn
to eat hit the street
to dance was there beat
card was stack
to ease the pain
they tap for change
so the kids prance
BLACK KIDS AND TAP
DANCE...

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Crisp metamorphosis of color
Tempestuous leaves tap dance on
Tangled wind's insouciance
Wayward sun's scarlet wink
Feckless orange flirts
Fey cinnamon
Coyly bold
Feisty
Fall.

8/23/19...

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Fluffy fluffy sheep sheep
Hoppy hoppy goat goat
Fluffy fluffy hoppy hoppy 
Let's go rent a boat boat.

Sheepy sheepy laugh laugh
Goaty goaty tap dance
Sheepy sheepy goaty goaty
Giving me a lap dance....

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Jumping a rope as a child
Jiggling with tap dance session
Joyous spirit uplifts mood
Journaling the memories
Joking about you and life
Joining with positivism
Journey that lasts forever

















3-5-2017...

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A Golden Girl, Ms. Betty White, one day shall meet
Your life measured in memories that were sweet
May you tap dance to the rhythm of the beat
As you were always amusingly funny on your feet

1/10/2022


Betty White Jan. 17, 1922-Dec. 31, 2021

A Celebrity Epitaph Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Michelle Faulkner...

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I'll just step
very softly,
tip toe,
on this blank page.
My inner critic?
fast asleep!
Perhaps
I'll tap dance,
lightly,
while he snores.
For freedom
has a jazz band beat
...soon twirling dizzily...
Shhh!
The prison guard stirs.

9/27/2019

Yalto Poems Only Contest
Emile Pinet, Sponsor


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Why am I drawn
to this scowling girl
selling her poems
in a Shinjuku underpass?

Every Tuesday she is here,
next to a Nikon ad,
threatening commuters
with her cyclostyled angst.

Busy people keep up
with the times,
do a tap dance
on their smartphones.

Only drunks buy poetry.
Grubbing for their last,
sweaty coins, they
mock her with every purchase....

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The joyous song and dance man

--- deceased and buried in the 1980s ---

suddenly now on the tv screen

in one of his old movies,

tripping "the light fantastic"

across the tap dance limelight stage.

Ars longo, vita brevis.*



A Latin translation of Hippocrates' aphorism from its original Greek, often translated as meaning "Art is long, life is short"....

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Grab the dark side by the waist
plant a kiss on its dead black lips
sow the light into the darkest soil
toss the halo and the horn
into the fiery pond of mind
when truth makes love to lie
set goals-come up just shy
intoxicate on the defeat
tap dance -flint heeled
on gasoline streets
breathe in the smoke 
of the death of hope
savor the dew drops 
of brief victory
then collapse...

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You better be a little rich,
If you choose to make a pitch.
By bus or car you make the trip,
You've trained yourself just not to slip.
The agents sit; a motley crew,
A few may even look at you.
To them it's just the same old hat,
To find some meat stuck in the fat.
The writer wonders what they think,
Is he good or does he stink?
Most go home with little done,
Was this pitch just done for fun?...

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The leaden gray blacking clouds 
Open up and drops me upon the earth. 
I fill the lakes and make the rivers run. 
I fall into the hustle and bustle of crowds
As they huddle under their umbrellas. 
My wet glistening drops tip-tap dance 
Quenching the thirst upon nature. 
I am cool as I fall on surfaces like rooftops. 
My rhythmic soothing sound 
Lulls even the savage beast to sleep.

3/23/2024
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tap dance temple dancers 
tease a mocha monkey
swinging from a tower
munching chips gets chunky

simian sisters see 
spunky the funky ape
chewing the ruby red
sweetest juiciest grape

roosters roosting singing
songs to a silent Somme 
hens roost on silver silk
poke-a-dot eggs neath mom

charmer the hooded snake
swings around crowds at night
pops from a basket brown
hemp woven strong and tight...

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The soul is here for its own joy. 
It floats somewhere behind my eyes.
Existing in breath and relationships 
It responds to and is created by
A Chopin Etude, Round Midnight, a fralich, 
Starry Night, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Guernica,
A pas de deux, a tap dance, Tango,
War, HaShoah, Covid,
The look in a dog's eyes,
Ruby Bridges, Nelson Mendela, grandchildren,
A partner’s embrace, 
Love, hate, acceptance, 
Old age, infirmity, and the end....

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