Short Waltz Around Poems

abstract masterpiece 
star-spangled strokes of color
waltz around heaven




				
Written Feb. 21st . 2016 for “Instant Telegram - Poetry Contest.”...

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When my bipolar gets me down,
I do not take a med.
Crank up a disc of Johann Strauss;	
that gets inside my head.

I have been known to dance and hum
and waltz around the room.
That gay and happy music helps
me push away the gloom....

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worlds collide
as whirlwinds
twirling churn 
in their incessant dance
galaxies waltz around while
unrehearsed a minuet of stars
bounce where winds may blow
meandering
gliding sliding 
on their elliptical courses
travel in stride
skating graceful



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on September 29, 2019

(2021 remake is called Cosmic Dance)...

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Listen to poem:

gliding sliding meandering
traveling in stride
skating graceful in mid air

worlds engage as whirlwinds
their twirling churn 
in their incessant dance

galaxies waltz around while
unrehearsed a minuet of stars
bounce where winds may blow



AP: 3rd place 2022

Submitted on May 1, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (MAY 3) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST 

Posted on April 23, 2021
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Here lies this weary body of mine,
My trip through life was brief;
The youth I had is long since passed,
For age is but a thief.
The hand that takes is swift and strong,
The hand that takes is cruel;
The battle is over but who has won,
Is there another rule?
We waltz around our numbered days,
With steps of measured beat;
But often the steps tend to fall,
If they cannot take the heat.
But in the nether parts of time,
I’ll rise again to sing my rhyme....

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