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POEM STARTER
Write a poem about someone dancing, that portrays the movements and atmosphere of their dance.
It doesn't necessarily have to be fluid and elegant dance; they could be portraying something else with their movements. You could focus on any aspect that is rich in description and can be reflected in your writing style.
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The tambourine rattles to the rattling of her body
They move like pulsing, electric thrums
In time, in tone, the serpant, she embodies
Feet leap at the first beat of the drum
Now the tempo quickens, all the audience enraptured, ensnared as the watch, as they listen and anticipate the next hand position
Feel in the floor the new thundering pace as it races and it chases and yet somehow sti...
I move as gracefully as I can, trying to hold myself together. My arms gently spreading to the side as I delicately point my toes, the suns slowly setting as if trying to keep the moment alive through her warmth, holding herself between our two worlds. The stars are shyly appearing and illuminating the sky joyfully, but tears are running down my face as I slowly turn and leap, the dance is perfect...
Hint hint
God
Is it not fucking obvious
I said I wish
I wish
I had the will to live
Never said I did
Cough cough
Fucks sake
Is it not bloody obvious
I drawled what a SHAME
Never said it
Never promised it
Cause death is welcoming
Laugh laugh
Cause aren’t I so funny
Aren’t I so funny
When I claim I want to die
Claim
Claim
Yeah that’s really funny
Cause you see, I wasn’t claiming
I was promising...
The pub music came on
And a cheer from the bar rung
As the waiters took the hands of drunken men.
Yes they danced on table tops
Even when the music stopped
Lively songs were sang by a slurring group of ten.
Some were as indecent as can be
And other were charmingly sweet
But regardless people danced with hand to hand.
The men spun the pretty gals
And swayed hips with long lost pals
In the end t...
We’re dancing on a blade!
Oh, the hell we’ve made!
So join the masquerade!
And live with these mistakes!
Place your feet on the edge, you see?
Then you spin around in your sin, like me!
When the red comes out and the speakers bleed,
You can take off that mask, so you’ll be unseen.
Please?
Jump up and down if it doesn’t hurt,
Hurt is the way you know it’s working,
Work on your steps - just a t...
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