Ballroom
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She is in beautiful sparkling dress;
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he wears a dazzling designer suit
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They sway and waltz as though Siamese twins
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that refuse to be separated
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Then they move on to fox trot, quick step
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and Latin American dances
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like rumba and tango; oh that tango
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They bend in unison, touch cheeks for one
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brief second, then instantly turn their heads
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in opposite directions in exact tempo
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of the dance tune and stacato moves
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A painter projects his art onto
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still silent and dead canvas
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Ballroom dancers are artist with
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no canvas, in fleeting dynamic art
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A nice image. May I suggest "like" in place of "as though" in line 3.
sg
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Thank you, sg. Good suggestion = Ben
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This could move into an even greater category of brilliant visual if you would give the poem flow and beat as the music it describes! Poetic form is not outdated, it gives a poem its dance and beat.
JLang
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Lines 12/13: true enough however, an artist working with video camera could capture the motion sufficiently to record the dance for all time.
But then it would cease to be dynamic as in fleeting (line 15). rap
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JLang, flow and beat for this type of poem is an excellent idea. Rap, your comment is interesting, reminding me of Degas and how he captured the dancers on canvas = Ben
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closed feb 14