Rhyme Dance Poems

Dancing lesson number one:
don't step on her foot or shoe
when you're out having fun
in a sport that's best for two.

When two and two double up,
I...

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Black umbrella full of blue rain
Disenchanted fella jilted Bella
Red heavy hearts full of pink pain
Not going to be together no forever

Is it better to have...

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When I first saw it sitting there,
it was a sad and lonely square.
A circle rolled up high to make a moon,
and a triangle played a...

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Through my years of defiance 
And lust for reliance 
I bid the underlying truth within the words
'help me'
For whatever shall come of my untimely ...

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Soft and mellow shadows dance across the ceiling.
The feeling of the midnight whispers of love.
A smooth rhythm of our hearts creates a marvelous feeling.
A wonderful...

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The old Grim Reaper, everlasting gate keeper
Lies waiting like a cannibal ‘round the bend,
For every kind of soul turning this life frigid cold 
On the...

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I fight sleep like Muhammad Ali
As melodic moon gently glows
Rather dance than chance sleepwalking 
Music on the radio inspires tapping toes

Somehow my muse has been...

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Umbrellas in step with dapper canes.
An etching of skates on ballroom ice.
Swan lake where a notable prince reigns.
Sliding gracefully, slippery, nice.

Whirling, twirling, Wintery engaging.
Bronze sculptures,...

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These are modern English translations of love poems by Geoffrey Chaucer. These are poems of love, longing, passion and desire.

To Rosemounde: A Ballade
by Geoffrey Chaucer
translation...

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We once danced like the glowing Lampyridae
Bathing in the molten heat of a new fire

While walking hand in hand 
Down loves panoramic highways

Flames of belonging...

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Dance with me!
Oh, dance my dear!
Twirl in time,
Now there, now here.
The music sweeps us both away.
Play, musicians! Play!

Dance with me!
The night is new.
I’ve waited long...

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You’re the last in the list of the lost and withdrawn
Once you reveled with friends, now you’re drinking alone 
Still you can think and dance,...

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In a bit of a funk 
I sat down and thunk
Of a means to elicit a smile,
‘Til the old thinking cap 
Sent a flash that...

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In the maze of commerce, a tale unfolds,
A deal both juicy and complex, as the story is told.
A buyer steps forth, with hope and trepidation,
Wondering...

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