The bass is so strong
You feel it in your stomach
Boom, boom, boom
The guitar rings out
A melody so sweet
Wah, wah, wah
The words like a poem
Echo through your head
“…free my soul…”
And you take me in your arms
My heart syncs with yours
Beat, beat, beat
For Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – beat
She was awkward
Could trip up the stairs
Always dropped things
Everyone just knew it
She was the clumsy one
Then she found her love –
Dance
She began a class
She practiced all the time
And in no time
Had a bit of grace to her
The night of her first performance
She was so nervous
She was shaking and afraid
But when the time came
She was a vision on stage
Every leap and twirl a beautiful moment
…
She still trips up the stairs
And can drop a million things a day
But give her some music and floor space
And she is ungainly no more
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – ungainly
Choreographers
Bob Fosse – “Choreography is writing on your feet.”
Alvin Ailey – “No matter what you write or choreography, you feel it is not enough”
Twyla Tharp – “I see dance as glue for a community.”
Martha Graham – “Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.”
Dancers
Mikhail Baryshnikov – “I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.”
Isadora Duncan – “The dancers body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.”
For Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – choreography
Like poetry in motion
They glide across the floor
Making the dance look like
Two people floating on air
Top hat and tails
And a beautiful ball gown
They are in classic style
I can only ever dream of
The talent that they had
No one can compare
Fred and Ginger will always be
The best
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – glide https://fivedotoh.com/2020/06/18/fowc-with-fandango-glide/
With a twist of the dial
The station comes in
And I begin to sway
Music swirls around me
As I turn up the radio
Dancing through my head
It erases my troubles
So I can find peace within
In spite of my pain today
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – twist https://fivedotoh.com/2020/06/10/fowc-with-fandango-twist/
I don’t want to twist and shout
Or do the hustle
No tango or a waltz either
All I want is to sway in your arms
Letting our bodies move to the music
Slow and easy
Your breath on my neck
My head rested on your chest
Feeling it rise and fall
This is where I feel most at home
With you in the moment
The world melting away
As we dance in the moonlight
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – hustle
The instrumental music swells
Notes surging through my veins
The rhythm beats with my heart
As the melody triggers memories…
Days long past
When we would dance
Your arms around my waist
Tender moments locked inside
Each and every chord
Laughter and happiness
As you’d twirl me across the floor
My hand in yours
True love connecting us
In a symphony of joy
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (FOWC) – instrumental
Take me out on the floor
Twirl me around the room
Let our hearts beat to the music
Set our spirits free
Find our youthful energy again
Held tight in your arms
Let the music wash over us
As you dance me into the dawn
Written for Fandango’s One-Word Challenge – floor
The notes play out
Triggering my memories
The melody evokes
Your image in my mind
We always said
We would dance to this song
But life had other plans
And miles separated us
Before the dance could begin
the music blasted out of the speakers
the dance floor was packed shoulder to shoulder
many bodies that would undulate to the rhythm
creating a sea like motion over the space
lights flashed and the smells of sweat and alcohol mixed
Saturday night energy pulsed through the crowd
people wanting to find a release
a connection
a moment of escape
temporarily lost in the music
in a world of fantasy…
Leigha Robbins 