Archive 04/24/10

 

   

Embraced

                                                                  

Across the United States, this last Saturday in April,

National Dance Week

Is being celebrated by those who've been embraced

In Terpsichore's spirited passion

For soaring free, with gravityless euphoria,

Exploring space opening beneath their restless feet,

Seeking to catch a fleeting glimpse of eternity

Or at least a sensation of earthly perfectibility —

Precious seconds' worth of breathless ecstasy —

 

Gratifying their athletic obsessions

For balletic, jazz, tap, modern, and ethnic dance,

Adhering to the classic forms or reinventing them.

And who, merely spectating, would ever guess

That to possess just one of those stolen moments

Requires thousands of practice sessions,

Thousands of missteps, thousands of aches,

Thousands of setbacks, heartbreaks,

To make it all look unpracticed, graceful, painless?

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                               

 

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