Potry Poem by John deVries

Potry



With clear cool glance and constant eye-contact
We danced insanely long that cool Fall night

Others compared her to a wraith, flickering ghost-like
Through the thicket of the limbs of others, moving
Not unlike the branches of a wind-tossed tree

Where am I in all of this? Working up a sweat as usual
Dancing my soles out, dancing my soul out,
In contact, not an ordinary flirtation

Not that I was free, nor was she
As we danced in the darkening gloom,
Beset by toga-clad revelers

My heart cries, whether unworthy or not
To find someone who will gavotte
Frolicsome, and then forget-me-not....

Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: dancing
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Oh dear, dancing again. At what we of the 'Lucy' hot-air balloon chase crew called the 'Albuturkey International B'loon Fiasco', which starts the Saturday of the first full week of October every year. The guy in the 'toga', my best friend for years, was actually wearing white parachute cloth that he hadn't gotten fitted very well. There is nothing quite like seeing perhaps 100 hot air balloons fly off in a wave off of the park... and then another wave once the spaces were cleared for equipment set-up. Supposedly, one year we had 600 balloons with their owners... A good reason for a great, big warm party on a cool night.
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