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These were created in response to the CPC Wonderful Wednesday poetry challenge theme of what about 2013 has, is, or could make you dance.

BLUES VS. RHYTHM

As twenty-thirteen began,
I was a sad and morose man.
Many things weren’t going right.
The future was not looking bright.

Then Bettie’s challenge stirred my toes,
and quickly my low spirits rose.
Feet were tapping, rhythm grabbed me,
when these YouTube dance tunes nabbed me.

Fred Astaire in salty limelight
showed what made him a delight.
Fosse’s choreography’s new touch
Fervently moved me very much.

But perhaps the most sublime
was music from my own teen time.
Beach Boys’ magic, “Dance Dance Dance”
still stirs my soul to joyous trance.

And so from doldrums I break free.
Suddenly a new me I see.
From stooped I take a bolder stance:
“Do ya do ya do ya do ya wanna dance?”

Copyright January 15th 2013 RGD