"Dance" 2008
Thread
In December 2008
fifteen haiku poets from seven countries wrote sixty-two haiku
for the Sketchbook "dance" 2008 haiku thread.
Specific dances named in these poems included the golden
anniversary waltz, tango, ballroom dancing, salsa, waltz, rumba,
celestial dance, belly-dancing, rag, shadow dance, reggae,
skater's waltz, hip-hop, zouk dancing, gipsy dance, disco, zorba,
Viennese Waltz, Danube Valse, Boogie Woogie, parang dancing,
shag, dance recital. Such a colorful variety of motion and
sound.
Here are some
commendable haiku from the thread:
two old lovers
renewing their vows:
Viennese waltz
# 47. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
skaters' waltz
spectators
stamp their feet
# 28. Bill Kenney, US
golden
anniversary
once the jitterbug
now a slow waltz
# 01. Catherine J. S. Lee, US
Whirling waters
at the Iron Gate—
the Danube Valse
# 50. Vasile Moldovan, RO
first dance
recital
the littlest sunflower
twirls twirls twirls
# 59. Catherine J. S. Lee, US
In blue suits and
ties
They are elegant and polite—
Ballroom dancers
# 07. Jan Oskar Hansen PT
Dance in the
village—
Under the careless soles
A little daisy
# 10. Puiu Marinescu, RO
beach memories—
now a new generation
dances the shag
# 58. Catherine J. S. Lee, US
masked revelers
parading in the streets...
girls belly-dancing
# 23. Keith A. Simmonds, TT
Resurrection Day—
even the old people
dancing, dancing
# 48. Vasile Moldovan, RO
A Christmas
treat—
old folks never forget
how to dance
# 56. Gillena Cox, TT
ruins of a
castle—
in a dance hall
the wind whirls
# 55. Iga Gala Miemus, PL
crickets concert
a fan shadow dancing
on the floor
# 26. Jacek Margolak, PL
fanning wings
a bird of paradise
finds his mate
# 45. Barbara A Taylor, AU
