DANCE STEPS by Teslim Omipidan
Her hips swayed rhythmically to the tempo of the mystical Bàtá beaten with the hands of antiquity at the village square. Elders nodded in accordance, onlookers cheered in glee while...
MUSIC by Joshua Levites
When the music plays We all shall feel it's sexiness. All heads jiggling in rhythmic play, Legs trembling in fine pattern The tintinnabulation of bells shall marry the strings. Melodies...
DANCERS
[caption id="attachment_9075" align="aligncenter" width="362"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dancers][/caption]Rhythm from drums come calling out of earshot Stomping feet heard from faraway Singers humming tunes from the heaviest of hearts Tunes not strong...
THE DANCER
[caption id="attachment_5506" align="aligncenter" width="305"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Dancer][/caption]She dances like one possessed; Somebody should hold her. She dances, Causing ripples in the dust, Stirring up the ghosts of her past; Somebody...
MUSIC (Man’s Unique Skills In Creation)
[caption id="attachment_4594" align="aligncenter" width="372"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Music][/caption] I love it more than food, it is my best nutrition It nourishes my thoughts and flourishes my meditation It whispers to my soul with...
A POEM TO POETS
[caption id="attachment_4070" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Poem To Poets][/caption]Let the spirits get blinded by passion, And let the debris of crushed imaginations Kiss valediction not again. I think of my...
WHITE MASQUERADES
[caption id="attachment_2163" align="aligncenter" width="339"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [White Masquerades][/caption]Brown earth, red ropes, Tongues rolling, white robes, Heavenly voices, Hands joined, chants, cries, Confusion. Ara orun ti t'ajo de** No sticks, no canes,...
AZONTO (the African dance)
[caption id="attachment_1813" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Azonto][/caption]Azonto... Azonto... That's what you dance with your toe And you do it, moving fro and to With your back bent like a bow, As...