Ballet Dancer Poem by Neethu Prasanna

Ballet Dancer

Rating: 4.9


She starts gently tapping on the floor and then romps,
With one hand spread and other near to chest, she stomps;

Stage light follows her as she glissades below,
As a shooting star which leaves behind the glow;

Her skirt appears to be a turning disc as she twirls and capers,
And when she pauses to resume, as a sugar heap it tapers;

As a pappus, she for a while rises and floats in the air,
Alights too as slowly as the same, oh what a flair!

She with her toe so elegantly executes pirouette,
Only other which will do this is a spin top and her silhouette!

The entrechats surprise me and are enchanting,
As I count the leg crosses, eyes seem scanting

In that step, as butterfly wings, her legs flutter
I am here stupefied with no word to utter

As the prettiest angel that I can ween,
As the nearest iceberg that I have seen;

Sometimes she flies, sometimes she glides
Giving reasons for her, in my mind, to abide...

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I happened to see a ballet performance in youtube and that really motivated me. Those who haven't watched ballet yet, please watch Best ballet entrechats and best ballet pirouettes in youtube. I want to promote this wonderful dance form more than my poem.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Geethu P 18 September 2013

Hey Neethu, Great Lines...Appreciated your effort. Thanks for this kind of poems..

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Geethu P 18 September 2013

Hey Neethu, Great lines. Appreciated. Thanks for this kind of Poems

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Bharathy R 18 September 2013

Neethu...Quite touching one..Thanks

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Lakshmi J Nair 18 September 2013

I Loved this one.... It was written so nicely, i could completely picture it all

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Bharathy R 18 September 2013

Neethu...Quite touching lines...

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Patricia Grantham 13 October 2013

A beautiful poem about the ballet dancer. You described the moves so very eloquently and smoothly. Nice rhythm and rhymes. Much adored.

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Poet's Fan 19 September 2013

you have picturised the ballet dancer so beautifully and immortalised the dancer in your poetic composition, , it is difficult to separate the dancer from dance and poetry from poet/ here poetess :)

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Jack Crawford 18 September 2013

Feels like I’m there! This as well as other poems by Neethu, paints a vivid picture of the experience. While never having attended a live ballet performance, I feel like I’ve been to one now. Can’t wait for your next poem, keep the great poems coming.

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Jack Crawford 18 September 2013

Feels like I’m there! This as well as other poems by Neethu, paints a vivid picture of the experience. While never having attended a live ballet performance, I feel like I’ve been to one now. Can’t wait for your next poem, keep the great poems coming.

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Ravi Kumar 18 September 2013

Can anyone else describe a ballet dancer in such a rhythmic way! ! This is pure skill.

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