The Dance

Birds in the trees
flowers and honey bees
Cloud painted skies
feelin’ sun-dappled highs
After sundown
earth wears a moonlight gown
Life takes a chance
continuing the dance

Original illustration created 12 June 2019, by D. Denise Dianaty

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I am impressed with how you changed the artwork to add your poem to it. I love how your version of the artwork takes into account that your poem starts out in sunshine & ends in moonlight. Very well done. Strong rhyming & imagery -- show instead of tell. I think "moonlight" would sound better as "moonlit" that's the only bump for me (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. And, as I explained to Lyn Anderson below, I specifically chose "moonlight" because the intent was that earth wears moonlight itself as a dancing gown. "Moonlit" would have changed to the meaning to earth wearing a gown lit by the moon, rather than wearing the moonlight.

[barleygirl]

Makes perfect sense!

[Paul Bell]

Sort of looking out to gale force winds and rain.
But your words are doing it for me now.

[MomzillaNC]

I’m glad I could lift your perspective. Thanks.

[H.W.]

It is a little love poem to life! This is a sweet poem, very uplifting!

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you!

[Lyn Anderson]

It's got a nice flow and rhythm to it. Elegant and simple. I might try moonlit as opposed to moonlight, but either way it's a nice verse

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

I chose “moonlight” because I intended it to read that the earth wears the moonlight as a gown. If I’d chosen “moonlit,” it would have read that the earth wears a gown that is lit by the moon. :D

[Lyn Anderson]

T'is often thus.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Life is a dance that goes on 24/7.
A truly sweet little poem.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks so much, Dale!