Barn Yard Dance



Barn Yard Dance©2003

Everyone who still has breath
Young in spirit poor in health
Member of the human race
You’re invited take your place

Through the hoop jump and prance
Never ever stop your dance
Shake the planet rock your head
Stop for rest and you drop dead

Never mind the glaring eyes
Each day one good dance – no lies
Speak your truth in pas-de-deux
That’s the message that’s the way

Work for honor not for fame
Lose your soul not to this game
Roll your waist and hoot at age
In this lingering pilgrimage

Heed the music taunt the night
Charge each day with wild delight
Jeer at death and relish life
Hug your children love your wife

About this poem

Celebrating life like a dance performed in a barn yard when everyone joins in and take turns to join in a rural celebration of life...

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Submitted by ti.min on November 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A XXBB AACC DDXX EEXX FFGG
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 653
Words 126
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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