THE DANCE
For The Smooth Challenge
Step, step, step, step,
close.
Slowly move
to the music.
Real or
imagined.
Sensual.
Sweet.
Smiles.
Moving to music
step,
slide,
glide.
Body matching
the tempo
elegant graceful
learned as a child.
Later, under stars
and in ballrooms,
dancing the
Waltz,
Tango,
Foxtrot.
and Viennese Waltz.
Perfect posture.
In open and closed positions
elegantly gracefully
dance traveling
across the floor,
creatively fluid
romantic
smooth movements
of the dance.
About the Creator
Babs Iverson
Barbara J Iversen, also known as Babs Iverson, lives in Texas and loves her grandkids to the moon and back. After writing one story, she found that writing has many benefits especially during a pandemic and a Texas-size Arctic Blast.
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Comments (49)
Great 😊love it so much and the photo hah 🥰❤️💜💓💞💃🕺
Wow, this is awesome, so cheerful!
Great job! Keep up the fantastic work—congratulations!
Beautiful sentiment!
Awesome
My feet can’t help but to try to move to this! Thanks for sharing and best of luck in the challenge Babs! Congrats!! 🩵🎊
you make me feel like dancing, oh yeah, nice one my friend 😊😊
beautiful smiles definely for more beautiful moves.the smiles dances on their lips despite the glue. keep related
Love this! such a great take on the smooth challenge! Great work Babs and congrats on Top Story!
Oh wow! You perfectly captured the gracefulness of dance in words. You can actually feel the movement while reading. Congratulations on the top story! 💛
'b' ~ Excuse me young-lady ~ Any room left on your - Dance Card? - 'j'
Made me think of my first ever "slow" dance with a girl, in my peripubescent hormonal confusion, as "Unchained Melody" was played. I can still smell her perfume.
Congratulations on your Top Story, well deserved Bobs🙂
Congratulations on 🔝 story 💐. Keep writing well
Love the nostalgic feel this gives me! Congrats, Babs! Best of luck in the challenge. 💖
A lovely silver sliver of poetry
Simple, sweet, and vivid imagery; this one really resonated with me as a musician! Love it!
Lovely… despite my lack of dance talent… this certainly depicts Smooth vividly!
This is exquisite. It vividly captures the dance as if the reader is actively participating.
Brilliant! This is sweet and nostalgic. Reminds me when I was a kid and mum would always wanna dance with with me in the kitchen, but I’d get so embarrassed. ☺️ Thanks for sharing this entry. & also congrats on your top story Babs! Well done! 😃
Congratulations on your well-deserved top story!! Very smooth Babs!🎉💖😊💕
Back to smoothly say congratulations for your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
This is beautiful. It is exactly described as if the reader is involved in the dance.
Amazing piece, Babs! Fantastic job and congrats on top story!
This flows BEAUTIFULLY ❤️❤️