Poetry Friday

I thought I would continue the dance theme of this week and share a dance poem. If you missed my Dancing to 12 songs in 12 Locations, see it here!
I do love to dance, and so do kids. I remembered writing a dance poem a few years back, so I reached into my archives (my used spiral notebooks) until I found this one. (And yes, we really do have a family dance party occasionally!).

Poetry Roundup is at allegro today!

FAMILY SECRET

On a rainy day
With nothing to do,
My mom and dad-
They tried something new.

Dad turned on some tunes.
Turned it up a mile.
Mom wiggled her hips
With an impish smile.

She grabbed my hand
And gave me a twirl.
Then Dad swung around
Our baby girl.

We crumped, we bumped.
We danced the slide.
We popped and locked,
Swayed side to side.

It’s such a blast!
We dance every week.
But I close the curtains,
So my friends can’t peek!

-----Kelly Polark

NaPiBoWriWee
Today is the first day of National Picture Book Writing Week (NaPiBoWriWee)! I am participating even with the already busy week ahead of me.
The basic rules? Write 7 complete and separate picture books in one week. Each picture book must have a clear beginning, middle, and end. There is no required minimum word count because picture book lengths can vary from 50 words to 2000 words, depending on the genre. Do you want to do this with me? Register now with http://paulayoo.com/blog. Post your progress on your site each day.
I have nine ideas so will just start writing (revisions will come later)! Wish me luck!

Dance Kelly Dance!

Several weeks ago I posted about Ely Kim and his 100 songs in 100 locations. Here he is again.
BOOMBOX from Ely Kim on Vimeo. I love music and I love dancing, so I thought it would be so fun to emulate Ely and do my own dance compilation.
So I did! Really! Over the last six weeks, I had several of my family members film me in different locations. At times, I just danced and had fun. Other times I felt self conscious and thought, “Why the H am I doing this?” I’m sure some of my family also thought, “Why the H is she doing this?” But I did it. Embarrassing at times, just letting loose at times, silly at times. It’s done, and here it is. Thank you to my cinematographers (my husband, 9 year old son, 6 year old daughter, mother in law, hubby’s aunt, and my dad all filmed parts of this!), and thanks to Ely for making me dance!

KELLY DANCES TO 12 SONGS IN 12 LOCATIONS


NOTES
1. Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-Lot
I think I dance slightly better than the Burger King dude in the commercials….
2. Rock Your Body by Justin Timberlake
I’m no JT, that guy can dance!
3. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) by Beyonce
This was actually choreographed by my hubby’s cousin, Anna. This is filmed in her dance studio. She was captain of the University of Iowa Dance Team last year. She is an AMAZING dancer. Me, not so much.
4. Freedom by George Michael
That’s my son J-Man in the goggles. That’s the mother of three in the polka dot tankini.
5. Somebody Told Me by the Killers
I was trying to dance like Ely in this one. Isn’t the forest preserve behind me beautiful?
6. Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani
OK-Go’s treadmill video gave me the idea for this one!
7. Fergilicious by Fergie
What? This isn’t the moves to the Rain Dance?
8. The Reflex by Duran Duran
I SO love Duran Duran! Can you tell my six year old filmed this one?
9. Kiss by Prince
Yes, this was first thing in the morning. Me, no makeup, very tired.
10. Tainted Love by Soft Cell
Didn’t you dance on Easter Sunday?
11. Disturbia by Rihanna
This was filmed in the foyer of my house, can you see lil JD on the stairs?
12. Super Freak by Rick James
My dad’s neighbors stopped to watch this one. Very embarrassing! If you didn’t see Little Miss Sunshine, you probably think I’m nuts. Oh, wait. If you just viewed this video, you already think I’m nuts.