I want to write poems/
to her whom I danced with, but/
she’s knee-deep elsewhere
Tag Archives: dance
Fathoming A Butterfly-Sunflower Dance: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku
She couldn’t fathom/
the butterfly’s dance across/
the sunflower’s face.
Missing My Romance Chance: Romantic IMprov Rhyming Haiku
She, dressed in red, said: /
“Save me a dance!” I forgot,/
lost my romance chance.
Taking A Chance At Dance Romance: Romantic IMprov Limerick
She didn’t want to dance,
but the tamale took a chance.
Needing to wash her hair,
she met a burrito who didn’t care.
It was just a boogie, not romance.
Slow Dance Grasp: Romantic IMprov Rhyming Haiku
He wondered why he’d /
never had the chance to grasp/
her in a slow dance.
Sacrifice For Kids: Romantic IMprov Haiku
If I had my wheels,/
I would ask her to dance. The/
things we do for kids.
Beautiful Blue Bar Blonde, Alone: Romantic Email Free Verse
She sat in the middle-of-a-cornfield,
Up-on-the-Hill ,
Blues bar,
listening,
slow dancing,
sharing that loneliness drink,
(So much better
than drinking alone.)
One wondered how she,
blonde beauty,
could ever be left
weekend alone;
how her kind, caring
intelligence
and deep soul
would not draw someone
smart enough
to be kind and caring,
deeply,
always.
When he learned how she was,
he asked,
because she shouldn’t be
alone
as she was,
and he knew he
could change that
and her.
Because when she says she’s “sort of seeing someone”,
she’s admitting that she’s also kind of not.
Worth Break Dancing For: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
When you can have fun/
dancing, women say: “You’re worth/
breaking a sweat for.”
Should She Ask? It’s Simple Math: Revolutionary IMprov Prose
In person and in social media forums, many single women ask the question: “Is it okay for a woman to ask out a man, or ask a man for his phone number, or ask a man to dance?”
Assuming that social norms have changed enough to give women “equal rights” in dating, it boils down to a simple math issue of “if/then” equations.
The first equation is very complicated:
IF there are (say), 1000 [Or insert any number you wish] single dateable women (meaning my age range within 200 miles of my home), AND IF they are on Facebook (or some other place where I can “find” them, such as going to singles activities, dances, classes, parties, etc.),
THEN ASSUME I have enough time in a week to ask out 3 new women (which is EXTREMELY high) a week,
THEN I have the chance to ask out about 150 NEW WOMEN a year. AT THE MOST.
Result? These women have a 15% chance of me asking them out (or a 1.5 out of 10 chance).
Not very high.
If the numbers change (lets say, for example, there are 5000 eligible women, and I can only take out 2 new ones a week, which are probably closer to true numbers), then the results change dramatically (in this case, 100 women a year out of 5000 = 2% chance I will ask a particular woman out, or a .2 out of 10 chance.)
HOWEVER, the second equation is much simpler for both scenarios (for me, and for most men, with some exceptions):
IF a woman asks me out,
THEN there is a 100% chance I will go out with her.
100%!
The same is true for asking for phone numbers or email. Ask, and ye shall receive!
The same is roughly true at a singles dance.
Women ask: “Should I ask a man to dance?”
For the answer, here’s my logic:
At a normal dance for people my age, there are 100 single women.
Each dance song is (roughly) 4 minutes long.
That means there are about 15 songs an hour.
Each dance lasts (roughly) 3 hours.
That means there are about 45 potential songs we could dance to. Already, a woman has less than a 50/50 chance I will dance with her.
NOW ASSUME that I will skip dancing to some songs because I don’t like the song (Boot-scootin’ Boogie, The Lion Sleeps Tonight), or I want some water (I dance hard!). Also assume that, during line dances (Cupid Shuffle, Electric Slide, etc.), I will dance solo. The total number of songs I can dance to drops to about 35 dances.
THEN ASSUME that I will dance twice with the same woman for at least 25% of those songs (one fast, one slow), and you’re down to about 25 potential songs I can dance to with a unique partner.
That equals a 1 in 4 (25%) chance that I will dance with a particular woman at that event.
HOWEVER, if a woman asks me to dance, she will, 100% of the time, get a “yes” answer.
Do the math.
Then ask!
Saxman Redux: 9:30 p.m. Ft. Lauderdale Jazzman
As in N’ahlens, my/
Gator jazz/blues saxman will/
just live in mem’ry.
OR
Gator saxman plays ‘Misty’/
just in my mem’ry.