Sunday, May 26, 2013

Hottest Dance Ever

The The Original Silhouettes are a dance group from Denver, Colorado. The group is best known for performing on the sixth season of America's Got Talent.[1] The 42 members of the Silhouettes range from 4–18 year olds.[2] The group was named runner-up in the competition.
The The Silhouettes were created in March 2009 by Lynne Waggoner-Patton. The group was created using dancers from Rocky Mountain School Of Dance & Performing Arts located in Arvada, Colorado. Lynne Waggoner-Patton was asked to create and choreograph a show using her dancers shadows and photographs and The Rocky Mountain Silhouettes were born!


Put your trust and faith in me

What do you want from life he said 
why are you not happy 
I paused a while and then replied 
as I wiped away tears flooding my eyes. 

My kids have degrees, they should feel at ease, 
be able to walk into jobs 
I watch the news and sob  
men battling machines bought to their knees. 

Stones against bullets and tanks 
these men don't stand a chance 
what do you do when you're sure 
god has given up on you. 

When you see no plan of action 
God is a great distraction 
he'll help you on your way 
all you need is faith. 

In unity we will be free 
pray to me I'll set you free 
believe in me I'll be your strength 
put your trust and faith in me.  

I am the way said the Lord 
I'll lead you to salvations door. 

The Soul

Does a gasp grab the first available one? 
Floating there in front of the nostril! 
Matters not whether a girl or a son 
Lucky intervention or preordained will 

Millennia of accidents lead to the formulation of the molecule 
Able to re-create such a complex being 
The beating begins long before the initial breath inhaled 
Yet the essence of life is not ringing 
  
Self serving actions brought with forethought 
Developed only after years responding to reflex 
Charges across the synaptic spaces so taut 
That decisions are unrecognized and complex 

From the already entwined DNA strands 
Atoms tied together with packets of energy 
To a being of lungs, feet, heart and hands 
Ultimately defined by a birthing synergy 

What do we call this intangible gasp? 
Why do we need one for life? 
And when no more over our lips it will pass 
To float with the others at the end of our strife 

Questioning if there is a soul? 
Then surely this it must be 
A whisper filling a molecular hole 
Exhaled to rejoin the ethereal sea! 

Democracy

Democracy will not come
Today, this year
Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.

I have as much right
As the other fellow has
To stand
On my two feet
And own the land.

I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

Freedom
Is a strong seed
Planted
In a great need.

I live here, too.
I want freedom
Just as you. 

Poetry

The rhythm in the words 
Like singing birds 
Poetry is the thing 
Makes all the birds sing 

Writing the feelings 
Rhyming the things 
Words for all 
Words big and small 

Poems about love and hatred 
Poems that are sacred 
Poems about depression and joy 
Poems about a girl and a boy 
  
Getting a message out 
Know what it's all about 
Poetry is the way 
You can have anything to say 


by Ilsebeth Brand

Bound No’th Blues

Goin’ down the road, Lawd,
Goin’ down the road.
Down the road, Lawd,
Way,way down the road.
Got to find somebody
To help me carry this load.

Road’s in front o’ me,
Nothin’ to do but walk.
Road’s in front of me,
Walk…an’ walk…an’ walk.
I’d like to meet a good friend
To come along an’ talk.

Hates to be lonely,
Lawd, I hates to be sad.
Says I hates to be lonely,
Hates to be lonely an’ sad,
But ever friend you finds seems
Like they try to do you bad.

Road, road, road, O!
Road, road…road…road, road!
Road, road, road, O!
On the no’thern road.
These Mississippi towns ain’t
Fit fer a hoppin’ toad. 

Nobody Needs Know

Go easy, this was my first poem ever haha x

I’m in a crowd screaming,
Nobody hears me.
I’m in a crowd crying,
Nobody sights me.
I’m falling apart,
A pain in my heart,
Managing no more than to play a part.
The part of the happy girl,
Not a care in the world.
All smiles and laughs,
Neither of which in private I have.
I hide behind a wall,
Nobody needs know, nobody at all.

by Megan Haste