The Dance Themes

"The Dance" is one big celebration of the arts—for real. We've got a poem inspired by a painting of a bunch of people dancing, and that's at least three different branches of art all rolled up in...

Sheer joy—how often do you get to read a poem about that? (Okay, we're not counting something written in a greeting card.) "The Dance" is one of those rare pieces that celebrates the reality of h...

Both "The Dance" and the painting it's inspired by are a celebration of common people. And what a celebration it is, what with the beer flowin' and the butts wigglin'. We peek into a particularly h...