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Free Verse Propels Motion

Written in free verse, the poem uses an unmetered, flowing line to propel a single image: a dancer brandishing a red scarf in a sunlit summer. The open form allows sweeping rhythms, repeated imperatives, and cumulative phrases to build momentum and urgency without formal constraints. The structure mirrors the motion it describes, so the poem’s pace and syntax create a sense of exuberant movement and communal reaching toward the world’s heart.