Do a little dance for me
Yes, I can dance, the way a bear dances –
but not a hot plate under the feet dance,
not a goaded uncomprehending dance,
not a dance to rouse peasants’ laughter,
but rather a real honey-dripping, trout-tickling,
harrumphing happy fat-bellied roar of a dance.
Spring’s arriving and I shake the sleep
from my eyes, my joints, my limbs and brain,
step naked from the cave and let the wind
and spring sunlight sigh into my hair,
give one great breathy stretch and yawn and then –
like the buttoned up shaman letting loose,
or like the loose-haired librarian after hours –
I’ll start to dance with little rhythm but great joy,
the way a bear might dance, when no one sees.
- Andrea Porter & Heather Taylor
- Brandon Krieg & T Zachary Cotler
- Caleb Klaces & Joe Dunthorne
- Claire Crowther & Chris McCabe
- David Hart & David Hawkins
- David Herd & Sarah Vap*
- David Tait & Kay Syrad
- Eleni Sikelianos & Cliff Yates*
- Fergus Allen & Stephanie Bolster
- Geoff Sawers & Peter Blegvad
- Helen Mort & Charles Johnson
- Jared Stanley & Siddhartha Bose*
- Jennifer Wainwright & Loveday Why
- Katrina Naomi & Sue Wood
- Kirsty Logan & George Ttoouli
- Luke Kennard & Richard Price
- Mary Crockett Hill & Catherine Blauvelt*
- Milorad Krystanovich & Suzanne Batty
- Rebecca Farmer & Jane Griffiths
- Robert Selby & Catherine Theis*
- Sarah Hymas & Jo Brandon
- Simon Smith & Ryan Murphy
- Tess Biddington & Adam Burbage
- Tim Atkins & Jeremy Over
- Tom Chivers & Emily Berry
- Valerie Witte & Aidan Semmens
- Zoƫ Brigley & Meredith Andrea



