Entranced The dancer leans into the music one arm raised high the other gathering her skirts at the hip. Her head thrown back her feet beat a staccato rhythm on the floor. Her shadow rises, enormous, on the white wall behind her. Like a sorceress she pulls the audience into her spell. Under her shadow the musicians bend over their instruments intent on the performance unwilling to risk looking up into her fatal gaze. Mary McCarthy Mary McCarthy has always been a writer, but spent most of her working life as a Registered Nurse. She has had many publications in journals, including Earth's Daughters, Caketrain, and The Evening Street Review, among others. She has only recently discovered the vibrant poetry communities on the internet, where there is so much to explore and enjoy. This poem was written as part of the ekphrastic 20 Poem Challenge.
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