poetry in motion
noun/ˈpəʊɪtɹi ɪn ˈməʊʃən/UK/ˈpoʊətɹi ən ˈmoʊʃən/US
Etymology
The term appears in 19th-century works in a literal sense.
Definitions
Fluid, graceful movement.
- From the front of the hood to the tips of the tail lights [of the car], the lines, were poetry in motion.
A person or thing that moves in a particularly fluid, graceful way.
- Poetry in motion, walkin' by my side / Her lovely locomotion keeps my eyes open wide / Poetry in motion, see her gentle sway / A wave out on the ocean could never move that way
- It's poetry in motion / And now she's making love to me / The spheres are in commotion
- TEDDY: I know what I like! Take Miss Hastings, for example. She's poetry in motion. And her voice, like honey dripping off the comb. / HANNAH: Yeah, but can she shoot? / TEDDY: It doesn't matter. Real ladies don't need to shoot.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for poetry in motion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA