The poems in Bodies in Motion, the seventh collection of poems by
Joseph Mills, offers a look at our relationship to dance, from childhood
through adulthood, "To consider life as a dance is to hope / that there
is a choreographer who has / some sort of vision, and an audience / who
appreciates the effort." According to Nebraska State Poet Laureate Matt
Mason, "Bodies in Motion is connected by poems about dance but
artfully twirls between characters doing the funky chicken in the
kitchen to dancing The Nutcracker on stage to a gym packed with
shuffling adolescents. It steps back and forth in time with the
movements of black holes in the universe, George Washington, Charles
Dickens, wedding receptions, parents and their families, dance classes,
Hollywood musicals, and more. Regardless of how many left feet you may
have, you'll enjoy the show."