Meaning of poetry in motion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Fluid, graceful movement.
   idiomatic, uncountable
2. A person or thing that moves in a particularly fluid, graceful way.
   idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“If we must have male figures in the most conspicuous parts of ballets, they should be young men of light and agreeable figures. [...] But for the true realization of poetry in motion, the eye of the artist and true amateur requires the beautiful proportions of the female figure.”

“From the front of the hood to the tips of the tail lights [of the car], the lines, were poetry in motion.”

“He was jumping over hurdles. He was all smoothness and grace. He made it look easy—a sign of pure genius. OneTwoThreeAIR … OneTwoThreeAIR. I got so distracted by his poetry in motion that I wasn't ready when my track teammate Carrie P. came at me in a full-on sprint to hand off the baton. She crashed into me and I dropped it.”

“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.”

“Above all else, Chi Kang loved to draw horses, proud creatures that transcended common crudeness. Chi Kang regarded horses as living art forms – poetry in motion; stunning, powerful and independent; capable of lifting humans to a higher standard beyond their own capabilities in movement and freedom.”

National Museum of History

“His timing was perfect. He was poetry in motion. He was the folk dancer equivalent to Barishnikov.^([sic – meaning Mikhail Baryshnikov])”

CEFR level