Poets have long been drawn to ballet, and not surprisingly, they write about their favorite dancers and ballet companies.

By the time the girl was admitted to hospital, her hair was brittle, her skin flaking, and she was so malnourished that doctors said she was at risk of cardiac arrest and death.

I have been stuck in a ballet pump vortex. I’ve seen, written, thought about and witnessed the “resurgence of” ballet flats ...