poetry in motion UK /ˈpəʊɪtɹi ɪn ˈməʊʃən/US /ˈpoʊətɹi ən ˈmoʊʃən/ noun2 •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. — 1948 •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 — 1960