one of these dances

One of these dances
will be my last.

What will I do then?

The dances that follow
   can push me on my way
   can keep me dancing here—

can stretch me fibrous and wet
from hereever to thereever   

birth sounds   
dying sounds   

and dance musics between

one of these musics 
will be my last—

What  music then!

Formalempty ~ lines of Empress

                                                                            copper & brass tile ~ by Rachel L.

still point

coloring book page

Trilobite Sunrise

workshopping sketches towards a poem

trilobite sunrise: roll and fly

november 1, ’12, on the new year

how the day begins to start in darkness

the dung beetle SCARAB in Egypt

rolls the sun across the sky as

beetles roll the dung

round and round

what was old is new again

on the new year i argue with

a friend whether regeneration is in the

dark fallowing worm churning compost

(yes)

rather than in the spring: the paradox of

point in time naming in a cycle process

beetle wings: how we can rise and fly in the velvet morning

before sunrise

before sunrise: roll and fly, churn and turn

before sunrise: roll and fly, churn and turn

renewal

in the dark time now, the new time of the wheel turning year

we roll the darkness as dung beetles

even beneath skygod culture overlay, what is true is true

everything starts in regenerative darkness

before light was rolled, we remember the earlier practice

we roll darkness, carrying morning before morning

before sunrise: roll and fly, churn and turn

before sunrise: roll and fly, churn and turn

renewal

IMUNURI Prompt: Line Drawing

by Lauren Ari

This week, try this process for creative writing.

First, start in a quiet space. Give yourself time free of distractions. You might meditate or ruminate for a little while about what questions or stories or content is feeling energized for you.

When you touch pen or pencil to paper, make a drawing instead of writing with words. Allow the drawing to happen. You might scribble fast or trail out a line slowly. You might make shapes or lines or dots. It could be abstract or figurative. The main this is: allow.

When the drawing feels finished, write your words on the same piece of paper, over the drawing, or around it, coordinating with the picture or clashing with it.

If possible, scan or photograph the poem for your post; otherwise transcribe and post the poem.

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