…of what it means to be alive. To
witness the gratitude of everyday gestures. To take notice of the fleeting
glance or the majesty of wings pressed to blue summer sky. All experiences that
bring us into this moment. This breath. This life we call our own.
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| Art Collage 'Everything is Soul and Flowering' by Salyna Gracie |
Learning
to Breathe
Late
afternoon sun, burnishes
Pale,
bare shoulders
Still
heat rings with
Meadowlark
song
Swelling
waters rush under
Sun-dog
spotted skies
Saskatoons
unabashedly bloom amidst
Sweeping
Swallows dinner call
One
sweet snout peeks above bitter-brush
And
Queen Anne's lace
This
one nibbles forbidden treats proving
The
futility of fences
That
one, with a certain gap where one
Precious
ear was no longer crowned
Almost
summer, on a day like any other
Following
a quiet path to
No
place in particular, everything
Leading
the way home
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| Photography by Yuko Ishii |
Salyna Gracie is the director of Red Lotus Dance Company. She performs and teaches Middle Eastern Dance and facilitates the Red Lotus SEEDs program which mentors teen girls through dance at her studio in a small rural town in Washington state. Salyna’s dancing reflects a commitment to personal growth by internalizing rhythms and expressing emotion through the body – dancing from the heart. Poetry and visual art continue the conversation of dance with words and images that dance on the page. You may contact her through her website here and herartwork here.
~If you are interested in seeing your poetry appear in this blog, or submitting a poem by a woman that has inspired you, please click here for submission guidelines. I greatly look forward to hearing from you!~
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