Heartbeat
Pulses of rhythm
dance through
my spine Continue reading “Heartbeat”
Sense And Sensitivity
With nothing but the best intentions, I tried to post as much as possible to the Yow Dance blog during our Boston trip. In my mind, it was an opportunity we would potentially have only once. In my mind, it was an opportunity to bring everyone—you—along with us. It seems only fitting to let Eric detail Friday, the last day of our trip, for you. Continue reading “Sense And Sensitivity”
Raising Men (A Series)
REFINE
I would paint this life
Multicolored angst, delight
A dance with love’s cry Continue reading “Raising Men (A Series)”
Keep Cool
Rain collects and sits in silence. Absence.
Belly rumbles and remembers. Embers.
Thighs collapse and then collide. Surprise.
Thoughts run free and compress, compact. Intact.
Keep cool. Submit to time. Sublime.
Deep and Down
My muscles clench and contract
Around you
My soul whines and wails
With and without you
My heart cries and calls
Out your name Continue reading “Deep and Down”
Art Gave, and Art Hath Taken Away
Artistry
baptized me
in the rich soot
of my arched foot
Point, flex the muscles
of my soul are strong
and sacred and succulent and
sometimes salient
or esoteric
but always struck by seduction
and the sensuality of perpetual motion
of the mind
baptized me
in the rich soot
of my arched foot
Point, flex the muscles
of my soul are strong
and sacred and succulent and
sometimes salient
or esoteric
but always struck by seduction
and the sensuality of perpetual motion
of the mind
MVP (Most Valuable Prince)
After J’s football game today (it was a tough one: We scored three touchdowns that were called back with flags on the plays and, not to mention a cheating ref, but that’s not important; we ended up losing 14-0) the team gathered for a quick meeting, and then the kids began to disperse. Some went this way, others went that. Continue reading “MVP (Most Valuable Prince)”
Melissa J. Dixon 