Katrinka Moore

Dancer 1

Dancer 2

Sensei

Finally the milkweeds split     
and silk-winged seeds slow-
stream over the field     

a few come to ground     burrow        
doze until spring 

Who can remain still 
until the moment of action

Hesitation     an idea
in shadow     patience
of a tree     a boulder

Light     in its own time
falls and fills     fills 
and trembles at the edges

How did Sensei teach
us     novices     to dance      
I think she said     wait


Dancer 3
 
 

Choreographer

For years I didn’t think 
                about grace     I thought 
                                about making dances

how to find one     true
                movement     then another 
                                these always changing 

with each dancer’s body
                the beauty of       not the form of
                                the feel of

Afterwards 
                the dance 
                                flickered 
   
disappeared 
                into aether     except
                                once in a while 

a tilt of head     lift 
                of arm     unhurried 
                                turn     a broken fall 

Katrinka Moore is a poet and visual artist, formerly a dancer and choreographer. http://katrinkamoore.weebly.com/
 
 
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