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We Have Come To Be Danced By Jewel Mathieson

We have come to be danced.

Not the pretty dance.

Not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance.

But the claw our way back into the belly.

Of the sacred, sensual animal dance.

The unhinged, unplugged, cat is out of its box dance.

The holding the precious moment in the palms.

Of our hands and feet dance.

We have come to be danced.

Not the jiffy booby, shake your booty for him dance.

But the wring the sadness from our skin dance.

The blow the chip off our shoulder dance.

The slap the apology from our posture dance.

We have come to be danced.

Not the monkey see, monkey do dance.

One two dance like you.

One two three, dance like me dance but the grave robber, tomb stalker.

Tearing scabs and scars open dance.

The rub the rhythm raw against our soul dance.

We have come to be danced.

Not the nice, invisible, self-conscious shuffle.

But the matted hair flying, voodoo mama.

Shaman shakin' ancient bones dance.

The strip us from our casings, return our wings.

Sharpen our claws and tongues dance.

The shed dead cells and slip into.

The luminous skin of love dance.

We have come to be danced.

Not the hold our breath and wallow in the shallow end of the floor dance.

But the meeting of the trinity, the body breath and beat dance.

The shout hallelujah from the top of our thighs dance.

The mother may I? Yes you may take 10 giant leaps dance.

The olly olly oxen free free free dance.

The everyone can come to our heaven dance.

We have come to be danced.

Where the kingdom's collide.

In the cathedral of flesh.

To burn back into the light.

To unravel, to play, to fly, to pray.

To root in skin sanctuary

We have come to be danced.

We have come.

by Jewel Mathieson

The Invitation - Oriah Mountain Dreamer

I have recently started following a local artist Lidi De Waal. She is a painter but usually has a poem to go with her paintings.

On 2022-04-02 13:29:21 Claudia Gentlemens Delight said:

The Invitation - Oriah Mountain Dreamer

@Claudia Gentlemens delight.The invitation a beautiful poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer please share it here.

On 2022-04-02 14:10:45 Bbw Nadia said:
I have recently started following a local artist Lidi De Waal. She is a painter but usually has a poem to go with her paintings.

@ Nadia please share the artist poem if you can .Thank you

Antigonish
by William Hughes Mearns
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Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there!
He wasn't there again today,
Oh how I wish he'd go away!"

When I came home last night at three,
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall,
I couldn't see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don't you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don't slam the door...

Last night I saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away...

William Hughes Mearns

Poor aunty Lina she had a great Cow
She wanted to milk it she didnt know how

Poor Aunty Lina Thought she held the Tit

Poor Aunty Lina was covered in.... haha


Just a poem we would shout out as kids in my community lol

Just brought back some great nostalgia

On 2022-04-04 11:15:46 Midnight Express said:
Poor aunty Lina she had a great Cow
She wanted to milk it she didnt know how

Poor Aunty Lina Thought she held the Tit

Poor Aunty Lina was covered in.... haha


Just a poem we would shout out as kids in my community lol

Just brought back some great nostalgia

Hahahaha

Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Mine is by an unknown South African poet :

Ek will pomp
Jy will pomp
Laat ons pomp
Asseblief