In the Moment

I was in yoga class,
in the middle of Salutation To The Sun;
and in the moment, I imagined an hourglass,
drip, dripping-  then words came in my head one by one;
and I was putting them together till a line I had spun.

We had moved on to Swan,
oh, such a lovely poise  but I was syllable counting;
I was there in class but from reality I was withdrawn,
words kept drifting in my head-  in words I was drowning;
we were doing the Cosmic Dancer- ouch pain was mounting.

My lines became more lines,
then we did Camel and Bridge-  and a poem was in motion;
I was trying to keep the words within my mind's confines,
and finally we had moved to meditation and I was full of emotion;
my poem and I were floating in the deep blue pacific ocean.

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August 4, 2017

Quintain(English)/In The Moment
Copyright Protected, ID 926890

Written for the contest, English Quintain
sponsor, Sara Kendrick


Eleventh Place
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017


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Date: 8/11/2017 3:13:00 PM
Congrats on your placement in my contest..Clever layout of your work..I enjoyed reading your in the moment poem..Thank you for your participation..Sara
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Date: 8/5/2017 4:05:00 AM
What a magnificent write you have written here! I truly loved reading this wonderful poem this morning! The flow of this piece is very good, it just rolled off my tongue when I read it! This is such a fabulous poem my friend! Great Work!!
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Constance La France
Date: 8/7/2017 2:57:00 PM
Russell thanks for visiting my poem and for the beautiful compliment
Date: 8/4/2017 11:00:00 AM
I really enjoyed reading this poem. Very nice :)
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Constance La France
Date: 8/7/2017 2:55:00 PM
Heidi thanks so much
Date: 8/4/2017 9:52:00 AM
Poetic meditation as deep as the blue pacific ocean! I think in syllables, love words and meanings, and ponderings. Love your quintain, Constance!
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Constance La France
Date: 8/7/2017 2:54:00 PM
Kim thanks for visiting my poem and for that nice comment
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