Yoga, meditation, too
my body needs you
hands touch the floor
stretch my brain into four
so it can think more
hour twenty is here
this ritual I hold dear
I stretch my hands high
for a metaphor of sky
then jump up three times
to catch some more rhymes
four more squats
turn my words hot
down dog pose I do
thus onomatopoeia, too
when poem is through
a tree pose is due
then bed, I heart you.
– Sandra Johnson, 9-3-2023
“stretch my brain into four”
“for a metaphor of sky”
“then jump up three times / to catch more rhymes”
Simply brilliant!!! I heart this so much!
Thanks so much! You gave me the inspiration here!
What great phrasing…”I stretch my hands high/for a metaphor of sky” and “then jump up three times/to catch some more rhymes”. This is a wonderful poem and it shares how yoga can help in the creative process.