When the big toe reaches back,
supporting knee slightly bent,
the very space behind
seen as oblique from the eye’s corner
opens in air and shadow and light
informing the brain of the body’s
circumference that it is 360 degrees
and not flat front or flat back
and that one twist of the hip
arms swaying like parachute bones
turns back into front and so
it starts again
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I really liked all of your pieces from this week. What I found so wonderful about this one is the hyper-sensitivity to detail (well, isn't that what poetry is all about?). You break down this simple motion in each of its elements, and turn them lovely.
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