Dec 11, 2011

DANCE POEMS

SPLIT SIDES
Merce Cunningham



1.

                        Black sun
                        silver sun


sheaves                        circle curl



            jagged                                    propel

                                    tilt

                        reverse                        table

                                    planar

bolt
                        swivel

                                                popping
                                                bean
                                                hopper

            scythe arms
                                    tiller

            plank
                                    pacer            apace


            spun
                        diagonal
                                                lemniscates

conjoin
                                                undersphere


                        radio
                             tower
                                                ear to the ground

            salamander
                        falling
                        temple
                        tempo
                                                reentry
                        tribunal
                                                payer

one who preys

                                    pivot
                                                pale

            whirl
                                    foot            cut


            bend

                                    dark drop

2.

Chiaroscuro
                                    ice bevel

walker                                    topple

                        burden-bearer


            thrice
                                    Janus
            broken
                                    furl

            plaint hop

seethed
                                    leg wall

                                    construct
            plane points
                        sky breach


running triangle
                                    pulled

tiller

                        electron

English

                                                ghost thump

            hello
                        escape velocity

martial
            faun                                    hangéd
                                                fool

Flamenco
            stutter                                    shear
                                                water


among spun
                        spider                        song





            clipper                        lift



monolith

                        brooked
                                    person
                                                over

leader

                        together

parallel
                                    the whole grid

clatters from the
                        dark remainder


                                                shadows

DANCE POEMS


RAINFOREST
Merce Cunningham

Writhe                        glitter

mountain            flesh

                        suspend air current

                                                            east

staccato

            lungfish

                                    center                        lever

                                    rush
                                    jackstep



            mural            hammer

above                                                nudge


                                    Siamese arise


unfurl
            replace
                        crab bridge



                                                            skulk
burrow

                                                            *


plaint
                                                            sway
away

                                    staccato

           
            silver pillow interfere

            carry your own
                                    pneumatic other


jig waltz
            connect

                        aura            cycle




                                                silver ghost
                                                            tumbler


maple blade




                                    Thoth slide


            tectonic            no

                        clock hand leg


            pram
                                    threshold


                        windmill



trust



                                    field


DANCE POEMS

POND WAY
Merce Cunningham

                        An old pond —
                        The sound
                        Of a diving frog.
                                                Matsuo Basho


Weather                        vein

                                                guiding
pace                                                glyph drift

pile            plant
                        alphabet

raise                                                star

                        line (walk the)

                                                teeter

                        fool tree

                                    compass            leg

lily                        pond

                        fronds

            bumpers

                                                cricket



            conjoin                        swarm


layer                                                drill

                        bamboo


bow

                                                proffer

            beak
                                    lung


            dais            frieze
                        urn            pose

                                                froze

away
            tether
            together

                                                plinth



reverse           
                                                station


arm                                                guise

            ring form

            pantomime

                                                amongst
                                                strata

            compass home

                                                Sufi line

scarecrow

                                                suspend run