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