Categories: Pyramid Poetry
Hearts Open
By: Carmen Brocklehurst
Albuquerque, NM
Carmen Brocklehurst, Albuquerque, NM
Hearts open
palms sweat
or is it sweet?
Nervous laughter
greets the feet.
Flow on
Enter worlds
of now
First timid
stiff
bravado
lost
empty
now
ready
soft
new
round
Movements flow
heart dances
new worlds claimed
and so we begin
again.
– Carmen Brocklehurst
Albuquerque, NM
Topics: New Mexico, Poetry, Present Moment, Softness and Continuity, Starting Out, Teaching Beginners
Originally appeared in: March 1995