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OPENING THE HEART
Raising arms (six times)
Mt Bobbara becomes golden
blue shadow streak each rock
etched into the horizon
Open the heart (six times)
out of the old
leaves shine lime
gum blossoms are
ruby pendants
Paint the rainbow (six times
each side)
evening light draws
the edges white
cockatoos separate the sky
Part the clouds (six times)
at the foot of Bobbara
a thousand trees the red tips
of new growth
Rolling arms in fixed
stance
cockatoos
flakes of cloud keeling
into trees
Rowing the boat in the middle of the lake
you can see the water
tank for the steam trains
ironblack rustbleed
Supporting the ball in front of the
shoulder
a door
unusual
am I needed
Gazing at the moon
freight train
orange rush
Turning waist and pushing palm
the old bath
weeded
what to plant
Cloud hands in horse riding stance
dandelions close
something invisible
flicks a stem
Scooping the sea & looking at the horizon
ravens
harbingers of myth
they play with our minds
Pushing the tide out
cockatoo
a Christmas ornament
on the neighbouring
oak tree
Flying dove spreads its wings
grey gathering
a dog barks across
the railway track
Punching in horse stance
Mt Bobbara olive
must replace that board
a horse kicked in
The flying wild goose
geraniums
forgot they were in bloom
the rooster is up
The rotating firewheel
grey heron sailing by
neck scrunched
Stepping and bouncing the ball
a bird chips at air
another winds up
for a song
Balancing the chi to close
the guinea fowl
have lost their panic
graze quietly
Practising
Shibashi a T’ai Chi/qigong form — with shades of Leonard Cohen (sorry I can’t
remember the title of his T’ai Chi poem)
