Yoginis are better than lovers - (a bumper sticker)
They’ve stood behind you, pulling at your hips with a towel until your feet raise off the floor. They’ve demanded that you twist and flex yourself into pose after pose. Now, your body glazed in a sheen of sweat, they ask you to lie on the floor while they dim the lights. If you need a pillow or a blanket, they are there to meet your needs. They coo calming words and mantras. They help you restore.
8 Comments
February 15, 2007 at 10:13 pm
Terrific poem for today’s prompt: perfectly titled, and so much about having worked the body and then coming to a full, prayerful rest–and yes, it operates being about life, love, and sex.
February 15, 2007 at 10:55 pm
I love that this is about yoga…I just started doing it myself, and I actually live quite near Rodney Yee’s studio. I won’t dare go though. I can’t bear the exposure. I’ll just take my DVD and my apartment carpet and have at those impossible stretches.
On a PT note: I lvoe ths poem, not simply because I just started yoge, but also, because it is a very strong prose poem. Nice work!
February 15, 2007 at 11:16 pm
I am no expert (at all), but I think this is one of the best prose poems I’ve read from the PT selection. I may not be able to write one, but I think I can identify a successful one, and this is it! I love that in such a short piece, you touch on life, love, and death/rest, but it’s still so simple–just marvelous.
Also, I read a few of your other posts, and felt like I could relate–I recently fell in love with Millay, though with similar reservations, and I’ve been under the weather, etc… but your writing is awesome, which means you’re a better version of me.
I will definitely be back to read more!
February 16, 2007 at 12:53 am
I really liked this. Well done.
February 16, 2007 at 10:07 am
Very good. It speaks out.
gautami
Ambrosial.
February 16, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Every word counts here - you say so much with such perfect brevity. Very nice.
February 16, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Hello all. I tried to send you all a response that was long and involved earlier, but it didn’t post.
Oh, well, Thank you all, and I’ll be reading thru tomorrow…
February 18, 2007 at 10:39 am
You have captured my yoga experience perfectly. And the cool thing is, I never realized how sexual it is. Wow! I was just trying to get it right.
Leave a Reply