passion poetry

Do You Want to Dance?

It’s Just a Jump to the Left — runner-up in The Lark’s poetry competition

Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
The Lark
Published in
3 min readJul 29, 2022
Photo by Nihal Demirci Erenay on Unsplash

glissade-assemble

a small army of ballerinas
find for themselves a space
tall mirrors to watch themselves
grow in late afternoon light
stretching and gliding
in the also living room
into young women
of graces

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Carolyn F. Chryst, Ph.D.
The Lark

Has had an eclectic life — Waitress, Actress, Zoo Curator, Story Teller, Poet, Exhibit Designer, Writer, Farmer and Educator. Writing, essential as breathing.