To all in the group
Thanks for the poem because dancing we are in my family. My niece who had a
partial hysterectomy when she was twelve they left her uterus in tact, a
fallopian tube and 1/4 of an ovary. SHE IS 9 WEEKS PREGNANT. Dance we are
all jumping for joy.
Pat
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From: Danielle Fraenkel <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: A poem by Rumi that speaks to today
> Thanks Mary, Nick, Paul, Pat, and all the others who have written to me. A
dance/movement therapist colleague sent this poem to me. I smiled becasue it
reminded me of my wish to get all our political leaders to LivingDance.
Rumi's poem speaks to that dream, or should I say fantasy? Thought you might
enjoy it. Please let me know.
> Danielle
>
> Dance, when you're broken open.
> Dance, if you've torn the bandage off.
> Dance in the middle of fighting.
> Dance in your blood.
> Dance, when you're perfectly free.
> Struck, the dancers hear the tambourine inside them,
> as a wave turns the foam on its very top, begin.
> Maybe you don't hear that tambourine,
> all the tree leaves clapping time.
> Close the ears on your head that listen mostly to lies
> and cynical jokes.
> There are other things to hear and see:
> dance, music and a brilliant city inside the soul.
> -Rumi
>
> Mary R Keogh wrote:
>
> > My heart goes out to you, Danielle, in all that you and your mother are
experiencing right now. I hope your mother finds the help you are looking
for. What words are there for all the very deepest experiences of life?
The powerful acts of silence that went across Europe on Friday are testament
to that. We can only try to be there for each other in whatever way is
needed. Words, especially the written word, are often wholly inadequate.
> > How can we express such huge feelings with the little ordinary words of
everyday. As with you, the hawkish talk appalls me and I hope against hope
that it will not come to an even greater horror.
> >
> > Thinking of you and wishing you peace and strength.
> >
> > Mary
> >
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