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5. Tidal Rhythms

a poem by Anne Norman

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tidal rhythms course through my body
echoes of the ocean
of the living planet
an eternal ebb and flow
a breathing in and out
that goes deeper than my shallow breath
not just the air in my lungs
not just the sea-salt blood pumped by my heart
surging out through my arteries
and returning through veins
something much, much deeper
I sit still
and my crazy “I”
that nagging voice that demands its desires
flows out of me as I exhale
like the outgoing tide
gone
I breathe in
the energy of the earth
the ocean
the sun
the moon
the stars
and I am filled with light
with infinite peace
with patience
the noisy “I” is momentarily
quiet

©AMNorman

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from Beneath the Surface, released August 3, 2016
this poem is from a novel I am slowly working on...

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Anne M Norman Melbourne, Australia

Anne is a shakuhachi player performing in a wide range of music. Anne trained in Japan in 3 lineages with Nakamura Shindo, Tajima Tadashi and Yamaguchi Goro. She has played since 1986 (following 14 years of playing silver flute). Some of Anne's albums are available as Compact Disks.
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