Deadwater Valley Walk
Mind the runner
Tree tops
River like tea
Bird song
Walk the path
Branches piled
Wild flowers white pink
Motion of the winding
Exposed roots living off the water
Boughs extending meeting in the sky arched co dependent
Still still water almost stagnant the dead
circles of brilliant green float
tiny channels etched on the green surface ducks legs maybe
or bottoms
knobbly trunk like a lunar module
inspiration for the dance
a reach a stretch birds fledglings take flight
water trickles passed around waves surge and become calm still
still still water of the dead
The Deadwater Valley walk inspired choreographer and dancer Elizabeth Blake to choreograph, A Walk In the Woods, a contemporary dance performed at the Phoenix Theatre, Bordon in July, as part of the, Marching On Community Dance Project. I performed as part of the dance group. Whilst we were in rehearsal, I walked the path, took photographs and wrote this poem.
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