I am
The Woman who does Tai Chi on
Elm Road, the fair
Lady who weaves the shuttle, and strums the guitar; and gracefully
Repulses the
Monkey while cars
Dance by, drivers driving to distraction — ears
Lips to cells, then a momentary stare from SUVs at
This woman who does Tai Chi, mornings
On Elm Road as she stops a
neighbor walking by, his thumb pointing up calling
“Tai Chi — good —
good.” and
The voice of my teacher in my mind reminds me to
Embrace the tiger and return
Him to the mountain and I do
On Elm Road.
Joan Goldstein is a sociologist, poet, and host/producer of Princeton TV30’s “Back Story with Joan Goldstein.”
