1985
Tai Chi
August 1985


“Tai Chi,” New Era, Aug. 1985, 23

Tai Chi*

Garden pavilion,

shade with six wind-walls

and a man.

Skin taut on bone and sinew.

His fingers balance sea, air, stars.

Eyes closed, ruling from within.

His face creviced with age,

pivots in the stillness.

Limbs, a windless sway of bamboo.

Wisps of white hair dull in the shade.

A prayer in motion.

  • A Chinese system of exercise consisting of a series of slow ritual movements.

Photo by Marc Marriott