The Body Poetic at Arts for the Aging (4)

The Body Poetic at Arts for the Aging (4)

On November 17, 2023, as a teaching artist for Arts for the Aging,  certified poetry therapist Lauren Mazow Boyle and I presented a series of workshops entitled "The Body Poetic:  Exploration through Indian Dance and Poetry". We explored Sri. Tulsidas's famous poem Thumaki Chalat, describing the sounds a child's anklets make as he is learning to walk. Below is a small excerpt of the poetry that participants made: 

"Tinkling, tinkling
Shimmer and shake
To the left, to the right
Falling down
Picking up
An embrace
To be around children
Glorious, glorious."