A Poem for Three-Legged Dog
"I adjust my weight to find a new balance and accept myself for who I am and how I move remembering that each day is a new day to discover how to live. " -- from Three-legged Dog, by Corie Feiner
I Revised it Again
As I recorded the poem, Three-Legged Dog, I found myself unable to say an entire stanza. I recited it once, then twice, each time stumbling over my words.
I got into and out of the pose, took a conscious breath, and then read it again. Something was not landing. Then suddenly I found myself doing something I had promised myself I would not do. I started to rewrite the poem.
This is after dedicating one year to writing this collection of poems, sharing them with my yoga community and with my advising yoga instructor/writer friend; and then taking another year to edit them all. After that, I made myself the promise that I would no longer edit them. That I would leave them alone. That even if they were not done, I would stop. Until now.
What was Bothering Me
The final version of Three-Legged Dog was the 10th revision of this poem. I tell you this so that you know I am a big proponent of the writing and revising process with the understanding…