Prompts #7 Calming the Fluctuations of the Mind or How to Find Samadhi After Yoga

Today is our first "Two for Tuesday" prompt of the month. On these days, I offer two prompts. Don't worry: You don't need to write a poem for each prompt (but you're more than welcome to if you feel up to the challenge).

Prompt #1: I want you to write a clean poem. Take this however you wish. Clean language, clean subject matter, or cleaning the dishes. Of course, some twisted few will automatically link "cleaning" with hired hitmen. That's okay, as long as your poem is somehow linked to clean.

Prompt #2: I want you to write a dirty poem. Take all that stuff I wrote in the first prompt and twist it upside down. The opposite of clean is dirty; so, do what ya gotta do to produce a dirty poem. (Gosh, I hope this challenge doesn't get too messy as a result.)

Calming the Fluctuations of the Mind
or How to Find Samadhi After Yoga

Settle your body into the floor
fans rotate, tire the eyes
feel the air in the small of your back
darkness looms under a bridge
let your tailbone release all tension
stones on the ground, too big to lift
let your hips open, legs fall gently apart
trees sway above a ridge
wiggle the toes and fingers
juncos dip and rise, dip and rise
open the chest and let your arms go
clouds roll by a paper sun
Move your head from side to side
colors spread from the sunrise
let your mind wander
trees outline the sky
watch your thoughts empty
there is no sky

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