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Prompt #34: The Body

Prompt #34: The Body

August 2022

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Suzanne Roberts
Aug 26, 2022
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Prompt #34: The Body
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Hi Friends,

I have been on the go a lot lately, and I’ve been thinking about the body in motion and the body in stillness. My body has been flying in airplanes but also swimming and hiking and paddling. I love to move my body, but I’m ready for some stillness.

A few months ago, I was staying with my friend Sholeh (she’s a wonderful poet, playwright, and translator; if you haven’t read her work, check it out here) and just as we were drifting off to sleep, she asked, “Isn’t this the most delicious time?” Before I could ask her what she meant, she was asleep. What she meant, I think, is that feeling

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