I originially performed this poem on stereotape<\/i>
\nwith two channels of words dancing back and forth.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Lady taught me life. \nMy Lady taught me love. \nMy Lady taught me to be \nmyself.<\/p>\n  <\/p>\n She feels. \nShe feels. \nShe feels. \nDeep, deep, \nlike a bear\u2019s bite, \nshe feels.<\/p>\n My Lady sings old juke box songs \nand drinks white wine in the afternoon. \nWhen she drinks white wine \nshe talks like a bulldozer . . . \nor a bear.<\/p>\n In a forest \nor a prison . . .<\/p>\n My Lady hangs \nmirrors in our house, \nmagic mirrors \nblazing out \neternity.<\/p>\n My Lady\u2019s name is Grace. \nShe walks along behind the tide, \nthrowing stranded starfish \nback into the water. \nShe talks with clams \nbefore she cooks them. \nShe\u2019s kind that way. \nI think I\u2019ll stick around \nand light her fires.<\/p>\n Deep, deep, \nlike a bear\u2019s bite . . .<\/p>\n  <\/p>\n My Lady taught me life. \nMy Lady taught me love. \nMy Lady taught me to be \nmyself.<\/p>\n A bear \nruns through \nher dreams.<\/p>\n Deep, deep, \nlike a bear\u2019s bite . . .<\/p>\n Laughter, \nmy Lady\u2019s laughter, \nshapes the universe.<\/p>\n  <\/td>\n

Laughter, \nmy Lady\u2019s laughter, \nshapes the universe.Love laughter. \nBear\u2019s laughter.<\/p>\n Magic mirrors, \nshe hangs magic mirrors \nin our house.<\/p>\n She talks with clams . . .<\/p>\n Love laughter. \nBear\u2019s laughter.<\/p>\n A bear runs \nthrough her dreams \neating mother, father, \nsister and brother, \nall except My Lady.<\/p>\n Do not \nleave me, \nsays the bear.<\/p>\n  <\/p>\n Magic mirrors, \nmagic mirrors \ndo not lie.<\/p>\n Love laughter. \nBear\u2019s laughter.<\/p>\n My Lady sings \nold juke box songs . . .<\/p>\n Do not leave me, \nsays the bear.<\/p>\n My Lady\u2019s Hexagram \nis K\u2019un, The Receptive. \nShe would flourish \nin a forest or a prison, \nin a castle or a desert. \nShe receives life \nwherever she is.<\/p>\n Magic mirrors \nblazing out \neternity.<\/p>\n  <\/p>\n My Lady\u2019s name is Grace.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I originially performed this poem on stereotape with two channels of words dancing back and forth. My Lady taught me life. My Lady taught me love. My Lady taught me to be myself.   She feels. She feels. She feels. Deep, deep, like a bear\u2019s bite, she feels. My Lady sings old juke box songs … Continue reading Stereo poem for My Lady<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems-for-grace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180,"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grace.ernestlowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}