by Edgar R. F. Herd
To dance
…To learn
……Lifted up into
The circle
…By the hands that
First lifted you up
…Into life
Family became
…Dance
And Dance extended to
…All the world
……Willing
A smile
…A hand
A good will to turn
…Together
Edgar R. F. Herd is a poet who writes about dance. He can be found in New England’s small town contra dances or dancing old English morris dances with his morris team. Herd spends his days as a therapist in his private practice. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and son.