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Hunger to Move Haiku

In one of our forums, many of you came up with terrific new words to describe the feeling of wanting to move, and in the Moving Meditation, you identified how your body wanted to move. Now you creative types, here is your next challenge. You remember the poetic form haiku? These are short poems of three lines, with 5 syllables in the first and last lines, and 7 in the middle:

Too long at my desk
I feel a stretch coming on
Pebble in a pond

(OK, so it doesn't have to be good, just have fun with it!)

Write a haiku that captures the feeling of that hunger to move.

Here is the page developed from reader responses over the years:

Up the hill my heart Sings out hard, fast, furious Feet finish the song -Martha Garvey Jr.	Where is my body I once knew it, i think so Where is that feeling rivka warshawsky
Foot taps a rhythm Cool grassy lake path calls me I lace my shoes tight -Linda Eaves	Must belly dance now! Hips will no longer be still! Wow, I can do this! -Kara L.C. Jones
Can't refuse the drums A belly is required Women always danced -Sara Wood	Here I am - inert, Polished as stone. It calls Like distant thunder. -Rhianna Knapp
poised to dance alone hips swaying to the music beat moves my body	I can hear you call Although you're just out of sight Waiting there for me
Wind calling my name. Freedom enlightens us all. Run far from life's grief.	Hours at the computer My body screams to be free I stiffly rise. -Delores George
Mind set on movement, Body so tired but wants to start, Outside birds are singing! -Debbie Birdsall	A beat calls to me And I must answer the call Do not hold me back -Sheryl Fairbairn
pushing the pedals sweat streaking down my forehead a smile breaks out	Immobility experienced far too long sets me in motion
How I long to dance! I will blaze with pure movement Stars bursting inside -Joanna Y.	Muscles curled and stiff Joints creaky lots of boredom Dance swim play spin JOY!! -Nicole M. Bliss
beat thumps in my ears blood and nerves leap in echo booty must follow! -Ashley Ford	I am thankful for the feeling i get after I let myself walk

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Last updated: March 05, 2011.