Poetry In Motion

Streaming arms and legs,
Graceful hands and feet, even
Fingers and toes nimbly placed
And moved in a definite dance.

Each movement deliberate
And sure, nothing wasted.
Pure economy of action, a
Precise poetry in motion.

Each gesture a kinetic work of art
Of pure design and a masterpiece
Of studied form flowing like
A river or still as a hidden pool.

Pure and polished, passed from
Sahbumnim to student like mother to child.
Poetic verse in physical form and function
This poetry of songahm taekwondo.