Bonnie Nish
Transformation 
She discards her shoes
when she plays,
feet tucked on either side 
of the cello
vibrations move up her body
until the rhythm 
carries her beyond heaven,
where all signs of intelligent life
become visceral

© Copyright 2003 by Bonnie Nish

Bonnie Nish is a Vancouver poet who is Co-founder of Pandora's Collective Outreach Society and Twisted Poets and Under the Elephant open mics. She has won many contests including grand prize for her poem "Don Quixote's Love Song", in the Artist's Embassy International Dancing Poetry Contest and has and has been published in numerous publications throughout North America. You can find her on the 3rd and 5th Mondays of the month @ 1037 Commercial Drive or on the 2nd Tuesdays of the month @ 2133 Granville St, hosting the open mics.