The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 8/3/09

[BlueIris]

"How It Was That I Made My Earth & Sky Pin Cushion"

When I was very much
pregnant for Andy & had
moved back

to the small town I'd
grown up in,
back to my parents,

I signed up for this
needle-point class
at a lady's house.

Four or five women
gathered one evening a week
& the lady
taught us some stiches.

It was my favorite
night of the week.

There in the burnt
cedar smell of her fire,
stew cooking,
mothballs & perfume,
so heavy, so

housebound, but free
of my oh-so-wrong
marriage, I basked

in the fuzzy, warm, family
grooves of her
overstuffed
chair, the hand-crocheted
doilies on couch arms & tables,

the colors
          I chose, shocking
to all the other ladies:

cobalt blue, moss green
& mahogany, but they
honored with praised
the textures I made,
          the more or less even
slant of each stitch.

~Joan Dobbie

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. love it.

thanks.

[BlueIris]

2. I have some goooood poems picked out for this week.

And they're not even tragic! I swear!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. I will keep an eye out for them! I promise!

:D actually I am adding you to my buddies list so I can see when you update your journal ;) thanks for the headsup

[BlueIris]

4. Hee. I'm on somebody's buddy list. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. what about that!

I bet you are on a lot of people's lists..............;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear BlueIris!

Oh, this is nice!

Just a few well-chosen lines and words, and voila! You have a perfect view of the scene.


Oh, and BTW...you're on my buddy list too...

That's how I find your offering.

:hug:

[BlueIris]

7. AWWWW. I am on C-Peg's buddy list.

That is awesome.