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hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

0 posted 2008-03-25 05:55 PM

My Mother’s Quilt

A worn quilt rests upon my favorite chair
Each stitch a faded memory it seems
Of days when I would watch my mother there
With quilting frame and scraps of blues and creams

She’d sew for hours on hours every day
Creating quilts for family and for friends
With time and love she seamed without delay
A throw of all her little odds and ends

Dear mother has been gone now twenty years
And I have aged with children of my own
Though death is one step closer, I’ve no fears
Of dying, loss, or simply the unknown

I hope to see my mother, soon, once more
And know, in heaven, that she waits for me
With quilting frame and cotton scraps galore
Darning her quilts for all eternity

I am nothing special...and my name will soon be forgotten,but I've loved another with all my heart and soul,and to me,this has always been enough.~N.S

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 posted 2008-03-25 07:11 PM

Ruth,

This is very nice. I like to see the word "galore" used in a poem.

Bobby

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

2 posted 2008-03-25 07:14 PM

beautiful thoughts of your Mom dear Ruth... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2008-03-25 11:38 PM

Very sweet poem, Ruth.
Ida

Tim
Senior Member

since 1999-06-08

Posts 1794

4 posted 2008-03-25 11:40 PM

nicely written and expressed as per your norm. enjoyed.

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

5 posted 2008-03-26 01:42 AM

Ah so that is where all your "warmth" came from, a wonderful quilter it seems. Beautiful Ruth.

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

6 posted 2008-03-26 03:48 AM

beautiful.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

7 posted 2008-03-26 06:44 AM

Quilting was one of the first hobbies I got involved with when I moved here to PA. I have many made, collected and that are worn.

It takes much patience and skill to take those pieces and make something that will be warm and comforting to others.

Wonderful poem, Ruth.

M

simon
Member

since 2008-01-14

Posts 440
London, England

8 posted 2008-03-26 07:21 AM

very much enjoyed...

Toerag
Member Ascendant

since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

9 posted 2008-03-26 08:20 AM

wonderful write...I was going to write a poem with this exact title a few years back.....

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