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To A Gentler Time (...a Quilting theme?)
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To A Gentler Time (...a Quilting theme?) |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas 
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Note: My wife is a deeply confirmed quilter - and I've always wanted to write something around a quilt. Well, below is my first effort - hope you like it even if it's direction isn't what you may have wanted. jimmy To A Gentler Time Backing up trying to catch the past from behind I run away from – to you – knowing it’s come apart the stitch that bound the knot that held so firmly broken – undone. This quilt of us love in patterned blocks colors bright and bold warm soft no longer enfolds. Backing up trying to catch the past from behind I see its patchwork beauty fade it’s batting once so full and plush slip away as it’s binding comes undone. Backing up trying to catch the past from behind the patterns that glowed with love when whole are now just blocks and threads dreams in a drawer waiting to be born. Backing up Backing up – to a gentler time. © w. james beard, jr. august 2004 |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
beautiful Jimmy, I believe she'll love this, cause there's future peeking from between the words...smiles.... Wonderfully written and felt...thank you for sharing |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
Jimmy, I would say your first effort is an excellent result! Very well done, indeed sir! |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
nice read  |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
You have patched together your poetic thoughts into a fine quilt of poetry! May it keep you forever warm...   Love & Light EA  |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
reminds me of my mother |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Perhaps when all those patches are viewed from a greater distance, the overall effect is one of incredible warmth? |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
nothing like those first stitches being made,how i know my self |
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muted
since 2004-01-15
Posts 2949Elapsing, Eclipsing, Evolving |
oh, i got little shivers reading this... very nice, touching, bittersweet.... yes perfect phrasing for the ending...just hit the right spot |
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Susan Member Ascendant
since 2004-03-27
Posts 5104walking the surreal |
Wow, this is excellent. SusanHappiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind. |
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