Feed Sack Dresses

A combination of Haiku and Kyoka

designer originals
from feed sacks
after the chickens were fed

her artist's touch
honed with the aid
of her foot movement
on the treadle machine
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Meade Avatar
October 31, 2014 at 11:52 AM
creativity and sustainability -- to take one and use it for another, great poem and would love to see a picture. all the best.
Adams Avatar
October 31, 2014 at 12:35 PM
Thank you, David, for visiting to read, and for taking the time to leave a comment. I will return the favor.
Bauer Avatar
October 31, 2014 at 10:24 AM
wonderful! how clever were all the women who so fashioned those dresses!
Adams Avatar
October 31, 2014 at 11:05 AM
Actually, my mother was not much of a seamstress. But, she did everything else so well, I stepped in at 14, and learned to sew in self defense. After that, I even made her dresses. But she made quilts, and, in spite of the fact that she grew almost everything we ate, she set an excellent table. We never went hungry!
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