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tribute to Buckingham lace 

Origins

Sussanah
           great grandma  times three  
a pillow puffed up on her knee
with 
daughter Ann in cobbled Cowfair
       daily 
shaped their homespun ware
 such 
        humble women
                  cottage-tied
a dextrous art did reside

fashioned 
      stitch by stitch,
pillowed lace in patterns rich
tinkling bobbins 
       bewildering skill
inch by inch grew 
          the intricate frill
twisting threads 
    in pairs &groups
knitted together 
   by interlocking loops

an established craft 
  of world renown 
     grew around this county town
plain or decorative 
      old point lace,a lost 
rural industry 
         there's no longer a trace.

 Year Posted 2007
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